Hello Apache Airflow Community,
This is a call for the vote to release Helm Chart version 1.20.0 as rc2.
rc2 was needed as the release instructions had some errors and caused
meta data and doc urls being published wrong. Content of the chart
itself is unchanged but a new, corrected package is built. Therefore
also the shorter voting period of 24h.
The release candidate is available at:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/airflow/helm-chart/1.20.0rc2/
airflow-chart-1.20.0-source.tar.gz - is the "main source release" that
comes with INSTALL instructions.
airflow-1.20.0.tgz - is the binary Helm Chart release.
Public keys are available at: https://www.apache.org/dist/airflow/KEYS
For convenience "index.yaml" has been uploaded (though excluded from
voting), so you can also run the below commands.
helm repo add apache-airflow-dev
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/airflow/helm-chart/1.20.0rc2/
helm repo update
helm install airflow apache-airflow-dev/airflow
airflow-1.20.0.tgz.prov - is also uploaded for verifying Chart
Integrity, though not strictly required for releasing the artifact based
on ASF Guidelines.
$ helm gpg verify airflow-1.20.0.tgz
gpg: Signature made Sa 21 Mär 2026 21:41:41 CET
gpg: using EDDSA key EFDA915011C4751F8A3AD979AEFD29C8BA60C0F4
gpg: issuer "[email protected]"
gpg: Good signature from "Jens Scheffler <[email protected]>" [ultimate]
plugin: Chart SHA verified.
sha256:29740c59c42960f14ac710069686a70220c011e210b6ca7d7f4d0f748da0917a
The documentation is available at
https://airflow.staged.apache.org/helm-chart/1.20.0/.
The vote will be open for at least 24 hours (2026-03-22 21:12 UTC) or
until the necessary number of votes is reached.
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to?iso=20260322T2112&p0=136&font=cursive
Please vote accordingly:
[ ] +1 approve
[ ] +0 no opinion
[ ] -1 disapprove with the reason
Only votes from PMC members are binding, but 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_HELM_CHART.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_HELM_CHART.md#verify-the-release-candidates-by-contributors
Consider this my (binding) +1.
For license checks, the .rat-excludes files is included, so you can run
the following to verify licenses (just update your path to rat):
tar -xvf airflow-chart-1.20.0-source.tar.gz
cd airflow-chart-1.20.0
java -jar apache-rat-0.13.jar chart -E .rat-excludes
Please note that the version number excludes the `rcX` string, so it's
now simply 1.20.0. This will allow us to rename the artifact without
modifying the artifact checksums when we actually release it.
The status of testing the Helm Chart by the community is kept here:
https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/63859
Thanks,
Jens Scheffler
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