Thanks Ash, for the detailed explanation. It makes more sense now to
revert 70791
and rebase+ merge 70558.

Regards,
Rahul Vats



On Tue, 4 Aug 2026 at 18:01, Amogh Desai <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanks for spotting this and explaining it so clearly, appreciate it, Ash.
>
> Agreed, no objection. After your explanation, I realised the fault. It's
> more than just
> "pandas 3 doesn't work with xcom" - people could've been using pandas 3
> functionally
> and not for xcom.
>
> Forcing pandas 2 on people already running pandas 3 fine on 3.3.0 is worse
> than the
> rollback risk we were worried about. So let's revert 70791 and merge 70558
> (after a review).
>
> The cross version error message is probably a separate issue or we fold it
> in 70558.
>
> Thanks & Regards,
> Amogh Desai
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2026 at 4:47 PM Ash Berlin-Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > So my issue is 70791 is that it itself is (or will be) a regression on
> > 3.3.0
> >
> > By limiting Pandas to < 3 in this change in a point release, we will end
> > up breaking any dag that was using Pandas 3.0 features (because 3.0.5
> will
> > happily install with 3.3.0), but with the proposed version limitation, it
> > would get forcibly downgraded. Either this will result in unsatisfiable
> > constraints if the users has `pandas>=3.0`, or perhaps worse it would
> > silently downgrade.
> >
> > And as for the worry about downgrade breaking things, yes, but Pandas 3.0
> > was released on 21st January 2026. By forcing a downgrade now we are
> > re-breaking anything people may have already dealt with this. To me it's
> > not really any different to "I changed my dag to push something new to
> > xcom, if I roll back the dag I can't use those XComs anymore”.
> >
> > In this regard Airflow should behave as a library, not an application —
> > and be lenient in the versions we work with.
> >
> > If we’d applied this version constraint 6 months ago/just after pandas
> 3.0
> > was released it’s fine, but almost 7 months after the fact it seems
> > actively harmful for compat/expectations.
> >
> > I think we should revert 70791 and merge
> > https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/70558/ in instead. If everyone
> > agrees/doesn’t disagree, then I can handle these changes as you are
> > travelling Jarek. Perhaps we need to extend it with. “When attempting to
> > load Pandas2 df when Pandas3 is the active version throw a nice error”.
> > TBD? (Unless anyone already knows how this will behave?)
> >
> > -ash
> >
> > > On 4 Aug 2026, at 08:04, Jarek Potiuk <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > >> A (temporary) -1 on anything including
> > > https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/70791 please — I  want to catch
> > up
> > > with the logic and thinking there (I understand this was discussed on
> the
> > > dev call)
> > >
> > > FYI Ash - I think this is important to mention that it also impacts
> > Airlfow
> > > -> not only providers, so if we have other proposals - I think it would
> > be
> > > great to get it sorted before RC. I am flying in about few hours, and
> > then
> > > i will also be available "sometimes" so it would be great to know if we
> > > need to do some follow-ups - might delay 3.1.1 as currently there is a
> > > runtime check in Airflow preventing pandas3 to be used **when**
> > > serialization is used.
> > >
> > >
> > > J.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Aug 4, 2026 at 6:16 AM Steve Ahn <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >> +1 (non-binding) on airbyte 6.0.1rc1.
> > >>
> > >> Tested against the RC wheel on 3.3.0: a cancelled Airbyte sync now
> > yields a
> > >> "cancelled" event rather than falling through the success branch
> > (#69786).
> > >>
> > >> I also verified my changes in amazon 9.34.0rc1 (#69676, deferred
> > Redshift
> > >> statement
> > >> is cancelled on kill) and common.sql 2.1.0rc1 (#69736, value-check
> > >> tolerance no
> > >> longer inverts for negative expected values) — both behave correctly
> > >> against their
> > >> RC wheels. Not voting on those two since they carry #70791, which Ash
> > has
> > >> asked to
> > >> hold.
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Steve Ahn
> > >>
> > >> On Mon, Aug 3, 2026 at 4:17 AM Jarek Potiuk <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Correction: (We discussed these at the dev call and in the
> > PRs/issues—not
> > >>> on the dev list, though.) Perhaps it's a good idea that we are doing
> > this
> > >>> now. But if you have any thoughts, perhaps it's better to discuss
> them
> > >> in a
> > >>> separate thread :).
> > >>>
> > >>> On Mon, Aug 3, 2026 at 1:15 PM Jarek Potiuk <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> Sure. Take your time Ash.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Just to give you more context (we can discuss this on Slack if you
> > have
> > >>>> questions or doubts, rather than here).
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I think there are no "perfect" solutions here due to how "pandas" is
> > >>> built
> > >>>> into our XCom processing and potential migration issues. There are
> > >>> **only**
> > >>>> trade-offs. We discussed a few of those at the devlist. I'm also not
> > >>>> entirely happy with what we came up with, but I think the issue here
> > is
> > >>>> choosing the "lesser evil".
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Unless of course we can find a solution that covers all potential
> > >> issues
> > >>>> here:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> a) risk of accidental migration issues to Pandas 3 by people without
> > >>>> realising that it breaks both XCom **and** incompatibilities with
> > >> Pandas
> > >>> 3
> > >>>> b) risk of "no easy downgrade" path when people - even knowingly -
> > >>> migrate
> > >>>> to Pandas 3, only to realize later they need to downgrade.
> > >>>> c) risk of not supporting Pandas 3 "today" for those who need it
> > >>>>
> > >>>> We must weigh all these risks. The trade-off we developed considers
> > >> risks
> > >>>> (a) and (b) more impactful than (c). Our approach is to deliberately
> > >> add
> > >>>> support for Pandas 3 in Airflow 3.4 while temporarily mitigating (a)
> > >> and
> > >>>> (b).
> > >>>> But other trade-offs here are possible of course.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> J,
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On Mon, Aug 3, 2026 at 12:33 PM Ash Berlin-Taylor <[email protected]>
> > >>> wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> A (temporary) -1 on anything including
> > >>>>> https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/70791 please — I  want to
> > >> catch
> > >>>>> up with the logic and thinking there (I understand this was
> discussed
> > >> on
> > >>>>> the dev call)
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> -ash
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>> On 3 Aug 2026, at 08:43, Andrew Chang <[email protected]>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Thanks for preparing the release, Jarek!
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> +1 (non-binding)
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Tested apache-airflow-providers-microsoft-azure 14.1.0rc1 on
> > >> released
> > >>>>>> Airflow 3.3.0 with breeze --use-airflow-version. I focused on my
> > >>> change
> > >>>>>> #70301, which registers the wasb remote logging scheme.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> The wasb scheme resolves to WasbRemoteLogIO through provider
> > >> dispatch,
> > >>>>> and
> > >>>>>> the legacy discovery path is not called. from_config() builds the
> IO
> > >>>>> from
> > >>>>>> the [logging] section as expected. I also ran a real upload and
> read
> > >>>>>> round-trip against Azurite, and the log content matched.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Best,
> > >>>>>> Andrew
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Jarek Potiuk <[email protected]> 於 2026年8月3日週一 上午8:37寫道:
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> Hey all,
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> I have just cut the new wave Airflow Providers packages with
> > >> release
> > >>>>>>> preparation date 2026-08-01. This email is calling a vote on the
> > >>>>>>> release,
> > >>>>>>> which will last for 72 hours - which means that it will end on
> > >>>>>>> 2026-08-06 00:40 UTC and until 3 binding +1 votes have been
> > >> received.
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> Consider this my (binding) +1.
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> This wave contains 48 providers. There are no breaking changes in
> > >> any
> > >>>>>>> of them - all bumps are minor or patch level.
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> Four of the providers are re-cuts of release candidates that were
> > >>>>>>> prepared in the 2026-07-22 wave but never published, so they are
> at
> > >>>>>>> rc2 rather than rc1:
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> - apache-airflow-providers-clickhousedb 1.0.1rc2
> > >>>>>>> - apache-airflow-providers-common-ai 0.7.0rc2
> > >>>>>>> - apache-airflow-providers-google 22.3.0rc2
> > >>>>>>> - apache-airflow-providers-openlineage 2.20.0rc2
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> For those four, the testing status issue carries over the check
> > >> marks
> > >>>>>>> from the previous wave, so only the genuinely new commits are
> left
> > >>>>>>> unchecked.
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> Airflow Providers are available at:
> > >>>>>>>
> > >> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/airflow/providers/2026-08-01
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> *apache_airflow_providers-2026-08-01-source.tar.gz* is the full
> > >>> source
> > >>>>>>> tarball of airflow repo - snapshot taken at the moment of
> > >> provider's
> > >>>>>>> release.
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> *apache-airflow-providers-<PROVIDER>-*.tar.gz* are the
> convenience
> > >>>>>>> python "sdist" distributions that we publish in PyPI
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> *apache_airflow_providers_<PROVIDER>-*.whl are the convenience
> > >> Python
> > >>>>>>> "wheel" distributions that we publish in PyPI.
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> The test procedure for PMC members is described in
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> >
> https://github.com/apache/airflow/blob/main/dev/README_RELEASE_PROVIDERS.md#verify-the-release-candidate-by-pmc-members
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> The test procedure for and Contributors who would like to test
> this
> > >>> RC
> > >>>>>>> is described in:
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> >
> https://github.com/apache/airflow/blob/main/dev/README_RELEASE_PROVIDERS.md#verify-the-release-candidate-by-contributors
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> 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 members of the
> > >> community
> > >>>>> are
> > >>>>>>> encouraged to test the release and vote with "(non-binding)".
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> Please note that the version number excludes the 'rcX' string.
> > >>>>>>> This will allow us to rename the artifact without modifying
> > >>>>>>> the artifact checksums when we actually release it.
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> The status of testing the providers by the community is kept
> here:
> > >>>>>>> https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/70953
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> The issue is also the easiest way to see important PRs included
> in
> > >>> the
> > >>>>>>> RC candidates.
> > >>>>>>> Detailed changelog for the providers will be published in the
> > >>>>>>> documentation after the
> > >>>>>>> RC candidates are released.
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> You can find the RC packages in PyPI following these links:
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>
> > >> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-airbyte/6.0.1rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> > >> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-alibaba/3.4.0rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> > >> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-amazon/9.34.0rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>
> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-anthropic/0.2.1rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>
> > https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-apache-hdfs/4.12.2rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>
> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-apache-hive/9.6.1rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> >
> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-apache-kafka/1.15.1rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>
> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-apache-livy/4.6.0rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>
> > https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-apache-spark/6.3.1rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> > >> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-arangodb/2.9.6rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> > >> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-celery/3.23.1rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>
> > https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-clickhousedb/1.0.1rc2/
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> >
> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-cncf-kubernetes/10.21.0rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-cohere/1.6.7rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>
> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-common-ai/0.7.0rc2/
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> >
> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-common-compat/1.18.0rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>
> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-common-sql/2.1.0rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>
> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-databricks/7.18.1rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>
> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-dbt-cloud/4.9.3rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-docker/4.5.9rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-edge3/4.3.0rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> >
> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-elasticsearch/6.9.0rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> > >> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-exasol/4.10.5rc1/
> > >>>>>>> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-fab/3.8.0rc1/
> > >>>>>>> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-git/0.4.2rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> > >> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-google/22.3.0rc2/
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>
> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-hashicorp/4.8.0rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-imap/3.12.1rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> > >> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-keycloak/0.9.0rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> >
> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-microsoft-azure/14.1.0rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-neo4j/3.12.1rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-openai/1.8.2rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>
> > https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-openlineage/2.20.0rc2/
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>
> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-opensearch/1.11.2rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>
> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-papermill/3.13.2rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> > >> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-postgres/7.0.1rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> > >> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-presto/5.12.1rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>
> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-salesforce/5.14.2rc1/
> > >>>>>>> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-sftp/6.0.1rc1/
> > >>>>>>> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-smtp/3.0.3rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>
> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-snowflake/6.16.0rc1/
> > >>>>>>> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-ssh/6.0.1rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>
> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-standard/1.17.0rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> > >> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-telegram/4.9.6rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> > >> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-teradata/3.6.2rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-trino/6.6.1rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> > >> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-weaviate/3.4.1rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-yandex/4.5.1rc1/
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> Cheers,
> > >>>>>>> Jarek Potiuk
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>
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