Astronomer Runtime Overview

Astro Runtime is Astronomer’s managed distribution of Airflow. It provides a prebuilt, secure environment with Airflow, core providers, and dependencies bundled into standardized images, so you can focus on building and running pipelines rather than maintaining infrastructure.

Current Release

Astronomer Runtime 3.0 is now available, based on Apache Airflow 3.0.

For installation and upgrade information, see Astro Runtime architecture.

Astronomer Runtime includes exclusive features, timely support for new Apache Airflow versions, and enhanced functionality designed specifically for production data orchestration environments.

Astronomer Runtime features

With Astronomer Runtime, you get:

  • Production-ready distribution: A carefully curated and tested distribution of Apache Airflow with enhanced stability and performance.
  • Exclusive features: Smart task concurrency defaults, high availability configurations, and custom UI enhancements.
  • Data lineage: Built-in OpenLineage integration for comprehensive data lineage tracking across your workflows.

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