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vhelm-chart/1.22.0 Breaking

This release includes 2 breaking changes for platform teams planning a safe upgrade.

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Affected surfaces

auth rbac breaking_upgrade

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The Helm chart for Apache Airflow has been updated to version 1.22.0, raising the minimum required Helm client to 3.19.0 and introducing several new features and fixes.

Why it matters: Minimum Helm version is now 3.19.0; deployments using older Helm clients will fail to render or upgrade the chart.

Summary

AI summary

Updates Bug Fixes, New Features, and Doc only changes across a mixed release.

Changes in this release

Feature Low

Adds optional OpenTelemetry (OTel) service to Airflow Helm Chart

Adds optional OpenTelemetry (OTel) service to Airflow Helm Chart

Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-14

Confidence: high

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Feature Low

Adds `serviceAccountTokenVolume` to cleanup cron job

Adds `serviceAccountTokenVolume` to cleanup cron job

Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-14

Confidence: high

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Feature Low

Adds `requirePersistence` option to worker logGroomerSidecar

Adds `requirePersistence` option to worker logGroomerSidecar

Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-14

Confidence: high

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Feature Low

Adds checksum for API server config in deployment

Adds checksum for API server config in deployment

Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-06-14-audit

Confidence: low

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Dependency Medium

Minimum Helm version updated to 3.19.0

Minimum Helm version updated to 3.19.0

Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-14

Confidence: high

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Dependency Medium

Default Airflow image updated to 3.2.2

Default Airflow image updated to 3.2.2

Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-14

Confidence: high

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Bugfix Medium

Fixes Helm chart executor label to support executor aliases

Fixes Helm chart executor label to support executor aliases

Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-14

Confidence: high

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Bugfix Medium

Fixes triggerer KEDA database connection rendering

Fixes triggerer KEDA database connection rendering

Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-14

Confidence: high

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Bugfix Medium

Fixes Celery worker liveness probe hostname lookup

Fixes Celery worker liveness probe hostname lookup

Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-14

Confidence: high

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Bugfix Medium

Fixes Go template error comparing slice to nil using `eq`

Fixes Go template error comparing slice to nil using `eq`

Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-14

Confidence: high

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Bugfix Medium

Fixes Kubernetes worker service account values

Fixes Kubernetes worker service account values

Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-14

Confidence: high

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Bugfix Low

Fixes launcher RBAC for executor class paths

Fixes launcher RBAC for executor class paths

Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-06-14-audit

Confidence: low

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Bugfix Low

Fixes task log access with NetworkPolicies for Airflow 2 and 3

Fixes task log access with NetworkPolicies for Airflow 2 and 3

Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-06-14-audit

Confidence: low

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Bugfix Low

Adds missing `tpl` rendering for ServiceAccount annotations

Adds missing `tpl` rendering for ServiceAccount annotations

Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-06-14-audit

Confidence: low

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Bugfix Low

Fixes go-template `if` statements for log groomer retention values

Fixes go-template `if` statements for log groomer retention values

Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-06-14-audit

Confidence: low

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Bugfix Low

Fixes database cleanup lifecycle hooks

Fixes database cleanup lifecycle hooks

Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-06-14-audit

Confidence: low

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Bugfix Low

Fixes cleanup pod lifecycle hooks not being applied

Fixes cleanup pod lifecycle hooks not being applied

Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-06-14-audit

Confidence: low

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Bugfix Low

Fixes deprecation warning

Fixes deprecation warning

Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-06-14-audit

Confidence: low

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Full changelog

Significant Changes

Minimum Helm version was updated to 3.19.0 (#66970)

Default Airflow image is updated to 3.2.2 (#67681)

The default Airflow image that is used with the Chart is now 3.2.2, previously it was 3.2.1.

Added support for configuring enableServiceLinks (#67447)

The default will become false in Chart 2.0. If you rely on these environment variables,
explicitly set enableServiceLinks: true, or migrate your code to use DNS-based service lookups.

New Features

  • Add optional OTel service to the Airflow Helm Chart (#64902)
  • Add serviceAccountTokenVolume to cleanup cron (#67446)
  • Add requirePersistence option to worker logGroomerSidecar (#65884)

Improvements

  • Add checksum for api-server config in API server deployment (#66468)

Bug Fixes

  • Fix Helm chart executor label to support executor aliases (#67762)
  • Fix triggerer KEDA database connection rendering (#67538)
  • Fix Celery worker liveness probe hostname lookup (#67471)
  • Fix Go template error comparing slice to nil using eq (#64032)
  • Fix Kubernetes worker service account values (#66598)
  • Add binding for workers.kubernetes and condition workers ServiceAccount (#66730)
  • Fix launcher RBAC for executor class paths (#66208)
  • Fix task log access with NetworkPolicies for Airflow 2 and 3 (#65754)
  • Add missing tpl rendering for ServiceAccount annotations (#66095)
  • Fix go-template if statements for log groomer retention values (#66012)
  • Fix database cleanup lifecycle hooks (#65881)
  • Fix cleanup pod lifecycle hooks not being applied (#65764)
  • Fix deprecation warning (#66238)

Doc only changes

  • Expand Helm Chart upgrade tasks in the Airflow 3 migration guide (#66118)

Misc

  • Change job/pod role bindings rendering and refactor related tests (#66626)
  • Standardize on Dag capitalization in chart wording (#66114)

Breaking Changes

  • Minimum Helm version updated to 3.19.0
  • `enableServiceLinks` default will become false in Chart 2.0
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Related context

Earlier breaking changes

  • v3.2.2 Custom deadline reference classes must be registered via ``deadline_references`` attribute on ``AirflowPlugin``.
  • v3.2.2 ``[core] allowed_deserialization_classes_regexp`` now requires full-string matches.
  • v3.2.2 REST API query parameters switch from full-match to prefix-based matching.

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