+1 non-binding.

Verified a few example dags, it's working fine.

And Big thank you Jarek, for all the effort on this release :)

Regards,
Pavan

On Thu, Feb 19, 2026 at 10:34 PM Jens Scheffler <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Jarek,
>
> Had a bit of challenges running the validation stages on the aged
> descriptions, attempted in a different, clean workspace but ended up
> requiring having it in /airflow... but anyway, result of my checks are:
>
> Airflow 2.11.1rc2
>
> +1 (binding) - Checked SVN, Reproducible package build, Licenses,
> Signatures
>
> *Note that also the license check raised alarms which were
> false-positives. But had no differences in generated packages as of
> previous eamils made "git clean -xddf" before starting to check.
>
> Fab 1.5.4rc1:
>
> +1 (binding) - Checked SVN, Check in Docker, Reproducible package build,
> Licenses, Signatures
>
> Was a bit of a challenge getting that old release with existing script
> back working and tested. Attempted my usual test round via Edge Executor
> and Integration Test Dag. Actually had in memory that we wanted to block
> EdgeExecutor being possible to be used in 2.11.1 but is still working.
> But anyway for everybody on own risk.
>
> So for me ... let's get this released! Hopefully last time 2.11.*!
> (Validation took me almost 2 of my evenings... not counting the enormous
> hours Jarek spent in making the release. Wow!)
>
> On 18.02.26 23:50, Jarek Potiuk wrote:
> > That's fine - those are all generated files, just missing (due to **old**
> > release tooling from exclusions - we are not supposed to have licence for
> > generated files)
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 10:50 PM Buğra Öztürk <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> For apache-airflow, +1 (binding)
> >> I have checked,
> >> - SVN
> >> - Reproducible package builds
> >> - Licence
> >> - Signature
> >> - Checksums
> >>
> >> I have checked with diffoscope and see only that the `generated/` part
> was
> >> different. It is indeed coming from old local builds, where, in release
> >> checks, we are not mentioning the cleaning generated. We have only part
> >> related to cleaning the `dist/` directory.
> >>
> >> For providers/fab,
> >> I have checked,
> >> - SVN
> >> - Reproducible package builds
> >> - Licence
> >> - Signature
> >> - Checksums
> >>
> >> Other than the Licence check, it looks good. To double-check, I used
> both
> >> apache-rat-0.17 and apache-rat-0.13, as stated in the version docs and
> the
> >> latest. Both showed the files as unapproved. Please let me know if I
> missed
> >> anything.
> >> ``` apache-rat-0.13
> >> Files with unapproved licenses:
> >>
> >>    ./apache_airflow_providers_fab-1.5.4-py3-none-any.whl.asc
> >>    ./apache_airflow_providers_fab-1.5.4-py3-none-any.whl.sha512
> >>    ./apache_airflow_providers_fab-1.5.4.tar.gz.asc
> >>    ./apache_airflow_providers_fab-1.5.4.tar.gz.sha512
> >> ```
> >>
> >> ``` apache-rat-0.17
> >> *****************************************************
> >> Files with unapproved licenses
> >> *****************************************************
> >>
> >>    /apache_airflow_providers_fab-1.5.4-py3-none-any.whl.asc
> >>    /apache_airflow_providers_fab-1.5.4-py3-none-any.whl.sha512
> >>    /apache_airflow_providers_fab-1.5.4.tar.gz.asc
> >>    /apache_airflow_providers_fab-1.5.4.tar.gz.sha512
> >> ```
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >>
> >> On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 2:23 PM Jarek Potiuk <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >>> No big deal if missing and we can explain the difference being that one
> >>> file.
> >>>
> >>> I think it could be an artefact of switching branches. This file is
> >>> generated in Airflow 3 and used to check if the file changed - in
> Airflow
> >>> 2's breeze it was not generated at all - because
> >> provider_dependencies.json
> >>> was committed to git repo. So likely what happened when you
> >>> switched branches this file was "left-over".
> >>>
> >>> One way to check it is to run in a newly checked out repo (or
> worktree).
> >>>
> >>> J.
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 1:38 PM Shahar Epstein <[email protected]>
> >> wrote:
> >>>> When running the reproducible package check I got that the file
> >>>> generated/provider_dependencies.json.sha256sum exists in
> >>>> dist/apache_airflow-2.11.1.tar.gz but is missing its equivalent
> >> asf-dist.
> >>>> Did I do something wrong or is it an actual issue?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Shahar
> >>>>
> >>>> On Tue, Feb 17, 2026 at 2:43 AM Jarek Potiuk <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Hey fellow Airflowers,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I have cut Airflow 2.11.1rc2 together with accompanying FAB 1.5.4rc1.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Notes::
> >>>>> * Airflow 2.11.1 only supports Python 3.10, 3.11, 3.12 - Python 3.9
> >>>> support
> >>>>> is dropped (reasons
> >>>>> explained in release notes)
> >>>>> * we have rc2 not rc1 for Airflow as there were fab dependency issues
> >>>> with
> >>>>> rc1 already in PyPI, so I had to go with rc2
> >>>>> * I have accidentally published 2.11.1 in PyPI (for now I yanked it)
> >>> due
> >>>> to
> >>>>> technical glitch during preparation (not enough memory for Docker for
> >>>> yarn
> >>>>> !!). If rc1 will pass testing, I will just unyank it. In case we will
> >>>> have
> >>>>> to cancel rc1, we will have to release 2.11.2.
> >>>>> * Documentation is not yet published using the new workflow - I need
> >> to
> >>>>> make some modifications to fix the workflows for v2-11 branch - but I
> >>> am
> >>>>> close and I should be able to publish the docs tomorrow.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> This email is calling a vote on both - airflow and fab provider.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The vote will last at least 72 hours, from Tuesday, February 17, 2026
> >>>> 0:00
> >>>>> UTC
> >>>>> until Friday, February 17, 2026 0:00 UTC, and until 3 binding +1
> >> votes
> >>>> have
> >>>>> been received.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>
> https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=8&iso=20260217T0-00&p1=1440
> >>>>> Status of testing of the release is kept in
> >>>>> https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/62056
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Consider this my (binding) +1.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Airflow 2.11.1rc2 is available at:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/airflow/2.11.1rc2/
> >>>>>
> >>>>> *apache-airflow-2.11.1-source.tar.gz* is a source release that comes
> >>> with
> >>>>> INSTALL instructions - the source file covers both Airflow and Fab.
> >>>>> *apache-airflow-2.11.1.tar.gz* is the binary Python "sdist" release.
> >>>>> *apache_airflow-2.11.1-py3-none-any.whl* is the binary Python wheel
> >>>>> "binary" release.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Docker images are available at:
> >>>>> https://hub.docker.com/r/apache/airflow/tags?name=2.11.1rc2
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Fab provider 1.5.4rc2 is available in:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>
> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/airflow/providers/2.11/2026-02-16/
> >>>>> *apache_airflow_providers_fab-1.5.4.tar.gz* is the binary Python
> >>> "sdist"
> >>>>> release.
> >>>>> *apache_airflow_providers_fab-1.5.4-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)".
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Airflow:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The test procedure for PMC members is described in:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>
> https://github.com/apache/airflow/blob/v2-11-stable/dev/README_RELEASE_AIRFLOW.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/v2-11-stable/dev/README_RELEASE_AIRFLOW.md#verify-the-release-candidate-by-contributors
> >>>>> Note that the way to install airflow with `pip` or `uv` (for Python
> >>> 3.10)
> >>>>> [uv] pip install apache-airflow==2.11.1rc2 --constraint
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>
> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/airflow/constraints-2.11.1rc2/constraints-3.10.txt
> >>>>> This should install both: apache-airflow==2.11.1rc2 and
> >>>>> apache-airflow-providers-fab==1.5.4rc1
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Please note that the version number excludes the `rcX` string, so
> >> it's
> >>>> now
> >>>>> simply 2.11.1. 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/2.11.1rc2/RELEASE_NOTES.rst
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Cheers,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> J.
> >>>>>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Bugra Ozturk
> >>
>
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