+1 binding.

- Ran SVN check
- Performed reproducible package checks
- Signatures
- Checksums
- Licenses

Installed the RC bits for 2.11.2rc1 with breeze and did some
random UI clicks and ran some of my dags, all looks ok.

Jens -- I feel you :)


Thanks & Regards,
Amogh Desai


On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 4:38 AM Jens Scheffler <[email protected]> wrote:

> +1 (binding) - Checked SVN, Reproducible package build, Licenses,
> Signatures
>
> After one week of working with Airflow 3.1 using Airflow 2.11 feels like
> being in 1980 :-D
>
> Did run one Dag from examples after runnign with Breeze, basic tests
> only and looks OK.
>
> P.S.: uff, 4 release validations in one evening, looking forward to ATR :-D
>
> On 09.03.26 21:01, Jarek Potiuk wrote:
> > Small update: I found minor formatting issue in the "frontend change
> > summary" - and in Github UI it caused the high-risk table to not render
> >
> https://github.com/apache/airflow/blob/v2-11-test/airflow/www/changes_in_2_11_dependencies.rst
> > is a better link (I pushed a fix to v2-11-test)
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 9, 2026 at 8:54 PM Jarek Potiuk <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> Hey fellow Airflowers,
> >>
> >> I have cut Airflow 2.11.2rc1. This email is calling a vote on the
> release,
> >> which will last at least 72 hours, from Monday, March 9, 2026 at 9 pm
> CET
> >> until Thursday, March 12, 2021 at 9pm, CET and until 3 binding +1 votes
> >> have been received.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?p0=1440&iso=20260312T20&msg=Release
> >>
> >> Status of testing of the release is kept in
> >> https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/63214
> >>
> >> Consider this my (binding) +1.
> >>
> >> Airflow 2.11.2rc1 is available at:
> >> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/airflow/2.11.2rc1/
> >>
> >> *apache-airflow-2.11.2-source.tar.gz* is a source release that comes
> with
> >> INSTALL instructions.
> >> *apache-airflow-2.11.2.tar.gz* is the binary Python "sdist" release.
> >> *apache_airflow-2.11.2-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 2.11.2. 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/2.11.2rc1/RELEASE_NOTES.rst
> >>
> >> The images are pushed
> >> https://hub.docker.com/r/apache/airflow/tags?name=2.11.2
> >> Doc publishing will take a bit more time - I will update it here when
> docs
> >> are ready (but besides release notes there are hardly any changes)
> >>
> >> For information on what goes into a release please see:
> >>
> https://github.com/apache/airflow/blob/main/dev/WHAT_GOES_INTO_THE_NEXT_RELEASE.md
> >>
> >>
> >> *Scope of the changes*
> >> This is a follow-up release after 2.11.1, and addresses a few issues
> found
> >> in 2.11.1 - those are rather small annoying issues found due to
> connexion
> >> migration and very few small fixes backported from Airflow 3.
> >>
> >> However a bit bigger change, is *upgrade of UI/npm dependencies (many).*
> >> Airflow 2 contains embedded / compiled UI javascript code for the UI and
> >> those can only be upgraded with new airflow release. Since we are just
> >> about to reach EOL for Airflow 2, this release attempts to migrate to
> >> latest "reasonable" versions of those dependencies. Not everything
> could be
> >> migrated to "latest latest" release - but at least where we could we
> >> migrated to latest minor/patchlevel upgrades. We are using it as a last
> >> chance to bump to latest versions. Once Airflow 2 reaches EOL, the only
> way
> >> to upgrade those UI dependencies will be to migrate to Airflow 3.
> >>
> >> Therefore, there **might** be some UI glitches that we missed while
> >> manually testing the RC - so I have a kind request to those who will be
> >> testing it to pay extra attentions on those areas afected potentially by
> >> the migration.
> >>
> >> Together with Claude, I prepared a nice overview of everything migrated
> in
> >> 2.11.2 from the UI dependencies - together with splitting it to
> >> high/medium/low risk and performing an (AI) assesment of whether there
> is
> >> an impact on our code, lookling at the way how we use the dependecies.
> >>
> >> You can see the  report here:
> >>
> https://github.com/apache/airflow/blob/2.11.2rc1/airflow/www/changes_in_2_11_dependencies.rst
> >>
> >>
> >> The summary is as follows. I would love to hear more from those more
> >> familiar with the UI who can take a look and verify that the assessment
> >> holds. I did brief manual verification that none of the potentia areas
> are
> >> affected, but I might have missed some, so kindly ask for
> re-verification
> >>
> >>
> >> *Final conclusion:*
> >>
> >>     - React 19 (^18 → ^19.2.4) — Impact: LOW despite being a major bump
> ->
> >>     Verdict: Runtime likely fine, but TypeScript compilation may break
> on
> >>     implicit children
> >>     - Jest 30 (^27 → ^30) — Impact: MEDIUM-HIGH -> MEDIUM IMPACT (may
> >>     cause visual or functional differences)
> >>     - echarts 6 — Impact: MEDIUM (4 files) -> Chart rendering defaults
> may
> >>     change — visual verification needed
> >>     - react-router-dom v7 (^6 → ^7) — Impact: LOW despite major bump ->
> >>     Verdict: Likely works without changes
> >>     - react-markdown 10 (^8 → ^10) — Impact: MEDIUM (1 file) -> Plugin
> API
> >>     (remarkPlugins) and components prop may have changed
> >>     - elkjs 0.11 (^0.7 → ^0.11) — Impact: LOW-MEDIUM (4 files) -> Layout
> >>     algorithm changes may render DAG graphs differently — visual
> verification
> >>     needed
> >>     - framer-motion 11 (^6 → ^11) — Impact: LOW (1 file only) -> Should
> >>     work but worth a visual check on tooltip animations
> >>
> >> All the rest is low risk.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> *Recommended verification order:*
> >> Visual check: echarts charts, DAG graph layouts (elkjs), tooltip
> >> animations, swagger API docs page
> >>
> >> ...
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Jarek
> >>
>
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