# Apache Airflow 3.1.8 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Apache Airflow (https://airflow.apache.org)
- **Version:** 3.1.8
- **Released:** Mar 11, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/airflow/updates/3.1.8/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Apache Airflow 3.1.8. Source highlight: :package: PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow/3.1.8/

## New Features
- Add logging to detect try number race (#62703) (#62821)
- Add on_task_instance_skipped listener hookspec (#59467) (#61863)
- Add ``run_after`` alias to ``XComResponse`` for backward compatibility (#61443) (#61672)
- UI: Add task_display_name to LightGridTaskInstanceSummary model (#61440) (#61505)
- UI: Add multi-line text display option on Variables page (#61679) (#62779)
- UI: Add bulk actions for connections and variables (#61570) (#62076)

## Bug Fixes
- Fix SQLite migration disable ``disable_sqlite_fkeys`` in revision ``509b94a1042d`` (#63256) (#63272)
- Fix: 404 queued asset events from API server logs (#62934) (#62976)
- Fix: Always include kid in JWT header for symmetric key tokens (#62883) (#62943)
- Fix: Scope session token in cookie to base_url  (#62771) (#62851)
- Fix: UI of Scope session token in cookie to base_url (#62771) (#62859)
- Fix: UI tasks log missing in UP_FOR_RETRY and UP_FOR_RESCHEDULE states (#54547) (#62862)