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.
With Astronomer Runtime, you get:
Learn about Astronomer Runtime architecture, versioning, and Docker image types.
View the provider packages and versions included in each Runtime release.
Review the latest changes and features in Astronomer Runtime releases.
Understand Runtime maintenance windows, support policies, and version lifecycle.