Cancelling this vote due to issue https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/71367 noticed during testing. I will get rc2 out soon.
Regards, Rahul Vats On Sun, 9 Aug 2026 at 13:58, Jarek Potiuk <[email protected]> wrote: > Just to add a little to what Rahul wrote - this was a "complicated" release > where we attempted (and eventually succeeded) to have parallel releases of > Airflow + Providers - actually we had 3 (!) parallel releases (2 for > providers and one for Airflow). > We also added manually triggerable workflows in CI to rebuild/refresh > constraints for the RC and final releases, which should give us flexibility > so we will not have to "sequentialize" those in the future. We also solved > a few long-time standing issues: > > * it "assures" that constraints have been refreshed **just** before > releasing airflow as part of RM workflow > * we had protection against accidental downgrades of providers because > resolution of `--highest` made decision than another package "highest" was > more important. But that required "guessing" what caused the problem (it > happened once already and it was a head-scratcher that required me to guess > what kind of workaround to apply. With those fixes now it "pins" the latest > providers and will complain if that causes some conflicts—a much better > error > > Greetings from Bejing. > > J. > > > On Sun, Aug 9, 2026 at 1:57 PM Rahul Vats <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Update on the Python 3.14 issue from earlier- it is now resolved. > > > > constraints have been regenerated and all Python images (including 3.14) > > have been rebuilt with the latest providers, including > > apache-airflow-providers-google 22.3.0rc4 which carries the fix. 3.14 is > > now > > fully testable. > > > > Thanks to Jarek for cutting google 22.3.0rc4 quickly and fixing the > release > > constraints > > workflow. > > > > Regards, > > Rahul Vats > > > > On Fri, 7 Aug 2026 at 15:42, Rahul Vats <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hey fellow Airflowers, > > > > > > The release candidates for Apache Airflow 3.3.1rc1 and Task SDK > 1.3.1rc1 > > > are now available for testing! > > > > > > This email is calling for a vote on the release, which will last at > least > > > until *12th Aug 2026* and until 3 binding +1 votes have been received. > > > Consider this my +1 binding vote. > > > > > > Status of testing for this release is tracked in > > > https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/71274 > > > <https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/71274> > > > > > > Airflow 3.3.1rc1 is available at: > > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/airflow/3.3.1rc1/ > > > > > > "apache-airflow" Meta package: > > > - *apache-airflow-3.3.1-source.tar.gz* is a source release that comes > > with > > > INSTALL instructions. > > > - *apache-airflow-3.3.1.tar.gz* is the binary Python "sdist" release. > > > - *apache_airflow-3.3.1-py3-none-any.whl* is the binary Python wheel > > > "binary" release. > > > > > > "apache-airflow-core" package: > > > - *apache_airflow_core-3.3.1.tar.gz* is the binary Python "sdist" > > release. > > > - *apache_airflow_core-3.3.1-py3-none-any.whl* is the binary Python > wheel > > > "binary" release. > > > > > > Task SDK 1.3.1 is available at: > > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/airflow/task-sdk/1.3.1rc1/ > > > > > > "apache-airflow-task-sdk" package: > > > - *apache_airflow_task_sdk-1.3.1.tar.gz* is the binary Python "sdist" > > > release. > > > - *apache_airflow_task_sdk-1.3.1-py3-none-any.whl* is the binary Python > > > wheel "binary" release. > > > > > > 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 all members of the > community > > > are encouraged to test the release and vote with "(non-binding)". > > > > > > The test procedure for PMC members is described in: > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/airflow/blob/main/dev/README_RELEASE_AIRFLOW.md#verify-the-release-candidate-by-pmc-members > > > > > > The test procedure for contributors and members of the community who > > would > > > like to test this RC is described in: > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/airflow/blob/main/dev/README_RELEASE_AIRFLOW.md#verify-the-release-candidate-by-contributors > > > > > > Please note that the version number excludes the 'rcX' string, so it's > > now > > > simply 3.3.1 for Airflow package and 1.3.1 for Task SDK. This will > allow > > > us to rename the artifact without modifying > > > the artifact checksums when we actually release. > > > > > > Docs (for preview): > > > https://airflow.staged.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow/3.3.1 > > > > > > Release Notes: > > > - https://github.com/apache/airflow/blob/3.3.1rc1/RELEASE_NOTES.rst > > > - > > > > > > https://airflow.staged.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow/3.3.1/release_notes.html > > > (Rendered HTML) > > > > > > 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==3.3.1rc1 \ > > > apache-airflow-core==3.3.1rc1 \ > > > apache-airflow-task-sdk==1.3.1rc1 > > > > > > Constraints files are at > > > https://github.com/apache/airflow/tree/constraints-3.3.1rc1 > > > > > > *Note:* > > > Python 3.14 image build is currently failing. Installing the Google > > > provider > > > (apache-airflow-providers-google) on 3.14 fails to resolve - > > > google-cloud-aiplatform's > > > "evaluation" extra caps litellm to a range that does not support 3.14 > > yet. > > > This is an > > > upstream issue. Jarek is already on it and plans to release a new > google > > > provider rc > > > (rc4) today, once that is out I will rebuild the constraints and the > 3.14 > > > image and > > > update this thread. > > > > > > This only affects the Google provider on 3.14. The core apache-airflow > > and > > > Task SDK > > > packages install and run fine there, so please still test 3.14 and just > > > leave the > > > Google provider out for now. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Rahul > > > > > >
