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Amazon MWAA Supports Apache Airflow 3.2 with Enhanced Data-Aware Scheduling

Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (MWAA) added support for Apache Airflow 3.2, introducing precise data partition triggering and improved Human-in-the-Loop workflow features.

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Retrospective edition: 2026-05-19. Source published: 2026-05-19. Added to this archive: 2026-11-03. This briefing was prepared later from the linked announcement; it was not published on this website on the historical edition date.

Airflow 3.2 enables asset partitioning to trigger DAGs based on specific data slices, increasing accuracy in pipeline execution. It also enhances approval workflows with full audit trails, agentic operator HITL support, and synchronous callbacks for alerts. Visualization and task management improvements such as Grid View virtualization and full XCom UI control were included.

Available for new and upgraded MWAA environments, these features improve productivity in data engineering and orchestration at scale on AWS, facilitating finer granular scheduling and robust intervention controls in data workflows.

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Amazon MWAA now supports Apache Airflow 3.2 ↗

Source published 2026-05-19. This report was prepared with AI assistance from the linked primary-source material. Claims and limitations should be checked against the original announcement or research.