Amazon MWAA Document History
The following table describes important additions to the Amazon MWAA service documentation, beginning in November 2020. To receive notifications about updates to this documentation, subscribe to the RSS feed.
| Change | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
Added a new environment class: mw1.micro | Amazon MWAA now provides a new environment class: mw1.micro. | November 19, 2024 |
Support for simpler method to access Apache Airflow REST API | Amazon MWAA now provides a simplified approach for interacting with the Apache Airflow REST API using Amazon credentials. | October 23, 2024 |
New Apache Airflow version | Amazon MWAA now supports Apache Airflow v2.10.1. This update includes information on updated provider packages, and details about using Apache Airflow v2.10.1 on Amazon MWAA. | September 26, 2024 |
New Apache Airflow version | Amazon MWAA now supports Apache Airflow v2.9.2. This update includes information on updated provider packages, and details about using Apache Airflow v2.9.2 on Amazon MWAA. | July 9, 2024 |
Amazon MWAA supports configuring a custom web server domain names | Amazon MWAA supports configuring a custom web server domain names for private environments with no internet access. This update includes the following new topic that describes setting up a new custom domain. | June 18, 2024 |
Amazon MWAA supports web server automatic scaling and the Apache Airflow REST API | Amazon MWAA now supports automatic scaling of web servers as well as the ability to access and use the Apache Airflow REST API. | May 16, 2024 |
Improved description of automatic scaling behavior | Updated the following topic to reflect the new Amazon MWAA automatic scaling behavior when workers pick up new tasks as Fargate workers downscale. | May 10, 2024 |
Support for larger instance sizes |
Amazon MWAA now supports two larger instance size options for larger workloads: | April 16, 2024 |
New Apache Airflow version | Amazon MWAA now supports Apache Airflow v2.8.1. This update includes information on updated provider packages, and details about using Apache Airflow v2.8.1 on Amazon MWAA. | February 22, 2024 |
Support for shared Amazon VPC | Amazon MWAA supports cross-account environment creation for organizations using Amazon OpenSearch Service to manage Amazon MWAA resources using a central shared Amazon VPC in an owner account. As part of this launch, Amazon MWAA lets you choose to create, and manage, your own Amazon VPC endpoints. | November 15, 2023 |
New Apache Airflow version | Amazon MWAA now supports Apache Airflow v2.7.2. This update includes information on updated provider packages, and details about using Apache Airflow v2.7.2 on Amazon MWAA. | November 6, 2023 |
New Apache Airflow version | Amazon MWAA now supports Apache Airflow v2.6.3. This update includes information on updated provider packages, and details about using Apache Airflow v2.6.3 on Amazon MWAA, | August 9, 2023 |
Version deprecation information | Updated topic on version deprecation to include deprecation notices and timelines for Apache Airflow v2.0.2 and Apache Airflow v2.2.2. | July 31, 2023 |
New topics and use cases | Amazon MWAA supports minor version upgrades. This updates includes the following new topic that describes how to upgrade the environment and make sure your workflow resources are compatible with the version of Apache Airflow you are upgrading to: | June 5, 2023 |
New Regions | Amazon MWAA is now available in the Beijing and Ningxia Regions. For more information, see the following: | May 16, 2023 |
Updated topic |
Updated customer managed IAM policies that grant a user full console and API access to Amazon MWAA. The update describes why you must provide
permission for | April 12, 2023 |
New guidance | Updated topic on configuring Amazon Secrets Manager as a backend for Amazon MWAA to provide guidance on using lookup patterns. Using lookup patterns narrow the secrets that Apache Airflow searches for and reduce the number of API calls Amazon MWAA makes to Secrets Manager to retrieve connections and variables. This reduces the costs associated with using Secrets Manager as a backend. | April 12, 2023 |
New Apache Airflow version | Amazon MWAA now supports Apache Airflow v2.5.1. This update includes information on updated provider packages, and details about using Apache Airflow v2.5.1 on Amazon MWAA, | April 11, 2023 |
New topics and use cases | Added a new topic on using a startup script with an Amazon MWAA environment. This topic descibes configuring a startup script for an existing environment, using it to install Linux runtimes, and setting environment variables. | April 3, 2023 |
Updated section on private web server access | Updated the following topic on private web server access. The update clarifies that, in environments with private web server access,
you must use a Python wheel archive ( | February 24, 2023 |
Added information on deprecated Apache Airflow versions | Updated the Versions topic with new information on how Amazon MWAA managed deprecating Apache Airflow versions. Removed a section about upgrading to newer version of Apache Airflow, and a section that described changes between Apache Airflow v1 and Apache Airflow v2. For more information about migrating to a newversion of Apache Airflow, see the Amazon MWAA Migration Guide. | February 17, 2023 |
Fixes in Amazon MWAA container metrics |
Updated the container metrics topic, and removed a set of erroneous metrics that did not exist under the | January 20, 2023 |
New Apache Airflow version | Amazon MWAA now supports Apache Airflow v2.4.3. This update includes information on updated provider packages, details about using Apache Airflow v2.4.3 on Amazon MWAA, and consolidated information about which features are supported in each Apache Airflow version on Amazon MWAA. | January 5, 2023 |
Updated topic on service-linked role |
Updated information about the service-linked role that Amazon MWAA uses to create and manage Amazon resources on your behalf, including information about
how you can delete the service-linked role when you no longer need it. This includes an updated service-linked role permission policy that allows Amazon MWAA
to publishe additional CloudWatch metrics under the | November 18, 2022 |
New topic on service metrics |
Added new topic that describes service metrics emitted by Amazon MWAA under the | November 18, 2022 |
New topic | Added new guidance on modifying a constraints file to specify new versions of provider packages to use with your Amazon MWAA environment. | November 18, 2022 |
Updated FAQ entry | Updated information related to Amazon MWAA's HIPAA eligibility. | November 15, 2022 |
New topic | Added new topic on using | October 21, 2022 |
New sample code | Added updated instructions and DAG code example that writes custom OS-level metrics to CloudWatch. | September 13, 2022 |
New sample code | Added updated instructions and a new Amazon Lambda Python code example that retrieves an Apache Airflow CLI token, then invokes a DAG in a specified Amazon MWAA environment. | September 12, 2022 |
New architectural diagrams | Added new architectural diagrams that demonstrate an Amazon MWAA environment with a public and private web server. | September 12, 2022 |
New sample code | Added updated instructions and a new DAG code example that retrieves an Apache Airflow CLI token, then invokes another DAG in a different Amazon MWAA environment. | August 16, 2022 |
New sample code | Added updated instructions and new DAG that queries an environment's Aurora PostgreSQL for metadata information, writes the result to CSV files and stores the files in Amazon S3. | August 12, 2022 |
New sample code | Added updated instructions and new DAG that refreshes an Amazon CodeArtifact token at runtime and stores the result in Amazon S3. | August 3, 2022 |
New sample code | Added updated instructions and DAG code sample for using the | July 26, 2022 |
New sample code | Added updated instructions and DAG code sample for using the | July 15, 2022 |
New sample code | Added new instructions and DAG code sample for using dbt Postgres with Amazon MWAA. | June 17, 2022 |
New topics and use cases | Added new instructions and DAG code sample for installing dependencies using Python wheel files for Amazon MWAA environments with public and private access. | May 13, 2022 |
New topics and use cases | Added new guidance on choosing which Apache Airflow metrics Amazon MWAA sends to CloudWatch. | April 19, 2022 |
New guides | Amazon MWAA offers a migration guide for migrating Apache Airflow workflows from self-managed deployments, as well as existing Amazon MWAA environments. | March 7, 2022 |
New topics and use cases | Added new security best practice for working with Apache Airflow, including a solution for detecting changes to the Apache Airflow user privileges. | February 18, 2022 |
New sample code |
Added new code sample for creating timezone-aware DAGs using Pendulum | February 11, 2022 |
Apache Airflow v2.2.2 launch | Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow now supports Apache Airflow v2.2.2. Beginning with v2.2, Amazon MWAA will install Python packages and custom plugins directly on the Apache Airflow web server allowing you greater flexibility to manage your environments. For more information, see the following.
| January 27, 2022 |
New tutorials | Added a new tutorial that demonstrates creating a new custom Apache Airflow role, and assigning the role to an Apache Airflow user mapped from IAM in order to limit the user's access to a subset of specified DAGs. | December 8, 2021 |
Fixes | Fixed a best practices recommendation for setting the value of | November 22, 2021 |
New sample code | Added the following new code sample for modifying the time zone in which DAGs are processed using a custom plugin, and new troubleshooting topic
for invoking the | November 1, 2021 |
Fixes | Fixed issues in the Amazon ECS operator code sample, and clarified the additional permissions required in the Amazon MWAA execution role to allow the environment to access Amazon ECS task log group in CloudWatch Logs. | October 26, 2021 |
New sample code | Added new code sample that queries the Aurora PostgreSQL database for information relevant to DAG runs and writes the results to
| October 1, 2021 |
Fixes | Corrected information about how Amazon MWAA automatically syncs new and changed objects from your target Amazon S3 bucket to your schedulers and workers. | October 1, 2021 |
Now supported | Amazon MWAA now supports additional provider packages for Apache Airflow 2.0+. To learn more about supported packages, see the following: | September 24, 2021 |
New commands and procedures | Added additional guidance and Amazon CLI command examples for creating an Amazon S3 gateway endpoint when using an Amazon VPC without internet access: | September 24, 2021 |
New topics and use cases | Added the following changes:
| September 19, 2021 |
New supported region | Amazon MWAA is now available in the following regions:
For more information about region availability and service endpoints, see the following:
| August 31, 2021 |
New topics and use cases | Added the following changes:
| August 27, 2021 |
Fixes | Added the following changes:
| August 27, 2021 |
New topics and use cases | Added the following changes:
| August 20, 2021 |
New topics and use cases | Added the following changes:
| August 13, 2021 |
New sample code | Added the following changes:
| August 13, 2021 |
Fixes | Added the following changes:
| August 13, 2021 |
New topics and use cases | Added the following changes:
| August 6, 2021 |
New sample code | Added the following changes:
| August 6, 2021 |
New topics and use cases | Added the following changes:
| July 29, 2021 |
Fixes | Added the following changes:
| July 29, 2021 |
Removed or moved topics | Added the following changes:
| July 23, 2021 |
New guides | Added the following changes: | July 23, 2021 |
Fixes | Added the following changes:
| July 23, 2021 |
New topics and use cases | Added the following changes:
| July 16, 2021 |
New topics and use cases | Added the following changes:
| July 9, 2021 |
New guides | Added the following changes:
| July 9, 2021 |
New topics and use cases | Added the following changes:
| July 2, 2021 |
New sample code | Added the following changes:
| July 2, 2021 |
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| June 25, 2021 |
New sample code | Added the following changes:
| June 25, 2021 |
New guides | Added the following changes: | June 25, 2021 |
New topics and use cases | Added the following changes:
| June 18, 2021 |
New sample code | Added the following changes:
| June 18, 2021 |
New topics and use cases | Added the following changes:
| June 2, 2021 |
New sample code | Added the following changes:
| June 2, 2021 |
New guides | Added the following changes:
| June 2, 2021 |
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| June 2, 2021 |
Apache Airflow v2.0.2 launch | General availability launch of Apache Airflow v2.0.2.
| May 26, 2021 |
New topics and use cases | Added the following changes:
| May 14, 2021 |
Fixes | Added the following changes:
| May 12, 2021 |
Removed or moved topics | Added the following changes:
| May 10, 2021 |
New topics and use cases | Added the following changes:
| May 10, 2021 |
Removed or moved topics | Added the following changes:
| May 7, 2021 |
New topics and use cases | Added the following changes:
| May 7, 2021 |
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| April 30, 2021 |
New sample code | Added the following changes:
| April 30, 2021 |
New guides | Added the following changes: | April 30, 2021 |
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| April 30, 2021 |
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| April 23, 2021 |
New sample code | Added the following changes:
| April 23, 2021 |
New guides | Added the following changes: | April 23, 2021 |
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| April 16, 2021 |
New sample code | Added the following changes:
| April 16, 2021 |
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| April 9, 2021 |
New sample code | Added the following changes:
| April 9, 2021 |
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| March 31, 2021 |
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| March 26, 2021 |
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| March 19, 2021 |
New guides | Added the following changes:
| March 19, 2021 |
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| March 12, 2021 |
New sample code | Added the following changes:
| March 12, 2021 |
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| March 5, 2021 |
Now supported | Added the following changes:
| March 4, 2021 |
Fixes | Added the following changes:
| March 4, 2021 |
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| February 26, 2021 |
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| February 25, 2021 |
New tutorials | Added the following changes:
| February 22, 2021 |
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| February 22, 2021 |
New sample code | Added the following changes:
| February 22, 2021 |
New commands and procedures | Added the following changes:
| February 22, 2021 |
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| February 17, 2021 |
New commands and procedures | Added the following changes:
| February 17, 2021 |
GitHub launch | User guide docs are now open source on GitHub. Choose "Edit this page on GitHub" on any page. | February 17, 2021 |
New topics and use cases | Added the following changes:
| February 12, 2021 |
New topics and use cases | Added the following changes: | February 5, 2021 |
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| February 4, 2021 |
Amazon MWAA CloudFormation | Update the parameters to create an environment at Amazon MWAA CloudFormation.
| February 4, 2021 |
New topics and use cases | Added the following changes:
| January 29, 2021 |
Amazon MWAA launch | General availability launch of Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow.
| November 24, 2020 |