For me PR#64874: Fix macOS SIGSEGV in task execution by using fork+exec by @kaxil
This was a real blocker for `airflow standalone` for Mac OS users., and the error was rather nasty. I think as a "first contact" with Airflow, it could make a bad impression, On Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 11:48 PM Jens Scheffler <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > very cool candidates again this month! As UI fan I'd really like to have > "#63467 Add search functionality to task log viewer" in my UI already > today. Looking forward for this! Also "#63372: Expose queueing/scheduled > time in the Gantt Chart" is very (even if not on the top list) > > But the race is close and also missed "#60108: Two-token mechanism for > task execution to prevent token expiration while tasks wait in executor > queues" on the list - was involved in the review and think this is a > very cool PR leveraging the security. Therefore as this is a surgery > very deep in the core and authentication my vote this month gets to #60108 > > Thanks for all the cool contributions! > > Jens > > On 28.04.26 22:08, Briana Steel via dev wrote: > > Hey All, > > > > It's once again time to vote for the PR of the Month! > > > > With the help of the get_important_pr_candidates script in dev/stats, > we've > > identified the following candidates: > > > > PR#64760: Docs: Add JWT authentication docs and strengthen security model > > by @potiuk (Jarek Potiuk)https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/64760 > > > > PR#62645: Move ExecutorCallback execution into a supervised process by > > @ferruzzi (D. Ferruzzi)https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/62645 > > > > PR#64874: Fix macOS SIGSEGV in task execution by using fork+exec by > @kaxil > > (Kaxil Naik)https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/64874 > > > > PR#63467: feat(ui): add search functionality to task log viewer by > > @antonio-mello-ai (Antonio Mello) > > https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/63467 > > > > PR#60855: Raise TaskAlreadyRunningError when starting an already-running > > task instance by @anishgirianish (Anish Giri) > > https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/60855 > > > > Please reply to this thread with your selection or offer your own > > nominee(s). Voting will close on Friday at 10 AM PST. The winner(s) will > be > > featured in the next issue of the Airflow newsletter. > > > > Also, if there's an article or event that you think should be included in > > this or a future issue of the newsletter, please drop me a line at > > [email protected]. > > > > -- Briana Steel > >
