I want to shout out https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/59747. It’s a great improvement for the dev experience.
Best, Wei > On Jan 13, 2026, at 9:30 PM, Jarek Potiuk <[email protected]> wrote: > > Definitely for having more than one PR of the month - been a bit > disconnected last few days and while (sill down with a cold) - If there > would be three my choice would be: > > #58365, #56817, #58548 > > If I were to pick one: #58548 -> attempting to solve the major pain of UI > regressions is no small feat. > > J .. > > > On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 7:18 AM Amogh Desai <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Lot of great PRs are in the mix already but I would like to make the >> competition by proposing a few more which I feel are super important >> and not so trivial PRs. >> >> 1. https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/56187: almost a quarter worth of >> effort with close collaboration with myself and jarek, which even >> identified >> some gaps with the shared libraries and helped us correct them. >> >> 2. https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/58992: required close >> collaboration >> with various components: migration, core, task-sdk, and API, and took some >> effort and a team to deliver this. >> >> 3. https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/58669: a difficult task that was >> handled >> with finesse, with no side effects. Kudos on the work on this one. >> >> Maybe this is a month where we have more than one winner :) >> >> Thanks & Regards, >> Amogh Desai >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 8:13 AM Yeonguk Choo <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> There have been many great PRs this month! >>> >>> +1 to #58548 >>> By integrating Playwright-based UI E2E testing into Breeze, >>> I think it establishes an important starting point for improving both UI >>> quality and contributor experience. >>> >>> Yeonguk >>> >>> 2026년 1월 13일 (화) AM 7:48, Jens Scheffler <[email protected]>님이 작성: >>> >>>> Oh, this month again a real challenge to pick _one_ only. There are so >>>> many cool PRs merged last month. Feels like the list of achievements of >>>> the last half-year! >>>> >>>> My +1 goes to #58365 because this really is a cool improvement and I >>>> learned something new just by reading the PR! But all others are really >>>> close-by! >>>> >>>> As I am missing the Rookie PR list, from email hostory, thanks to Jed, >> I >>>> made a selection via >>>> >>>> >>> >> https://github.com/apache/airflow/pulls?q=is%3Apr+%22Awesome+work%2C+congrats+on+your+first+merged+pull+request%21%22+merged%3A%3E2025-12-01+is%3Aclosed+ >>>> >>>> ...and not to have too many emails (if we do any) Rookie PR I'd favor >>>> the PR #59313 which added Japanese translations to UI. >>>> >>>> Jens >>>> >>>> On 1/12/26 23:38, Briana Steel via dev wrote: >>>>> Hey All, >>>>> >>>>> It’s once again time to vote for the PR of the Month! Vote is a bit >>> late >>>> as >>>>> I have been away. >>>>> >>>>> With the help of the get_important_pr_candidates script in dev/stats, >>>> we've >>>>> identified the following candidates: >>>>> >>>>> PR#58365: Fix LocalExecutor memory spike by applying gc.freeze >>>>> https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/58365 >>>>> >>>>> PR#55467: Enhance code view to support search and diff >>>>> https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/55467 >>>>> >>>>> PR#58548: Add UI E2E testing framework with Playwright and Breeze >>>>> integration >>>>> https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/58548 >>>>> >>>>> PR#56920: Add filters to Task Instances Tab >>>>> https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/56920 >>>>> >>>>> PR#59183: fix(asset-parition): add a mutex lock to AssetModel when >>>> updating >>>>> APDR >>>>> https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/59183 >>>>> >>>>> Please reply to this thread with your selection or offer your own >>>>> nominee(s). >>>>> >>>>> Voting will close on Friday, January 16th at 10 AM PST. The winner(s) >>>> will >>>>> be featured in the next issue of the Airflow newsletter. >>>>> >>>>> Also, if there’s an article or event that you think should be >> included >>> in >>>>> this or a future issue of the newsletter, please drop me a line at >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Briana Steel >>>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>> >>
