Hello everyone,

We would like to start a discussion on AIP-102: Improving Business User 
Interaction with Apache Airflow.

In our Airflow deployment, many users need a quick understanding of task 
outcomes without reading full technical logs. In Airflow 2.x, we worked around 
this by auto-populating task and DAG notes with short human-readable summaries. 
After moving to Airflow 3, that approach became less effective for UX and 
architecture reasons.

AIP-102 proposes an optional Summary concept for DAG runs and task instances:

- machine-generated, read-only summaries (separate from Notes),
- Markdown-based rendering in the UI,
- focus on fast, business-friendly status and error understanding,
- support for per-execution summaries (not static docs),
- opt-in behavior for DAG authors and operators.

The goal is to improve usability for non-technical users while keeping the 
feature generic and optional for all Airflow users.

AIP-102 is available here:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/x/dZM8G

What are your thoughts and ideas about this improvement?
We look forward to your feedback.

Marco

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