Apache Airflow 2.8.3

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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.

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✨ Features 1 ⚡ Improvements 2 🔧 Bug Fixes 6

⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Apache Airflow 2.8.3. Source highlight: The smtp provider is now pre-installed when you install Airflow. (#37713)

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✨ New Features & Capabilities (1)

Add section about local settings configuration (#37829)

⚡ Performance & Enhancements (2)

Improve code coverage for TriggerRuleDep (#37680)
``ERD`` generating doc improvement (#37808)

🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)

Add "MENU" permission in auth manager (#37881)
Fix external_executor_id being overwritten (#37784)
Make more MappedOperator members modifiable (#37828)
Set parsing context dag_id in dag test command (#37606)
Fix docs of ``BranchDayOfWeekOperator`` (#37813)
Fix ImportError on examples dags (#37571)

📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)

## Significant Changes ## The smtp provider is now pre-installed when you install Airflow. (#37713) ## Bug Fixes - Add "MENU" permission in auth manager (#37881) - Fix external_executor_id being overwritten (#37784) - Make more MappedOperator members modifiable (#37828) - Set parsing context dag_id in dag test command (#37606) ## Miscellaneous - Remove useless methods from security manager (#37889) - Improve code coverage for TriggerRuleDep (#37680) - The SMTP provider is now preinstalled when installing Airflow (#37713) - Bump min versions of openapi validators (#37691) - Properly include ``airflow_pre_installed_providers.txt`` artifact (#37679) ## Doc Only Changes - Clarify lack of sync between workers and scheduler (#37913) - Simplify some docs around airflow_local_settings (#37835) - Add section about local settings configuration (#37829) - Fix docs of ``BranchDayOfWeekOperator`` (#37813) - Write to secrets store is not supported by design (#37814) - ``ERD`` generating doc improvement (#37808) - Update incorrect config value (#37706) - Update security model to clarify Connection Editing user's capabilities (#37688) - Fix ImportError on examples dags (#37571)

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