# Apache Airflow® 3 is Generally Available!

DevFeed: [Apache Airflow® 3 is Generally Available!](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/apache-airflow-3-is-generally-available-32550.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://airflow.apache.org/blog/airflow-three-point-oh-is-here/>)

Author: Apache Airflow

Published: 2025-04-22T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Apache Airflow Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/apache-airflow-blog.md>)

Topics: [airflow](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/airflow.md>), [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/releases.md>), [event driven](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/event-driven.md>), [Architecture & Design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/architecture-design.md>), [React](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/react.md>), [Messaging](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/messaging.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>)

Tags: [airflow](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/airflow.md>), [apache-airflow](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apache-airflow.md>), [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [event-driven](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/event-driven.md>), [hybrid-cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hybrid-cloud.md>), [messaging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/messaging.md>), [react](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/releases.md>)

## AI overview

Apache Airflow 3.0 has been released as a major version. The release introduces a React-based UI, DAG versioning, improved backfill support, event-driven scheduling, and a Task Execution Interface with Task SDKs supporting secure execution across multi-cloud, hybrid-cloud, and local data center deployments.

## Source excerpt

We announced our intent to focus on Apache Airflow 3.0® as the next big milestone for the Airflow project at the Airflow Summit in September 2024. We are delighted to announce that Airflow 3.0 is now released! A Major Release, Four Years in the Making Airflow 3.0 is the biggest release in Airflow's history--2.0 was released in 2020, and the last 4 years have seen incremental updates and releases every quarter with version 2.10 released in Q4 2024. With over 30 million monthly downloads (up over 30x since 2020) and 80,000 organizations (up from 25,000 in 2020) now using Airflow, we've seen an incredible growth in popularity since 2.0. Over the last four years, Airflow has grown to power business critical data workflows within organizations of all sizes. We have seen an exponential increase in the use cases for Airflow from its beginnings with ETL, ELT, and Reverse ETL, with over 30% of Airflow users using it for MLOps, and 10% using it for GenAI workflows. Airflow 3 is a response to this use case expansion and is the standard for data application development across the enterprise. Here are some highlights: Airflow 3 is significantly easier to use for data practitioners and incorporates their key requests for critical changes to Airflow. Early user reactions to features such as the new React based UI, DAG Versioning, and improved Backfill support have been incredibly positive. I was ecstatic to see the reaction from data engineers when I demonstrated this at a recent Airflow meetup. The seamless UI transition of navigating between Asset-oriented workflows and Task-oriented workflows is beautiful. Once again, Airflow lets the developer choose how you want to develop and navigate without imposing any restrictions. Introduction of Event Driven Scheduling enables Airflow to seamlessly integrate with messaging providers and react to events happening and data assets being updated outside of Airflow. The big architecture change with the introduction of the Task Execution Inte