This release brings powerful improvements that can reshape how teams orchestrate data workflows at scale.
Here are some key highlights:
✅ Redesigned User Interface
Now React-based, offering smoother navigation and improved visibility into task execution and asset tracking.
✅ DAG Version Awareness
Each DAG run is tied to the version active at execution time, enabling more reliable audits and reproducibility.
✅ Backfill Execution Enhancements
Now, it is handled directly by the scheduler, reprocessing historical jobs easier and more scalable via API or UI.
✅ Event-Driven Triggers
Native support for external events (e.g. AWS SQS) introduces reactive orchestration possibilities.
✅ Task Execution Interface
Separates orchestration from execution — enabling hybrid, multi-cloud and polyglot (Python-first) environments.
✅ Security Enhancements
Improved task isolation and infrastructure flexibility support stricter compliance and shared environments.
⚠️ Migration Considerations
This is a significant upgrade. Expect to validate DAGs, plugins, and adapt custom code to fit new interfaces.
Airflow 3.0 marks a step forward for teams investing in robust, scalable, event-driven orchestration.
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