# Apache Airflow helm-chart/1.22.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Apache Airflow (https://airflow.apache.org)
- **Version:** helm-chart/1.22.0
- **Released:** Jun 13, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/airflow/updates/helm-chart-1.22.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Apache Airflow helm-chart/1.22.0. Source highlight: Minimum Helm version was updated to `3.19.0` (#66970)

## New Features
- Add optional OTel service to the Airflow Helm Chart (#64902)
- Add `serviceAccountTokenVolume` to cleanup cron (#67446)
- Add `requirePersistence` option to worker `logGroomerSidecar` (#65884)
- Add checksum for api-server config in API server deployment (#66468)

## Bug Fixes
- Fix Helm chart executor label to support executor aliases (#67762)
- Fix triggerer KEDA database connection rendering (#67538)
- Fix Celery worker liveness probe hostname lookup (#67471)
- Fix Go template error comparing slice to nil using `eq` (#64032)
- Fix Kubernetes worker service account values (#66598)
- Add binding for `workers.kubernetes` and condition workers ServiceAccount (#66730)