Hey all, I have just cut the new wave Airflow Providers packages with release preparation date 2026-07-01. This email is calling a vote on the release, which will last for 42 hours - which means that it will end on 2026-07-05 16:00 UTC and until 3 binding +1 votes have been received. As detailed in the previous vote <https://lists.apache.org/thread/zq1nq3llz8tooqdgrp3bonqmr106bl0c>, I am running the current on an accelerated timeline to support the upcoming Airflow Core 3.3 release planned for Monday, allowing a two-day buffer to test compatibility between the Airflow Core 3.3 RC and the following essential providers. If, for any reason, there is a binding objection to running in accelerated mode, or if there are not enough binding votes during that time, this vote will be converted into a regular vote ending 72 hours from now, on 2026-07-06 22:00 UTC.
Consider this my (binding) +1. The packages included in this release, and the main reason for including them, are detailed as follows: - common.io - Introduce the object store backend for the task and asset stores, an essential feature for Airflow Core 3.3. - cncf.kubernetes - Fix the bugs identified in the last RC, along with additional bug fixes and essential features required to support Airflow Core 3.3. - keycloak - Include an essential fix that was missed in the last RC. Airflow Providers are available at: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/airflow/providers/2026-07-01 *apache-airflow-providers-2026-07-01-source.tar.gz* is the full source tarball of airflow repo - snapshot taken at the moment of provider's release. *apache-airflow-providers-<PROVIDER>-*.tar.gz* are the convenience python "sdist" distributions that we publish in PyPI *apache_airflow_providers_<PROVIDER>-*.whl are the convenience Python "wheel" distributions that we publish in PyPI. The test procedure for PMC members is described in https://github.com/apache/airflow/blob/main/dev/README_RELEASE_PROVIDERS.md#verify-the-release-candidate-by-pmc-members The test procedure for and Contributors who would like to test this RC is described in: https://github.com/apache/airflow/blob/main/dev/README_RELEASE_PROVIDERS.md#verify-the-release-candidate-by-contributors Public keys are available at: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/airflow/KEYS Please vote accordingly: [ ] +1 approve [ ] +0 no opinion [ ] -1 disapprove with the reason Only votes from PMC members are binding, but members of the community are encouraged to test the release and vote with "(non-binding)". Please note that the version number excludes the 'rcX' string. This will allow us to rename the artifact without modifying the artifact checksums when we actually release it. The status of testing the providers by the community is kept here: https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/69276 The issue is also the easiest way to see important PRs included in the RC candidates. Detailed changelog for the providers will be published in the documentation after the RC candidates are released. You can find the RC packages in PyPI following these links: https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-common-io/1.8.0rc1/ https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-cncf-kubernetes/10.19.0rc1/ https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-keycloak/0.8.1rc2/ Cheers, Shahar Epstein
