Hi Airflow community,

Following the [DISCUSSION] thread [1], I'd like to call a vote on accepting
the **Akeyless Vault Platform** provider into the Apache Airflow monorepo
as an incubating community provider, per the process in
ACCEPTING_PROVIDERS.rst [2].

## Provider overview

Akeyless (https://www.akeyless.io/) is a SaaS-based secrets management and
zero-trust access platform. The provider adds native Airflow integration for
managing secrets across DAG workflows.

**Components:**

| Component | Class |
|--------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Hook | `airflow.providers.akeyless.hooks.akeyless.AkeylessHook` |
| Connection type | `akeyless` (custom UI fields for 8 auth methods) |
| Secrets Backend |
`airflow.providers.akeyless.secrets.akeyless.AkeylessBackend` |

**Authentication methods:** API Key, AWS IAM, GCP, Azure AD, Universal
Identity (UID), JWT/OIDC, Kubernetes, Certificate

**Dependencies:** `akeyless>=5.0.0` (Apache 2.0 licensed, ~350K monthly
PyPI downloads). Optional: `akeyless_cloud_id` for cloud-based auth.

The hook is a thin wrapper over the official `akeyless` Python SDK. The
secrets backend follows the same pattern as the HashiCorp Vault backend.

## Pull request

https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/64754

The PR includes:
- Full RST documentation (connection guide, secrets backend guide)
- Unit tests for hook (11 tests) and secrets backend (8 tests)
- Example system test DAG
- `provider.yaml` with connection field schema
- All provider CI checks passing (Non-DB, DB, Compat, MyPy, docs build)

## Stewards and sponsoring committer

- **Barak Abekasis** (@baraka-akeyless) — Akeyless integrations team
(steward)
- **Dean Sher** (@deanshak) — [Product Architect] (co-steward)
- **Sponsoring committer:** [Elad Kal] (@eladkal)

## Incubation commitment

We commit to meeting incubation health metrics within 6 months:
- Timely PR reviews (< 7 days)
- Issue triage and resolution
- Keeping dependencies up to date
- Participating in quarterly governance updates

## Vote

Please vote:

[ ] +1 Accept apache-airflow-providers-akeyless as an incubating provider
[ ] +0 No opinion
[ ] -1 Do not accept (please provide reason)

The vote follows the Apache Software Foundation rules for Votes on Code
Modification [3]. The vote will be open for at least 72 hours.

[1] [DISCUSSION] thread link:
https://lists.apache.org/[email protected]:lte=1M:akeyless
[2]
https://github.com/apache/airflow/blob/main/providers/ACCEPTING_PROVIDERS.rst
[3] https://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html#votes-on-code-modification

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Barak Abekasis
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