Amazon MWAA now supports Apache Airflow 3.2

Published
May 19, 2026
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/04/amazon-mwaa-now-supports-apache-airflow-3-2/

Amazon MWAA Supports Apache Airflow 3.2

Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (MWAA) now supports Apache Airflow version 3.2, the latest major release of the popular open-source workflow orchestration framework. This release brings new data-aware scheduling capabilities and developer productivity improvements to teams building and operating data pipelines on AWS.

New Features

  • Asset partitioning to trigger downstream DAGs based on specific slices of data.
  • Expanded Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) capabilities with a full audit history view for approvals, HITL support for the AgenticOperator, and synchronous callback support for Deadline Alerts.
  • Grid View virtualization for faster rendering of large DAGs.
  • Full XCom management from the Airflow UI.
  • Async callable support in PythonOperator.

What to do

  • Launch a new Apache Airflow 3.2 environment on Amazon MWAA.
  • Upgrade from 2.11 or later with just a few clicks in the AWS Management Console.

Source: AWS release notes




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