Implementation:Apache Airflow Provider Release Tooling

Knowledge Sources	Apache Airflow
Domains	Release_Engineering, DevOps
Last Updated	2026-02-08 00:00 GMT

Overview

Concrete tools for building, signing, and publishing provider packages provided by breeze, sign.sh, and the release documentation.

Description

The breeze release-management command builds provider packages. The sign.sh script performs GPG signing and generates SHA512 checksums. The dev/README_RELEASE_PROVIDERS.md documents the complete release procedure. Publication uses twine for PyPI and svn for Apache dist.

Usage

Follow the step-by-step instructions in README_RELEASE_PROVIDERS.md for each provider release.

Code Reference

Source Location

• Repository: Apache Airflow
• File: dev/README_RELEASE_PROVIDERS.md (release procedures)
• File: dev/sign.sh (L1-32)

Signature

# sign.sh — GPG signing
set -euo pipefail
SIGN_WITH="${SIGN_WITH:-apache.org}"

for name in "${@}"; do
    gpg --yes --armor --local-user "$SIGN_WITH" --output "${name}.asc" --detach-sig "${name}"
    shasum -a 512 "${name}" > "${name}.sha512"
done

# breeze release management commands
breeze release-management prepare-provider-packages --package-format both
breeze release-management verify-provider-packages

Import

# Build packages
breeze release-management prepare-provider-packages

# Sign artifacts
./dev/sign.sh dist/*.tar.gz dist/*.whl

# Upload to PyPI
twine upload dist/*

I/O Contract

Inputs

Name	Type	Required	Description
Provider source	Python package	Yes	Provider with version bump
GPG key	Key	Yes	Apache signing key
PyPI credentials	Credentials	Yes	For package publication

Outputs

Name	Type	Description
Signed packages	.tar.gz + .asc + .sha512	Signed release artifacts
PyPI package	Package	Published on PyPI
Git tags	Tags	Release version tags

Usage Examples

Release Provider Package

# 1. Build packages
breeze release-management prepare-provider-packages --package-format both

# 2. Sign artifacts
./dev/sign.sh dist/*.tar.gz dist/*.whl

# 3. Upload to Apache SVN for voting
svn import dist/ https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/airflow/providers/

# 4. After vote passes, upload to PyPI
twine upload dist/*

Related Pages

Implements Principle

• Principle:Apache_Airflow_Provider_Release_Process