That's awesome, let's catchup Dheeraj - looking forward to hearing about
your migration experience

On Mon, 6 Oct 2025 at 10:59, Dheeraj Turaga <[email protected]> wrote:

> +1 I strongly agree, as someone who migrated our org to 3.1 last week (and
> initial adopters for 3.0 aswell) , I have been pushing bug fixes as I see
> and as my user base reports them.  I felt the migration was bumpy and have
> some notes regarding this
>
> Looking forward to share my experience with you all at the summit!
>
> On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM Pavankumar Gopidesu <
> [email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Yeah very strong +1 lets make next release super stable version.
> >
> > Regards
> > Pavan
> >
> > On Mon, 6 Oct 2025 at 18:36, Kaxil Naik <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > Strong +1, thanks Vikram for the proposal.
> > >
> > > Dedicated time for this is essential.
> > >
> > > On Mon, 6 Oct 2025 at 01:22, Aritra Basu <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Very valid points from both of you! I am all in on this as well, I
> > think
> > > > it's been all cylinders firing for a little while now with making
> > > airflow 3
> > > > feature rich. Taking some time to clean up the features would be
> great!
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Aritra Basu
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, 6 Oct 2025, 10:23 am Jarek Potiuk, <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I am very much for it!
> > > > >
> > > > > And I would even add a little - it would be great that pretty much
> > all
> > > of
> > > > > us got involved - even (and especially) in the areas that they have
> > not
> > > > > been involved so far.
> > > > >
> > > > > There are a number of areas - both new, and "changed old" that I
> > think
> > > > > there is a small number of "experts" (basically those who worked on
> > > it) -
> > > > > but others have limited visibility of understanding of a) new areas
> > b)
> > > > > scope of changes (I am speaking from my own experience here as
> well).
> > > And
> > > > > we are somewhat shying away not even in attempting to fix things,
> but
> > > > also
> > > > > even in triaging and responding and interacting with users who are
> > > > raising
> > > > > issues. Thus many issues are untriaged. I think we got a bit more
> > > > "siloed"
> > > > > in our part with Airflow 3 development and we need to break the
> > silos a
> > > > > bit.
> > > > >
> > > > > There might be few reasons:
> > > > >
> > > > > - we feel not competent enough to help
> > > > > - somehow we feel "the others who implemented it" are responsible
> for
> > > > > fixing those
> > > > > - we have "our" parts that we are looking at and focusing on (this
> > is I
> > > > > think the biggest part especially for those "experts" who might
> feel
> > > > > overwhelmed - if we look elsewhere, we might have a feeling  that
> > "our"
> > > > > part will be lagging behind)
> > > > > - those "experts" on the other hand might feel overloaded with a
> > number
> > > > of
> > > > > issues in their specific area and have hard time in getting someone
> > to
> > > > help
> > > > > them
> > > > >
> > > > > I think ideally, we need more of the community engagement here -
> and
> > > > likely
> > > > > "experts" taking more of a role of brainstorming and guiding other
> > > > > contributors, committers, PMC members to help following their
> advice
> > > and
> > > > > oversight in solving the issues. That would not only be opportunity
> > to
> > > > efix
> > > > > things potentially faster (after initial ramp-up time) but also
> turn
> > > such
> > > > > "polishing" period into a knowledge transfer. Ultimately it's not
> one
> > > or
> > > > > two person who is responsible for some "areas" in Airflow, but
> whole
> > > > > community is. And those "experts" might even find time to help in
> > > "other"
> > > > > areas if they are less burdened with working on solutions down to a
> > > green
> > > > > PR in their area of expertise.
> > > > >
> > > > > And also I think that "help" thing comes to the users who raised
> > their
> > > > > issues (some of them undoubtedly listening here) - we will need
> their
> > > > help
> > > > > in at least testing solutions and commenting on hypotheses.
> > > > >
> > > > > Maybe we can figure out a way of working (commenting on issues,
> > > triaging
> > > > > approach, issue solving attempt, way of asking for help)? that will
> > > > > "catalyse" such knowledge transfer.
> > > > >
> > > > > But I also might be wrong in my assesment - so I'd love to hear
> what
> > > > others
> > > > > might say here - maybe also have some proposals how we could
> > reorganise
> > > > to
> > > > > handle open issues better (and to handle some of the challenges
> > > > involved).
> > > > > Undoubtedly such knowledge transfer has some risks that solving
> > issues
> > > > will
> > > > > slow down - at least initially, so we have to be rather careful
> with
> > > this
> > > > > approach and have clear boundary of trust from the experts that
> > things
> > > > will
> > > > > be solved when they are guiding somoene.
> > > > >
> > > > > J.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sun, Oct 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM Vikram Koka via dev <
> > > > [email protected]
> > > > > >
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Dear Airflowers,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I am looking forward to meeting many of you this coming week at
> the
> > > > > Airflow
> > > > > > Summit. It will be wonderful to connect in person after a year of
> > > > online
> > > > > > collaboration since the last Summit.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I’d like to put a proposal in front of all of you. We’re sure to
> > hear
> > > > > > valuable feedback from users who have adopted or are adopting
> > Airflow
> > > > 3.
> > > > > My
> > > > > > proposal is that we dedicate October, the four weeks following
> the
> > > > > Summit,
> > > > > > to polishing work rather than new feature development.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This would mean focusing on smoothing out any rough edges in the
> > > > adoption
> > > > > > journey and making it easier for users to take full advantage of
> > the
> > > > new
> > > > > > capabilities we’ve released. Depending on the aggregated
> feedback,
> > we
> > > > can
> > > > > > also consider multiple patch releases during this period to
> quickly
> > > > > > incorporate improvements.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > As part of this, let's make sure feedback is easy to track:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >    - System of record: Use Github issues
> > > > > >    <https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues> as the source of
> > > truth,
> > > > > even
> > > > > >    if there is a conversation over slack or on the dev list.
> > > > > >    - Version labelling: Include the Airflow version so it can be
> > > > labeled
> > > > > >    appropriated (label:affected_version either 3.0 or 3.1),
> easily
> > > > > > reproduced
> > > > > >    and resolved.
> > > > > >    - Upgrade blockers: Indicate if this affects upgrades from
> 2.x.
> > We
> > > > > have
> > > > > >    been labeling and tracking these separately.
> > > > > >    - Documentation vs. code: Indicate if this is a documentation
> > gap,
> > > > > >    rather than a code problem.
> > > > > >    - Context: Airflow's flexibility allows for a wide range of
> > > > behavior.
> > > > > >    With Airflow 3's architectural changes, especially the new
> > TaskSDK
> > > > > > model,
> > > > > >    some implicit behaviors may now need to be explicitly
> specified.
> > > If
> > > > > you
> > > > > >    found anything confusing or frustrating, please let us know
> if a
> > > > > >    documentation update, upgrade script change, or a clarifying
> > > example
> > > > > > would
> > > > > >    be helpful.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > We are looking for active participation from everyone, including
> > > those
> > > > > who
> > > > > > haven't contributed before. Even a small contribution such as a
> > clear
> > > > > > reproduction scenario, a documentation improvement, or a simple
> > > upgrade
> > > > > > script update can make a big difference.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thank you and best regards,
> > > > > > Vikram
> > > > > > --
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Vikram Koka
> > > > > > Chief Strategy Officer
> > > > > > Email: [email protected]
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > <https://www.astronomer.io/>
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

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