Zihao Zhang created AIRFLOW-2574: ------------------------------------ Summary: initdb fails when mysql password contains percent sign Key: AIRFLOW-2574 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AIRFLOW-2574 Project: Apache Airflow Issue Type: Bug Components: db Reporter: Zihao Zhang
[db.py|https://github.com/apache/incubator-airflow/blob/3358551c8e73d9019900f7a85f18ebfd88591450/airflow/utils/db.py#L345] uses [config.set_main_option|http://alembic.zzzcomputing.com/en/latest/api/config.html#alembic.config.Config.set_main_option] which says "A raw percent sign not part of an interpolation symbol must therefore be escaped" When there is a percent sign in database connection string, this will crash due to bad interpolation. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)