Hey fellow Airflowers, The release candidate for Apache Airflow Python Client 3.1.6rc1 is now available for testing!
This email is calling for a vote on the release, which will last at least 72 hours, from Wednesday, January 14, 2026 at 3:10 pm UTC until Monday, January 19, 2026 at 7:00 am UTC <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=8&iso=20260119T0700&p1=1440>, and until 3 binding +1 votes have been received. Consider this my (binding) +1. Airflow Client 3.1.6rc1 is available at: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/airflow/clients/python/3.1.6rc1/ The apache_airflow_client-3.1.6.tar.gz is an sdist release that contains INSTALL instructions, and also is the official source release. The apache_airflow_client-3.1.6-py3-none-any.whl is a binary wheel release that pip can install. Those packages do not contain .rc* version as, when approved, they will be released as the final version. The rc packages are also available at PyPI (with rc suffix) and you can install it with pip as usual: https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-client/3.1.6rc1/ Public keys are available at: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/airflow/KEYS 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_PYTHON_CLIENT.md#verify-the-release-candidate-by-pmc-members The test procedure for contributors and members of the community who would like to test this RC is described in: https://github.com/apache/airflow/blob/main/dev/README_RELEASE_PYTHON_CLIENT.md#verify-the-release-candidate-by-contributors *Changelog:* *Bug Fixes*: - Update refresh token flow (#55506) - Patch pools should have an optional description (#58066) - Add task group ID filtering support to task instance query (#59511) - Fix backfill run_on_latest_version defaulting to False instead of True (#59328) - Update refresh token flow (#58649) - Patch pools should have an optional description (#58169) Cheers, Ephraim
