Hey fellow Airflowers, The release candidates for Apache Airflow 3.1.8rc2 and Task SDK 1.1.8rc2 are now available for testing!
This email is calling for a vote on the release, which will last at least 24 hours, from Tuesday, March 10, 2026 at 7:00 PM UTC until Wednesday, March 11, 2026 at 7:00 pm UTC < https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=8&iso=20260311T19&p1=1440 >, and until 3 binding +1 votes have been received. Status of testing of the release is kept in https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/62987 Consider this my +1 binding vote. Airflow 3.1.8rc2 is available at: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/airflow/3.1.8rc2/ "apache-airflow" Meta package: - *apache-airflow-3.1.8-source.tar.gz* is a source release that comes with INSTALL instructions. - *apache-airflow-3.1.8.tar.gz* is the binary Python "sdist" release. - *apache_airflow-3.1.8-py3-none-any.whl* is the binary Python wheel "binary" release. "apache-airflow-core" package: - *apache_airflow_core-3.1.8.tar.gz* is the binary Python "sdist" release. - *apache_airflow_core-3.1.8-py3-none-any.whl* is the binary Python wheel "binary" release. Task SDK 1.1.8 is available at: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/airflow/task-sdk/1.1.8rc2/ "apache-airflow-task-sdk" package: - *apache_airflow_task_sdk-1.1.8.tar.gz* is the binary Python "sdist" release. - *apache_airflow_task_sdk-1.1.8-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 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_AIRFLOW.md#verify-the-release-candidate-by-contributors Please note that the version number excludes the 'rcX' string, so it's now simply 3.1.8 for Airflow package and 1.1.8 for Task SDK. This will allow us to rename the artifact without modifying the artifact checksums when we actually release. Docs (for preview): https://airflow.staged.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow/3.1.8 Release Notes: - https://github.com/apache/airflow/blob/3.1.8rc2/RELEASE_NOTES.rst - https://airflow.staged.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow/3.1.8/release_notes.html (Rendered HTML) Testing Instructions using PyPI: You can build a virtualenv that installs this and other required packages (e.g. task sdk), like this: uv venv uv pip install -U \ apache-airflow==3.1.8rc2 \ apache-airflow-core==3.1.8rc2 \ apache-airflow-task-sdk==1.1.8rc2 Constraints files are at https://github.com/apache/airflow/tree/constraints-3.1.8rc2 Changes since rc1 fix(migration): disable disable_sqlite_fkeys for migration (#63272 <https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/63272>) Regards, Rahul Vats
