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Astronomer Runtime overview

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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.

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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Runtime architecture

Learn about Astronomer Runtime architecture, versioning, and Docker image types.

Provider reference

View the provider packages and versions included in each Runtime release.

Release notes

Review the latest changes and features in Astronomer Runtime releases.

Lifecycle policy

Understand Runtime maintenance windows, support policies, and version lifecycle.