OK. Way better list .... And indeed. PR #59313 comes at the top of the
list. And my vote goes to it as well - #59313.

πŸ† Top 15 PRs (2012-12-01 - 2012-12-31):

 1.  PR#59313: Adding Japanese translations for UI (i18n)
     by @rsanda πŸ†• Rookie: PR #3, first merged 2025-12-14
     https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/59313

 2.  PR#59791: Feat : E2E test to Verify backfills list displays
     by @iharsh02 (Harsh Thakur) πŸ†• Rookie: PR #4, first merged 2025-12-21
     https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/59791

 3.  PR#58969: docs: Improve unit-testing docs with runnable pytest
examples for Operators
     by @suii2210 (Shruti Singh) πŸ†• Rookie: PR #2, first merged 2025-12-14
     https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/58969

 4.  PR#59862: Breeze: keep OpenAPI Generator version in sync during CI
upgrades
     by @anishgirianish πŸ†• Rookie: PR #2, first merged 2025-12-29
     https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/59862

 5.  PR#58918: Add TdLoadOperator to execute data transfers using Teradata
Parallel Transporter (TPT) tdload utility
     by @snreddygopu (Satya Gopu) πŸ†• Rookie: PR #1, first merged 2025-12-10
     https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/58918

 6.  PR#59156: Add support for disabling SA token automount for Scheduler
     by @dan-osterrath (Dan Osterrath) πŸ†• Rookie: PR #1, first merged
2025-12-14
     https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/59156

 7.  PR#57631: Fix DAG bundle imports in subprocess operators
     by @gfreitash (Gabriel Freitas) πŸ†• Rookie: PR #1, first merged
2025-12-24
     https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/57631

 8.  PR#59651: Remove documentation on TimeDeltaSensorAsync
     by @Subham-KRLX (Subham ) πŸ†• Rookie: PR #4, first merged 2025-11-28
     https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/59651

 9.  PR#58898: Fix `breeze setup autocomplete` references
     by @johnslavik (Bartosz SΕ‚awecki) πŸ†• Rookie: PR #3, first merged
2025-12-01
     https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/58898

10.  PR#58763: docs: Fix broken permalink icon
     by @1109lun (Chang Yi Lun) πŸ†• Rookie: PR #1, first merged 2025-12-08
     https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/58763

11.  PR#59616: feat: verify dag details e2e test
     by @iharsh02 (Harsh Thakur) πŸ†• Rookie: PR #4, first merged 2025-12-21
     https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/59616

12.  PR#59942: [DISCUSSION-54853] Update webserver probe health check doc
     by @hanxdatadog (Xu Han) πŸ†• Rookie: PR #1, first merged 2025-12-31
     https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/59942

13.  PR#59678: Add E2E tests for dashboard metrics display
     by @vbottu (Vinod Bottu) πŸ†• Rookie: PR #3, first merged 2025-12-19
     https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/59678

14.  PR#58734: Fix Liveness / Readiness / Startup probe path for Airflow
3.x #58129
     by @jvoravong πŸ†• Rookie: PR #1, first merged 2025-12-02
     https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/58734

15.  PR#59068: Add pdbs for triggerer and workers
     by @mrrsm (Ryan Matthews) πŸ†• Rookie: PR #1, first merged 2025-12-15
     https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/59068



J.


On Fri, Jan 16, 2026 at 4:27β€―PM Jarek Potiuk <[email protected]> wrote:

> Ah... My bad.. I run it for January already :) better list and vote is
> coming :)
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2026 at 4:26β€―PM Jarek Potiuk <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I think that making such a proposal might work better in case we have
>> some candidates to begin with :).
>> I used Copilot + Claude Sonnet to improve our "pr of the month" script to
>> do some initial selection: PR
>> https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/60641
>>
>> And here is the list being result of `uv run
>> dev/stats/get_important_pr_candidates.py --rookie --top-number 15
>> --max-workers 8`:
>>
>> πŸ† Top 15 PRs:
>>
>>  1. PR#60065: Operator template fields via callable serialization causes
>> unstable DAG serialization
>>      by @m8719-github (Andrei Leib) πŸ†• Rookie: PR #2, first merged
>> 2026-01-07
>>      https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/60065
>>  2. PR#58547: Chart: Enhance Celery Worker Sets support for multi-queue
>> configurations
>>      by @glennhsh (Glenn.H) πŸ†• Rookie: PR #1, first merged 2026-01-12
>>      https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/58547
>>  3. PR#53368: Fix duplicate pod creation in KubernetesJobOperator
>>      by @stephen-bracken πŸ†• Rookie: PR #2, first merged 2026-01-10
>>      https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/53368
>>  4. PR#59633: feat : E2E test for Create backfill with all reprocess
>> behaviour
>>      by @iharsh02 (Harsh Thakur) πŸ†• Rookie: PR #4, first merged 2025-12-21
>>      https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/59633
>>  5. PR#59399: Fix ApprovalOperator with SimpleAuthManager when
>> all_admins=True
>>      by @TempestShaw (Victor Kwong) πŸ†• Rookie: PR #1, first merged
>> 2026-01-05
>>      https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/59399
>>  6. PR#60083: Make DataprocDeleteClusterOperator idempotent
>>      by @chirodip98 (Chirodip Lodh Choudhury) πŸ†• Rookie: PR #1, first
>> merged 2026-01-12
>>      https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/60083
>>  7. PR#60062: Make sqlalchemy an optional dependency for Impala provider
>>      by @hohshho (hohshho) πŸ†• Rookie: PR #1, first merged 2026-01-06
>>      https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/60062
>>  8. PR#59734: Add E2E tests for DAG audit log functionality (#59684)
>>      by @haseebmalik18 (Haseeb Malik) πŸ†• Rookie: PR #1, first merged
>> 2026-01-13
>>      https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/59734
>>  9. PR#59990: Test: Add E2E tests for Assets Page
>>      by @sarth-akvaish (Sarthak Vaish) πŸ†• Rookie: PR #4, first merged
>> 2026-01-08
>>      https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/59990
>> 10. PR#60391: Added timezone to dates
>>      by @sarth-akvaish (Sarthak Vaish) πŸ†• Rookie: PR #4, first merged
>> 2026-01-08
>>      https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/60391
>> 11. PR#59938: Add validation for pool names to prevent
>> InvalidStatsNameException
>>      by @kalluripradeep (Pradeep Kalluri) πŸ†• Rookie: PR #2, first merged
>> 2025-11-26
>>      https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/59938
>> 12. PR#59507: fix: Enable real-time extra links updates for
>> TriggerDagRunOperator
>>      by @subhash-0000 πŸ†• Rookie: PR #1, first merged 2026-01-07
>>      https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/59507
>> 13. PR#59866: Add AirflowDeprecationWarning for deprecated project_id in
>> BigQueryGetDataOperator
>>      by @KamranImaaz (kamran Imaz) πŸ†• Rookie: PR #2, first merged
>> 2026-01-05
>>      https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/59866
>> 14. PR#59824: Don't poll HITL details when no pending dagrun on Dag page
>>      by @Shally-Katariya (Shally Katariya) πŸ†• Rookie: PR #1, first merged
>> 2026-01-06
>>      https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/59824
>> 15. PR#59919: Add E2E tests for DAG Runs page
>>      by @lin121291 (junis) πŸ†• Rookie: PR #1, first merged 2026-01-13
>>      https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/59919
>>
>>
>> And my vote goes to PR#60065: Operator template fields via callable
>> serialization causes unstable DAG serialization
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 16, 2026 at 8:35β€―AM Yeonguk Choo <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Srabasti, thanks for the mention!
>>>
>>> I’d like to +1 to Adding Japanese translations for UI (i18n) #59313.
>>> I was really happy to see a neighboring language added to the UI.
>>> Adding support for a new language is never easy - great work on this PR
>>> πŸŽ‰
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Yeonguk
>>>
>>> 2026λ…„ 1μ›” 16일 (금) PM 4:05, Srabasti Banerjee <
>>> [email protected]>λ‹˜μ΄
>>> μž‘μ„±:
>>>
>>> > Hello All,
>>> >
>>> > Kindly take the time to celebrate your own contributions or recommend a
>>> > fellow contributor, for Rookie PR of the month, using the link shared
>>> by
>>> > Jed from email history below in the thread.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks for sending in the first nomination Jens!
>>> >
>>> > New Contributors - please reply to this thread with your inputs. Do not
>>> > hesitate to show off your  impact on the Apache Airflow community!
>>> > Everyone is welcome to share their wins.
>>> >
>>> > Voting will close on Friday, January 23rd at 5 PM PST. The winner will
>>> be
>>> > featured in the next issue of the Airflow newsletter.
>>> >
>>> > Warm Regards,
>>> > Srabasti Banerjee
>>> >
>>> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>>> > From: Jens Scheffler <[email protected]>
>>> > Date: Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 2:48β€―PM
>>> > Subject: Re: [VOTE] December 2025 PR of the Month
>>> > To: <[email protected]>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Oh, this month again a real challenge to pick _one_ only. There are so
>>> > many cool PRs merged last month. Feels like the list of achievements of
>>> > the last half-year!
>>> >
>>> > My +1 goes to #58365 because this really is a cool improvement and I
>>> > learned something new just by reading the PR! But all others are really
>>> > close-by!
>>> >
>>> > As I am missing the Rookie PR list, from email history, thanks to Jed,
>>> I
>>> > made a selection via
>>> >
>>> >
>>> https://github.com/apache/airflow/pulls?q=is%3Apr+%22Awesome+work%2C+congrats+on+your+first+merged+pull+request%21%22+merged%3A%3E2025-12-01+is%3Aclosed+
>>> >
>>> > ...and not to have too many emails (if we do any) Rookie PR I'd favor
>>> > the PR #59313 which added Japanese translations to UI.
>>> >
>>> > Jens
>>> >
>>> > *FYI :* *Rookie PR Mission statement : *
>>> > *- to recognize meaningful contributions by new and budding
>>> contributors*
>>> > *- inspire newcomers and novices relatively new to the community to
>>> pick up
>>> > new PRs*
>>> > *- make project feel more welcoming and inclusive*
>>> > *Nomination process:*
>>> > *- encourage self-nominations and community nominations, so it is
>>> > convenient for anyone to recognize another fellow contributor.*
>>> > *Qualifying Criteria:*
>>> > *- These awards are FOR the Community and BY the community. The intent
>>> is
>>> > to give a shout out to a Rookie with Apache Airflow project
>>> contribution.*
>>> > *- Winner will be chosen based on the majority of votes by the
>>> community.*
>>> >
>>>
>>

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