Concur with vote to not release yet. Details to follow. Still characterizing.
On Sun, Feb 1, 2026, 12:25 AM Jed Cunningham <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Apache Airflow Community, > > This is a call for the vote to release Helm Chart version 1.19.0. > > The release candidate is available at: > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/airflow/helm-chart/1.19.0rc2/ > > airflow-chart-1.19.0-source.tar.gz - is the "main source release" that > comes with INSTALL instructions. > airflow-1.19.0.tgz - is the binary Helm Chart release. > > Public keys are available at: https://www.apache.org/dist/airflow/KEYS > > For convenience "index.yaml" has been uploaded (though excluded from > voting), so you can also run the below commands. > > helm repo add apache-airflow-dev > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/airflow/helm-chart/1.19.0rc2/ > helm repo update > helm install airflow apache-airflow-dev/airflow > > airflow-1.19.0.tgz.prov - is also uploaded for verifying Chart Integrity, > though not strictly required for releasing the artifact based on ASF > Guidelines. > > $ helm gpg verify airflow-1.19.0.tgz > gpg: Signature made Sun Feb 1 00:27:11 2026 MST > gpg: using RSA key E1A1E984F55B8F280BD9CBA20BB7163892A2E48E > gpg: issuer "[email protected]" > gpg: Good signature from "Jed Cunningham <[email protected]>" > [ultimate] > plugin: Chart SHA verified. > sha256:2c5beb8c020b1a02da0042efc5d0dcf717a5b79dd5b26df54a679af52ef48996 > > The vote will be open for at least 72 hours (2026-02-04 08:31 UTC) or until > the necessary number of votes is reached. > > > https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to?iso=20260204T0831&p0=136&font=cursive > > Please vote accordingly: > > [ ] +1 approve > [ ] +0 no opinion > [ ] -1 disapprove with the reason > > Only votes from PMC members are binding, but members of the community are > encouraged to test the release and vote with "(non-binding)". > > Consider this my (binding) +1. > > For license checks, the .rat-excludes files is included, so you can run the > following to verify licenses (just update your path to rat): > > tar -xvf airflow-chart-1.19.0-source.tar.gz > cd airflow-chart-1.19.0 > java -jar apache-rat-0.13.jar chart -E .rat-excludes > > Please note that the version number excludes the `rcX` string, so it's now > simply 1.19.0. This will allow us to rename the artifact without modifying > the artifact checksums when we actually release it. > > The status of testing the Helm Chart by the community is kept here: > https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/61268 > > The only difference between rc1 and rc2 is the artifacthub documentation > and image links in the packages Chart.yaml point to the prod site, not > staging. There are functional changes. > > Thanks, > Jed >
