Thanks Hussein for the release. +1 (non-binding)
I verified the 2026-08-18 provider RC artifacts: the staged file set matches the announcement, all 59 SHA-512 checks and GPG signatures passed, and all 29 RC packages are available on PyPI. I also tested apache-airflow-providers-standard 1.18.0rc1, including the is_stub=True change from #69757, on Airflow 3.3.1. It works as expected. Thanks, Jason On Thu, Aug 20, 2026 at 1:53 AM Hussein Awala <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey all, > > I have just cut the new wave Airflow Providers packages with release > preparation date 2026-08-18. This email is calling a vote on the release, > which will last for 72 hours - which means that it will end on 2026-08-22 > 17:52 UTC and until 3 binding +1 votes have been received. > > Consider this my (binding) +1. > > This wave releases 29 providers. Two of them carry changes worth calling > out: > > * apache-airflow-providers-microsoft-azure 15.0.0 is a major release. > AzureBatchHook and > AzureBatchOperator are migrated to the azure-batch 15.x (track 2) SDK: > get_conn now returns > a BatchClient instead of a BatchServiceClient, configure_pool no longer > accepts os_family > or os_version, AzureBatchOperator no longer accepts os_family, and the > Batch model classes > were renamed by the SDK. The changelog note describes the migration. > > * apache-airflow-providers-common-ai 0.8.0 changes the shape returned by > the "query" tool of > SQLToolset and DataFusionToolset: rows are now columnar and "count" is > replaced by > "row_count". Agents adapt from the tool description, but code calling > toolset.call_tool("query", ...) directly needs updating. The changelog > note has the details. > > apache-airflow-providers-keycloak is released as 0.9.0rc2 - its 0.9.0rc1 > from the 2026-08-01 > wave was excluded from that release, so this is a re-cut of the same > version. > > Airflow Providers are available at: > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/airflow/providers/2026-08-18 > > *apache-airflow-providers-2026-08-18-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/71847 > > 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-amazon/9.35.0rc1/ > https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-anthropic/0.3.0rc1/ > https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-apache-hdfs/4.13.0rc1/ > https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-apache-iceberg/2.1.0rc1/ > https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-apache-kafka/1.16.0rc1/ > https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-apache-livy/4.6.1rc1/ > https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-apache-spark/6.3.2rc1/ > > https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-cncf-kubernetes/10.21.1rc1/ > https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-common-ai/0.8.0rc1/ > https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-common-sql/2.1.1rc1/ > https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-databricks/7.19.0rc1/ > https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-edge3/4.3.1rc1/ > https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-fab/3.8.1rc1/ > https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-git/0.4.3rc1/ > https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-google/22.4.0rc1/ > https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-hashicorp/4.8.1rc1/ > https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-jdbc/5.5.1rc1/ > https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-keycloak/0.9.0rc2/ > > https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-microsoft-azure/15.0.0rc1/ > https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-microsoft-mssql/4.7.1rc1/ > https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-microsoft-psrp/3.2.7rc1/ > https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-mysql/6.6.2rc1/ > https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-openlineage/2.20.1rc1/ > https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-oracle/4.6.3rc1/ > https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-postgres/7.0.2rc1/ > https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-samba/4.13.0rc1/ > https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-snowflake/6.16.1rc1/ > https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-standard/1.18.0rc1/ > https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-tableau/5.6.1rc1/ > > Cheers, > Hussein Awala >
