Impact Score: 5/10
Apache Airflow: Airflow 3.0.3
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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
โก Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Apache Airflow 3.0.3. Source highlight: ๐ฆ PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow/3.0.3/
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โจ 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)
โก Performance & Enhancements (1)
- Enhance ENV vars and conns visibility docs (#52026)
๐ง 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)
๐ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
## What's Changed
๐ฆ PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow/3.0.3/
๐ Docs: https://airflow.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow/3.0.3/
๐ ๏ธ Release Notes: https://airflow.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow/3.0.3/release_notes.html
๐ชถ Sources: https://airflow.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow/3.0.3/installation/installing-from-sources.html
๐ณ Docker Image: "docker pull apache/airflow:3.0.3"
๐ 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