ToolMar 18, 2025
Astronomer releases Cosmos 1.8 with expanded dbt-core support
Cosmos now supports dbt-core 1.8, adding support for the new microbatch incremental strategy and improved incremental model rendering in the Airflow grid view.
Community & News
Stay up to date with Apache Airflow releases, ecosystem tool updates, and the broader data engineering community.
Releases
Apache Airflow Release History
v2.10.4patch
March 10, 2025
- Fix scheduler deadlock on high-concurrency workloads
- Patch XCom serialization issue with nested Pydantic models
- Improve KubernetesExecutor pod cleanup on task timeout
- Update bundled providers: google 10.20.0, amazon 8.20.0
v2.10.0minor
January 15, 2025
- Native OpenLineage integration (no plugin required)
- Task SDK — run tasks outside the Airflow process boundary
- DAG versioning support in the metadata database
- Improved DAG serialization performance (3x faster parse times)
- New backfill REST API endpoint
v2.9.0minor
September 4, 2024
- Dataset aliases for flexible data-aware scheduling
- setup/teardown tasks for better resource lifecycle management
- Improved Grid View with task group collapse state persistence
- New audit log API for compliance use cases
v2.8.0minor
January 8, 2024
- ObjectStoragePath — unified file path abstraction for S3/GCS/ADLS
- Listener API is now stable (GA)
- Improved dynamic task mapping with .expand_kwargs()
- Deprecate legacy Airflow UI (replaced by new React UI)
Ecosystem
Ecosystem News
ProviderMar 5, 2025
Google Cloud provider 10.20.0 — Vertex AI pipelines operator rewrite
The VertexAI CreateCustomTrainingJobOperator has been rewritten to support the new Gen2 training pipeline API, with significantly improved logging and resource lifecycle management.
IntegrationFeb 20, 2025
OpenLineage 1.20 adds native Airflow 2.10 support
With Airflow 2.10 shipping built-in OpenLineage support, the separate openlineage-airflow plugin is now deprecated. Migration guide covers the transition.
CommunityFeb 10, 2025
Airflow Summit 2025 — CFP now open
The annual Airflow Summit is accepting talk proposals through April 15, 2025. Topics include advanced DAG patterns, provider development, and production war stories.
ToolJan 28, 2025
Wren AI adds Airflow metadata integration for natural language DAG queries
Wren AI's new Airflow connector lets teams query their pipeline health and lineage metadata using natural language. Early access available now.