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Amazon MWAA now supports Apache Airflow 2.11.2! A quiet but important security update

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Hi, I'm Shii-chan! AWS just dropped a workflow-infrastructure update today. It might look quiet at first glance, but it's actually pretty important!

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What was announced?

This one comes from AWS What's New. Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (MWAA) now supports Apache Airflow version 2.11.2. MWAA is a managed service that lets you run Apache Airflow at scale without the operational overhead of managing the underlying infrastructure.

The story so far

MWAA has supported multiple Airflow versions over time, but the Airflow project keeps shipping maintenance releases packed with security patches and bug fixes. Until a new version was supported on MWAA, users couldn't pull those fixes into their managed environments.

What changes

With Airflow 2.11.2 now supported, MWAA users can bring core dependency security patches and stability improvements into their managed environments. You can spin up a brand-new 2.11.2 environment, or upgrade an existing one, in just a few clicks from the AWS Management Console. It's available in every region where MWAA is currently offered.

Dive Deep

Since 2.11.2 is a maintenance release, don't expect flashy new features — instead, it's packed with quiet-but-important fixes:

  • Security patches and stability improvements from upgraded core dependencies
  • Improvements to the Airflow webserver and task execution layers
  • Fixes to task lifecycle management for queued tasks
  • Enhanced secrets masking in logs
  • UI corrections in the Task Instances list view
  • Updated provider packages for S3 and CloudWatch log delivery

The security patches and improved log masking are especially worth noting if your team is running Airflow environments in production.

Wrap-up

  • Amazon MWAA now supports Apache Airflow version 2.11.2
  • It's a maintenance release with security patches, task execution stability improvements, and better log masking
  • You can create a new environment or upgrade an existing one in a few clicks from the AWS Management Console
  • Available in every region where MWAA is currently offered
  • Great news if your team already runs MWAA and wants to pull in the latest security fixes!

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