Apache Airflow 3.0.3stable Released Jul 14, 2025
Impact Score: 5/10

Apache Airflow: Airflow 3.0.3

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Apache Airflow 3.0.3. Source highlight: ๐Ÿ“ฆ PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow/3.0.3/

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โœจ New Features & Capabilities (2)

  • Add note about payload size considerations in API docs (#51768)
  • Add http-only warning when running behind proxy in documentation (#52699)

โšก Performance & Enhancements (1)

  • Enhance ENV vars and conns visibility docs (#52026)

๐Ÿ”ง Bug Fixes & Patches (6)

  • Fix task execution failures with large data by improving internal communication protocol (#51924, #53194)
  • Fix reschedule sensors failing after multiple re-queue attempts over long periods (#52706)
  • Improve ``xcom_pull`` to cover different scenarios for mapped tasks (#51568)
  • Fix connection retrieval failures in triggerer when schema field is used (#52691)
  • Add back user impersonation (``run_as_user``) support for task execution (#51780)
  • Fix DAG version not updating when bundle name changes without DAG structure changes (#51939)
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## What's Changed ๐Ÿ“ฆ PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow/3.0.3/ ๐Ÿ“š Docs: https://airflow.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow/3.0.3/ ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Release Notes: https://airflow.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow/3.0.3/release_notes.html ๐Ÿชถ Sources: https://airflow.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow/3.0.3/installation/installing-from-sources.html ๐Ÿณ Docker Image: "docker pull apache/airflow:3.0.3" ๐Ÿš Constraints: https://github.com/apache/airflow/tree/constraints-3.0.3 ## Bug Fixes - Fix task execution failures with large data by improving internal communication protocol (#51924, #53194) - Fix reschedule sensors failing after multiple re-queue attempts over long periods (#52706) - Improve ``xcom_pull`` to cover different scenarios for mapped tasks (#51568) - Fix connection retrieval failures in triggerer when schema field is used (#52691) - Add back user impersonation (``run_as_user``) support for task execution (#51780) - Fix DAG version not updating when bundle name changes without DAG structure changes (#51939) - Add back ``exception`` to context for task callbacks (#52066) - Fix task log retrieval for retry attempts showing incorrect logs (#51592) - Fix data interval handling for DAGs created before AIP-39 during serialization (#51913) - Fix lingering task supervisors when ``EOF`` is missed (#51180) (#51970) - Persist ``EventsTimetable``'s description during serialization (#51926) - Delete import error when a dag bundle becomes inactive (#51921) - Cleanup import errors during DB migration (#51919) - Fix ``EOF`` detection of subprocesses in Dag Processor (#51895) - Stop streaming task logs if end of log mark is missing (#51482) - Allow more empty loops before stopping log streaming (#52624) - Fix Jinja2 Template deep copy error with ``dag.test`` (#51673) - Explicitly close log file descriptor in the supervise function (#51654) - Improve structured logging format and layout (#51567) (#51626) - Use Connection Hook Names for Dropdown instead of connection IDs (#51613) - Add back config setting to control exposing stacktrace (#51617) - Fix task level alias resolution in structure endpoint (#51579) - Fix backfill creation to include DAG run configuration from form (#51584) - Fix structure edges in API responses (#51489) - Make ``dag.test`` consistent with ``airflow dags test`` CLI command (#51476) - Fix downstream asset attachment at task level in structure endpoint (#51425) - Fix Task Instance ``No Status`` Filter (#52154) - UI: Fix backfill creation to respect run backwards setting from form (#52168) - UI: Set downstream option to default on task instance clear (#52246) - UI: Enable iframe script execution (#52568) - UI: Fix DAG tags filter not showing all tags in UI when tags are greater than 50 (#52714) - UI: Add real-time clock updates to timezone selector (#52414) - Improve Grid view performance and responsiveness with optimized data loading (#52718,#52822,#52919) - Fix editing connection with sensitive extra field (#52445) - Fix archival for cascading deletes by archiving dependent tables first (#51952) - Fix whitespace handling in DAG owners parsing for multiple owners (#52221) - Fix SQLite migration from 2.7.0 to 3.0.0 (#51431) - Fix http exception when ti not found for extra links API (#51465) - Fix Starting from Trigger when using ``MappedOperator`` (#52681) - Add ti information to re-queue logs (#49995) - Task SDK: Fix ``AssetEventOperations.get`` to use ``alias_name`` when specified (#52324) - Ensure trigger kwargs are properly deserialized during trigger execution (#52721) - Fixing bad cadwyn migration for upstream map indexes (#52797) - Run trigger expansion logic only when ``start_from_trigger`` is True (#52873) - Fix example dag ``example_external_task_parent_deferrable.py`` imports (#52957) - Fixes pagination in DAG run lists (#52989) - Fix db downgrade check condition (#53005) - Fix log viewing for skipped task (#53028,#53101) - Fixes Grid view refresh after user actions (#53086) - Fix ``no_status`` and ``duration`` for grid summaries (#53092) - Fix ``ti.log_url`` not in Task Context (#50376) - Fix XCom data deserialization when using ``XCom.get_all()`` method (#53102) ## Miscellaneous - Update ``connections_test`` CLI to use Connection instead of BaseHook (#51834) (#51917) - Fix table pagination when DAG filtering changes (#51795) - UI: Move asset events to its own tab (#51655) - Exclude ``libcst`` 1.8.1 for Python 3.9 (#51609) - UI: Implement navigation on bar click (#50416) - Reduce unnecessary logging when retrieving connections and variables (#51826) ## Doc Only Changes - Add note about payload size considerations in API docs (#51768) - Enhance ENV vars and conns visibility docs (#52026) - Add http-only warning when running behind proxy in documentation (#52699) - Publish separate docs for Task SDK (#52682) - Streamline Taskflow examples and link to core tutorial (#52709) - Refresh Public Interface & align how-to guides for Airflow 3.0+ (#53011) **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/apache/airflow/compare/3.0.2...3.0.3