GitHub user prayaagmahajan created a discussion: Getting SQLA import error from flask-appbuilder after airflow 3.1.2
Hi Team, I am trying to upgrade my airflow instance from **2.10.3 -> 3.1.2** but in the process I am getting an error `WARNING - cannot import name 'SQLA' from 'flask_appbuilder' (/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/flask_appbuilder/__init__.py) 2025-11-14_09:52:41.84415 Traceback (most recent call last): 2025-11-14_09:52:41.84421 File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/airflow/configuration.py", line 1264, in getimport 2025-11-14_09:52:41.84484 return import_string(full_qualified_path) 2025-11-14_09:52:41.84500 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2025-11-14_09:52:41.84518 File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/airflow/utils/module_loading.py", line 41, in import_string 2025-11-14_09:52:41.84547 module = import_module(module_path) 2025-11-14_09:52:41.84571 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2025-11-14_09:52:41.84586 File "/usr/lib64/python3.11/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module 2025-11-14_09:52:41.84614 return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level) 2025-11-14_09:52:41.84625 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2025-11-14_09:52:41.84631 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1204, in _gcd_import 2025-11-14_09:52:41.84639 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1176, in _find_and_load 2025-11-14_09:52:41.84650 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1147, in _find_and_load_unlocked 2025-11-14_09:52:41.84664 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 690, in _load_unlocked 2025-11-14_09:52:41.84672 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 940, in exec_module 2025-11-14_09:52:41.84680 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 241, in _call_with_frames_removed 2025-11-14_09:52:41.84688 File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/airflow/providers/fab/auth_manager/fab_auth_manager.py", line 71, in <module> 2025-11-14_09:52:41.84706 from airflow.providers.fab.www.app import create_app 2025-11-14_09:52:41.84719 File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/airflow/providers/fab/www/app.py", line 24, in <module> 2025-11-14_09:52:41.84739 from flask_appbuilder import SQLA 2025-11-14_09:52:41.84751 ImportError: cannot import name 'SQLA' from 'flask_appbuilder'` when I checked the constraints file for 3.11 its clearly mentioned to use flask-appbuilder==5.0.0 but seems SQLA is been removed in this version and I am stuck at this point. can someone please help us out of this issue. any help will be appreciated. Thanks **Resources links followed**: fab provider app.py: https://github.com/apache/airflow/blob/3.1.3rc1/providers/fab/src/airflow/providers/fab/www/app.py Fab provider pypi link: https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-fab/ GitHub link: https://github.com/apache/airflow/discussions/58308 ---- This is an automatically sent email for [email protected]. To unsubscribe, please send an email to: [email protected]
