# Apache Airflow 3.2.1 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Apache Airflow (https://airflow.apache.org)
- **Version:** 3.2.1
- **Released:** Apr 22, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/airflow/updates/3.2.1/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Apache Airflow 3.2.1. Source highlight: 📦 PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow/3.2.1/

## New Features
- Add ``write_to_os`` support for writing task logs to OpenSearch (#64364) (#65201)
- Add missing Polish translations to reach 100% coverage (#65272)
- Add FAQ entry for API server memory growth with gunicorn worker recycling (#65036) (#65037)
- Add JWT authentication docs and strengthen security model (#64760) (#64849)
- Add missing Catalan translations to reach 100% coverage (#65078) (#65389)
- Add missing German translations to close translation gaps (#65332)

## Improvements
- Allow UI theme config with only CSS overrides, icon only, or empty ``{}`` to restore OSS defaults. The ``tokens`` field is now optional in the theme configuration. (#64552)

## Bug Fixes
- Fix ``DEFAULT_LOGGING_CONFIG`` to use right ``kwargs`` (#65412) (#65424)
- Fix zip DAG import errors being cleared during bundle refresh (#63617) (#65296)
- Fix ``dispose_orm()`` not disposing async engine on shutdown (#65274) (#65284)
- Fix ``get_team_name_dep`` creating wasted async sessions when ``multi_team=False`` (#65275) (#65282)
- Fix asset graph view leaking DAGs outside the user's permissions (#65273) (#65280)
- Fix migration: add missing ``disable_sqlite_fkeys`` to migration 0108 (#65288) (#65290)