Hey fellow Airflowers, I have cut Airflow 2.8.3rc1. This email is calling a vote on the release, which will last at least 72 hours, from Thursday, March 7, 2024 at 10:10 pm UTC until Sunday, March 10, 2024, at 10:10 pm UTC <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=8&iso=20240310T2210&p1=1440>, and until 3 binding +1 votes have been received.
The status of testing of the release is kept at https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/37982 Consider this my (binding) +1. Airflow 2.8.3rc1 is available at: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/airflow/2.8.3rc1/ *apache-airflow-2.8.3-source.tar.gz* is a source release that comes with INSTALL instructions. *apache-airflow-2.8.3.tar.gz* is the binary Python "sdist" release. *apache_airflow-2.8.3-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 and Contributors 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 2.8.3. This will allow us to rename the artifact without modifying the artifact checksums when we actually release. Release Notes: https://github.com/apache/airflow/blob/2.8.3rc1/RELEASE_NOTES.rst For information on what goes into a release please see: https://github.com/apache/airflow/blob/main/dev/WHAT_GOES_INTO_THE_NEXT_RELEASE.md Changes since 2.8.2: *Significant Changes* The smtp provider is now pre-installed when you install Airflow. (#37713) *Bug Fixes* - Add "MENU" permission in auth manager (#37881) - Fix external_executor_id being overwritten (#37784) - Make more MappedOperator members modifiable (#37828) - Set parsing context dag_id in dag test command (#37606) *Miscellaneous* - Remove useless methods from security manager (#37889) - Improve code coverage for TriggerRuleDep (#37680) - The SMTP provider is now preinstalled when installing Airflow (#37713) - Bump min versions of openapi validators (#37691) - Properly include ``airflow_pre_installed_providers.txt`` artifact (#37679) *Doc Only Changes* - Clarify lack of sync between workers and scheduler (#37913) - Simplify some docs around airflow_local_settings (#37835) - Add section about local settings configuration (#37829) - Fix docs of ``BranchDayOfWeekOperator`` (#37813) - Write to secrets store is not supported by design (#37814) - ``ERD`` generating doc improvement (#37808) - Update incorrect config value (#37706) - Update security model to clarify Connection Editing user's capabilities (#37688) - Fix ImportError on examples dags (#37571) Cheers, Ephraim
