+1 for SQLA v2 in Airflow 3.2.

Regards,
Rahul Vats

On Mon, 29 Dec 2025 at 03:34, Blain David <[email protected]> wrote:

> Also +1 to SQLA v2.
>
> If all tests in core are green, I don't any reason why not to do it.  I
> suppose we will be able to test is through an alpha/beta release?  Always
> willing to test it once a release is available.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Amogh Desai <[email protected]>
> Sent: 28 December 2025 15:10
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Moving to SQLAlchemy 2.0 for Airflow 3.2
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> +1 to SQLA v2.
>
> In terms of timeline also, 3.2 doesn't sound too crazy too especially
> because we will likely complete task sdk efforts or take it pretty close to
> the targeted split. And if user's timely upgrade and use latest versions,
> SQLA 2 should just work out of box.
>
> One other place that SQLA models are used is likely plugins? Although I do
> not see those to be heavily affected.
>
> Thanks & Regards,
> Amogh Desai
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM Shahar Epstein <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > +1 for dropping SQLA v1 support and hard switching to v2 in Airflow v3.2.
> > Considering the statements that were raised in this discussion plus
> > the fact that SQLA 1.X was released last year, I don't think that it's
> > worth it to keep this maintenance burden.
> >
> >
> > Shahar
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM Dev iL <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > Dear Community,
> > >
> > > I’d like to start a discussion regarding a proposal to *migrate
> > > Airflow
> > to
> > > SQLAlchemy 2.0* for the upcoming *v3.2* feature release.
> > > The Problem: Maintenance Overhead and Locked Ecosystem
> > >
> > > As many of you know, there is a massive ongoing effort by community
> > members
> > > to improve and upgrade type hints across the entire codebase.
> > > However, because our CI currently runs on SQLAlchemy 1.4, *Mypy does
> not "protect"
> > > us* against introducing new violations that would be caught in a 2.0
> > > environment. This creates a significant maintenance burden where
> > > contributors and reviewers must manually account for type safety
> > > that the CI is unable to enforce. Moving to 2.0 provides native PEP
> > > 484 support, which will drastically improve ORM class coverage and
> > > allow us to catch bugs during development rather than at runtime.
> > >
> > > Staying on 1.4 has created a "dependency ceiling." Migrating to
> > SQLAlchemy
> > > 2.0 will finally allow us to upgrade several key libraries that the
> > > community has been asking for, including:
> > >
> > >    -
> > >
> > >    *pandas* >= 2.2 (released on Jan 2024)
> > >    -
> > >
> > >    *numpy* >= 2 (released on Jun 2024)
> > >    -
> > >
> > >    *flask-sqlalchemy* >= 3.1 (released on Sep 2023)
> > >    -
> > >
> > >    *sqlmodel* >= 0.12 (released on Nov 2023)
> > >
> > > Current Progress
> > >
> > > We already have a functional path forward. There is an outstanding
> > > PR
> > that
> > > implements this transition:
> > >
> > >    -
> > >
> > >    *PR:*
> > > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgi
> > > thub.com%2Fapache%2Fairflow%2Fpull%2F59218&data=05%7C02%7Cdavid.blai
> > > n%40infrabel.be%7C5b83432679b0448bd59e08de461ae245%7Cb82bc314ab8e4d6
> > > fb18946f02e1f27f2%7C0%7C0%7C639025278444015346%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb
> > > 3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOI
> > > joiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=xjA39BkkeyGUOAJG4MLNC
> > > fc%2BaEOyt5UhZEx1za6MYLw%3D&reserved=0
> > >
> > > *Note:* This PR is currently *green* (passing all CI checks),
> > demonstrating
> > > that the core functional changes are stable and do not break our
> > > existing test suite.
> > > Seeking Community Feedback
> > >
> > > We want to ensure this transition is as smooth as possible for all
> > > stakeholders. We are particularly interested in your views on:
> > >
> > >    1.
> > >
> > >    *Custom Providers/Plugins:* Are there concerns regarding plugins
> that
> > >    rely heavily on SQLAlchemy 1.4 internals?
> > >    2.
> > >
> > >    *Database Backends:* Does anyone foresee specific issues with our
> > >    supported versions of Postgres, MySQL, or SQLite during this jump?
> > >    3.
> > >
> > >    *General Timeline:* Does the community feel Airflow 3.2 is the right
> > >    target for this breaking internal change? Should we aim for
> > > official dual
> > >    support for a period of time?
> > >
> > > Please share your thoughts, concerns, or support for this move. If
> > > there
> > is
> > > a general consensus, we plan to proceed with the review and merge of
> > > the
> > PR
> > > in the near future.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > > Dev-iL
> > >
> >
>

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