Apache Airflow 3.1.6stable Released Jan 13, 2026
Impact Score: 5/10

Apache Airflow 3.1.6

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โšก Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Apache Airflow 3.1.6. Source highlight: ๐Ÿ“ฆ PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow/3.1.6/

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๐Ÿ’ป Software Engineers & Devs

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๐Ÿ“Š Product & Engineering Leads

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โš™๏ธ DevOps & Security

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โœจ New Features & Capabilities (3)

  • Add fast client-side search to Airflow documentation (#59658)
  • Add Refresh Token logic to auth manager docs (#54196) (#59482)
  • Add UI/API performance tips (#59004) (#59052)

โšก Performance & Enhancements (1)

  • Improve CLI date argument help text documentation (#59797) (#59810)

๐Ÿ”ง Bug Fixes & Patches (6)

  • Protect against hanging thread in aiosqlite 0.22+ (#60217) (#60245)
  • Fix log task instance sqlalchemy join query (#59973) (#60222)
  • Fix invalid uri created when extras contains non string elements (#59339) (#60219)
  • Fix operator template fields via callable serialization that causes unstable DAG serialization (#60065) (#60221)
  • Fix real-time extra links updates for TriggerDagRunOperator (#59507) (#60225)
  • Fix signal handling in triggerer job runner (#60190) (#60214)
๐Ÿ“„ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
๐Ÿ“ฆ PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow/3.1.6/ ๐Ÿ“š Docs: https://airflow.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow/3.1.6/ ๐Ÿ›  Release Notes: https://airflow.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow/3.1.6/release_notes.html ๐Ÿณ Docker Image: "docker pull apache/airflow:3.1.6" ๐Ÿš Constraints: https://github.com/apache/airflow/tree/constraints-3.1.6 ## Significant Changes ### ``is_authorized_hitl_task()`` method now available in auth managers(#59399). This method is now available in auth managers to check whether a user is authorized to approve a HITL task ### ``proxy`` and ``proxies`` added to ``DEFAULT_SENSITIVE_FIELDS`` (#59688) ``proxy`` and ``proxies`` have been added to ``DEFAULT_SENSITIVE_FIELDS`` in secrets_masker to treat proxy configurations as sensitive by default ## Bug Fixes - Protect against hanging thread in aiosqlite 0.22+ (#60217) (#60245) - Fix log task instance sqlalchemy join query (#59973) (#60222) - Fix invalid uri created when extras contains non string elements (#59339) (#60219) - Fix operator template fields via callable serialization that causes unstable DAG serialization (#60065) (#60221) - Fix real-time extra links updates for TriggerDagRunOperator (#59507) (#60225) - Fix signal handling in triggerer job runner (#60190) (#60214) - Added state validation to delete dag run endpoint (#60195) (#60207) - Fix text overflow issue (#60080) - UI: Add toggle functionality to Dags state filters (#59089) - Fix ``deprecated_options`` entry for ``dag_file_processor_timeout`` (#59181) (#60162) - Fix ``ApprovalOperator`` with ``SimpleAuthManager`` when ``all_admins=True`` (#59399) (#60116) - Record missing ``ti_failure`` metrics for tasks (#59731) (#59964) - Fix missing ``TaskInstanceHistory`` on scheduler ``TI`` resets (#59639) (#59752) - Add ``proxy`` and ``proxies`` as sensitive fields in ``DEFAULT_SENSITIVE_FIELDS`` (#59688) (#59792) - Fix compat deprecation handling for ``[webserver] base_url`` (#59659) (#59781) - Fix Execution API refresh token (#58782) (#59713) - Fix eager-loading DagRun asset relationships before creating ``DagRunContext`` (#59714) (#59732) - Redact secrets in rendered templates properly when truncating it (#59566) (#59704) - Add ``Content-Type`` to request headers in Task SDK calls when missing (#59676) (#59687) - UI: Fix Expand+Collapse Translation Key (#59672) (#59674) - Fix server context for connections (#59624) (#59652) - Fix clear task instance dialog tasks states (#59363) (#59580) - Add log record when listening dag is partitioned but run has no key (#59375) (#59582) - Fix Dag Processor logging crash (#59317) (#59581) - Flush session before processing Event Buffer in dag test (#59314) (#59559) - Add task group ID filtering support to task instance query (#58092) (#59511) - Fix message of ``_read_from_logs_server`` when status_code is 403 (#59489) (#59504) - Fix import errors not cleared for files without Dags (#58242) (#59500) - Fix backfill ``run_on_latest_version`` defaulting to False instead of True (#59304) (#59328) - Add toaster notifications for Connection Test (#59354) (#59368) - Fix ``.airflowignore`` negation not working in subfolders (#58740) (#59305) - Fix XCom key handling when keys contain special characters like slash (#58344) (#59311) - Fix an odd import of pendulum from sqlalchemy_utils instead of elsewhere. (#59258) (#59265) - Fix links for DurationChart (#59095) (#59237) - Fix misleading error message when GitHook creation fails (#59236) - Show asset extra in asset list (#59195) (#59201) - Prevent dag processor crash on encountering excel files in the Dag directory (#59069) (#59170) - Fix ``DagRun.queued_at`` not updating when clearing (#59066) (#59177) - Fix Rendered Templates not showing dictionary items (#58071) (#59176) - UI: Change task log source display to hidden by default (#58749) (#59045) - Fix button to go back from FAB iframe (#58997) (#59007) - Fix task instance and run tooltips in Grid view (#58359) (#59013) ## Miscellaneous - Don't depend upon FastAPI inside Task-SDK client (#59250) (#59257) - Align the term Dag in all translations (#59155) ## Doc Only Changes - Bump Sphinx Airflow theme to ``0.3.0`` (#59538) - Translations updates [French: (#60157) (#60167), German: (#59673), PL: (#59675) (#59251) (#59256), Japanese: (#59557),(#59313), Taiwanese Mandarin (#59513) (#59515), Hebrew: (#59133) (#59255), Ca: (#59216) (#60199), TR: (#59169) (#60191)] - Update webserver probe health check doc (#59942) (#59982) - Update API auth. instructions in Docker running docs (#59830) (#59832) - Improve CLI date argument help text documentation (#59797) (#59810) - Add fast client-side search to Airflow documentation (#59658) - Fix broken ``permalink`` icon (#58763) - Add Refresh Token logic to auth manager docs (#54196) (#59482) - Update json to JSON for consistency in translations (#59323) (#59333) - Fix outdated dependency documentation (#58970) (#59219) - Add UI/API performance tips (#59004) (#59052) - Provide a clear naming and description for the attribute caching ``get_template_context`` (#59023) (#59036) - Update the documentation for the LocalExecutor (#58990) (#59022)