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Apache Airflow upgrades break working setups

Outages and change3 posts from 2 people3d active+00 posts in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (fading)

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Posts per day3 posts, Sep 1 to Sep 25

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Deferrable KubernetesPodOperator marks task SUCCESS without pushing XCom when the pod is gone at re-entry (regression from #66716, provider 10.17.1+)### Apache Airflow Provider(s) cncf-kubernetes ### Versions of Apache Airflow Providers apache-airflow-providers-cncf-kubernetes==10.19.0 (observed in production). The code path is unchanged in 10.20.0, 10.21.0, 10.21.1 and on `main` as of today. Introduced in 10.17.1 by #66716...apache/airflowaroinaSep 1411 days ago
on_task_instance_up_for_retry...built on `on_task_instance_failed` gets triggered on every transient retry of a flaky task, not just the final terminal failure, which undermines the signal-to-noise of building alerting on this hook. Airflow's listener spec already carves out sub-outcomes this way elsewhere -...apache/airflowavanish-gargSep 23 weeks ago
Listener hook can't distinguish a task auto-retrying from a terminal failure...built on `on_task_instance_failed` gets triggered on every transient retry of a flaky task, not just the final terminal failure, which undermines the signal-to-noise of building alerting on this hook. Airflow's listener spec already carves out sub-outcomes this way elsewhere -...apache/airflowavanish-gargSep 13 weeks ago

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Kubernetes1
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3 posts from 2 people in 1 place, about 2 a week over 14 days. Mostly on apache/airflow. Tools named alongside: GitHub, Kubernetes.

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Posts that state a pain and match the "breaking-changes" rule about Apache Airflow. First post Sep 1, 2026, latest Sep 14, 2026. Corroborated: 3 or more posts from 2 or more people or places. Method

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  • 2026-09-25 Added: Apache Airflow upgrades break working setups (3 posts)

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