Woooho! On Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 7:24 PM Rahul Vats <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Airflow Community, > > I am excited to announce the availability of Apache Airflow 3.2.0.beta1 > for testing! Airflow 3.2 introduces exciting features like Asset > Partitions, Deadline Alerts, Multi-team deployment of Airflow > components, Async support for PythonOperator > First, a few caveats: > This is a beta release, so do not run it in production. It may contain > significant issues, and you will likely need to reset your database between > this and subsequent beta or release candidate versions. (Consider yourself > warned!) > > This release is intended for Airflow developers only to test the build and > start preparing for Airflow 3.2.0. This is not an official release, that > will happen when we create a release candidate and hold a vote. The > expected timeline for the first release candidate is end of next week, but > we encourage early feedback to help stabilize the release. > > What's new in Airflow 3.2? > > Airflow 3.2.0 introduces significant enhancements while maintaining > compatibility with Airflow 3.1 deployments. Please refer to the initial > 3.2.0 beta1 release notes > < > https://github.com/apache/airflow/blob/3.2.0b1/RELEASE_NOTES.rst#airflow-3-2-0b1-2026-03-03 > >. > > I noticed that we do not have news fragments for a couple of important > features, due to which they are not included in the release notes. I would > request the respective feature owners to add the missing news fragments so > we can include these features in beta2. > > *Docs* (for preview): > > https://airflow.staged.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow/3.2.0/release_notes.html#airflow-3-2-0b1-2026-03-03 > < > https://airflow.staged.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow/3.2.0/release_notes.html#airflow-3-2-0b1-2026-03-03 > > > *Release Notes*: > - https://github.com/apache/airflow/blob/3.2.0b1/RELEASE_NOTES.rst > > *Testing Instructions using PyPI*: > > You can build a virtualenv that installs this and other required packages > (e.g. task sdk), like this: > > ``` > uv venv > uv pip install -U \ > apache-airflow==3.2.0b1 \ > apache-airflow-core==3.2.0b1 \ > apache-airflow-task-sdk==1.2.0b1 > ``` > > Constraints files are at > https://github.com/apache/airflow/tree/constraints-3.2.0b1 > > > The beta snapshot is available at our SVN: > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/airflow/3.2.0b1/ and > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/airflow/task-sdk/1.2.0b1/ > > Public keys for verification are available at: > https://www.apache.org/dist/airflow/KEYS > > *Get Involved* > > We encourage the community to test this release and report any issues or > feedback. Your contributions help us ensure a stable and reliable Airflow > 3.2.0 release. > > Please report issues using GitHub at > https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues and add > "affected_version:3.2.0beta" label. > > A huge thank you to all the contributors who have worked on this release! > > Regards, > Rahul Vats >
