Excited! On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 6:00 AM Vikram Koka via dev <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thank you Rahul, and to everyone who contributed to this release. > So looking forward to trying this out, > Vikram > > On Tue, Oct 20, 2026 at 1:58 PM Rahul Vats <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear Airflow Community, > > > > I am excited to announce the availability of Apache Airflow 3.4.0.beta2 > for > > testing! > > > > This is a beta release, so do not run it in production. It may contain > > significant issues, and you will likely need to reset your database > between > > this and subsequent beta or release candidate versions. (Consider > yourself > > warned!) > > > > This release is intended for Airflow developers only to test the build > and > > start preparing for Airflow 3.4.0. This is not an official release, that > > will happen when we create a release candidate and hold a vote. > > > > What's new in Airflow 3.4? > > > > Airflow 3.4.0 introduces significant enhancements including Task Loops > > (AIP-111), the ability to author DAGs in languages other than Python via > > the Dag Importer (AIP-85). Please note that Python 3.10 is no longer > > supported in this release the supported versions are Python 3.11 to 3.14. > > The CI and production Docker images are now built on Docker Hardened > Images > > and Debian 13 "trixie". Please refer to the release notes below for > > details. > > > > *Docs* (for preview): > > https://airflow.staged.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow/3.4 > > .0/release_notes.html#airflow-3-4-0-2026-11-02 > > > > *Release Notes*:- > > https://github.com/apache/airflow/blob/3.4.0b2/RELEASE_NOTES.rst > > > > *Testing Instructions using PyPI*: > > > > You can build a virtualenv that installs this and other required packages > > (e.g. task sdk), like this: > > ``` uv venv uv pip install -U \ apache-airflow==3.4.0b2 \ > > apache-airflow-core==3.4.0b2 \ apache-airflow-task-sdk==1.4.0b2 ``` > > > > Constraints files are at > > https://github.com/apache/airflow/tree/constraints-3.4.0b2 > > > > The beta snapshot is available at our SVN: > > > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/airflow/3.4.0b2/ and > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/airflow/task-sdk/1.4.0b2/ > > > > Public keys for verification are available at: > > https://www.apache.org/dist/airflow/KEYS > > > > *Get Involved* > > > > We encourage the community to test this release and report any issues or > > feedback. Your contributions help us ensure a stable and reliable Airflow > > 3.4.0 release. > > > > Please report issues using GitHub at > > https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues and add > > "affected_version:3.4.0beta" > > label. > > > > A huge thank you to all the contributors who have worked on this release! > > > > Regards, > > Rahul Vats > > >
