# Apache Airflow 2.6.2 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Apache Airflow (https://airflow.apache.org)
- **Version:** 2.6.2
- **Released:** Jun 17, 2023
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/airflow/updates/2.6.2/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Apache Airflow 2.6.2. Source highlight: Cascade update of TaskInstance to TaskMap table (#31445)

## New Features
- Add Python 3.11 support (#27264)
- Add an example for sql_alchemy_connect_args conf (#31332)
- Added metavar and choices to --state flag in airflow dags list-jobs CLI for suggesting valid state arguments. (#31308)
- Add fullname to owner on logging (#30185)
- Add docstring and signature for _read_remote_logs (#31623)
- Add missing BashOperator import to documentation example (#31436)

## Bug Fixes
- Cascade update of TaskInstance to TaskMap table (#31445)
- Fix Kubernetes executors detection of deleted pods (#31274)
- Use keyword parameters for migration methods for mssql (#31309)
- Control permissibility of driver config in extra from airflow.cfg (#31754)
- Fixing broken links in openapi/v1.yaml (#31619)
- Hide old alert box when testing connection with different value (#31606)