Status of testing of Apache Airflow 2.8.3rc1

[ephraimbuddy]

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We are kindly requesting that contributors to Apache Airflow RC 2.8.3rc1 help test the RC.

Please let us know by commenting if the issue is addressed in the latest RC.

• Set parsing context dag_id in dag test command (#37606): @SamWheating
• Remove gosu binary from our images (#37677): @potiuk
• Properly include airflow_pre_installed_providers.txt artifact (#37679): @potiuk
• Improve code coverage for TriggerRuleDep (#37680): @stevenschaerer @ephraimbuddy
  Linked issues:
  • Improve Code Coverage for Airflow (#35127)
• Bump min versions of openapi validators (#37691): @potiuk
  Linked issues:
  • Use uv as packaging tool used in CI builds (#37683)
• The SMTP provider is now preinstalled when installing Airflow (#37713): @vchiapaikeo @potiuk
  Linked issues:
  • Modify SmtpNotifier to accept template with defaults (#36226)
  • Fix backwards compatibility for SMTP provider (#37701)
• Add smtp provider to prod_image_installed_providers.txt (#37739): @drajguru @potiuk
  Linked issues:
  • Fix backwards compatibility for SMTP provider (#37701)
  • Wrap AIRFLOW_HOME env var lookup in Path (#37733)
• Fix external_executor_id being overwritten (#37784): @ferruzzi
• MappedOperator setter methods (#37828): @nathadfield
  Linked issues:
  • Cluster policies on mapped tasks cause broken DAGs (#37013)
• Fix mypy checks failing in new types-docutils (#37858): @potiuk
• Additional type-ignore after types-docutils (#37859): @potiuk
• Add "MENU" permission in auth manager (#37881): @vincbeck
• Update build and install dependencies. (#37910): @potiuk

Thanks to all who contributed to the release (probably not a complete list!):
@vincbeck @SamWheating @drajguru @potiuk @ferruzzi @stevenschaerer @vchiapaikeo @nathadfield @ephraimbuddy

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[potiuk]

Checked all my changes. Look s good.

[nathadfield]

#37828 is all good from me.

[vincbeck]

Checked my change and it works as expected

[stevenschaerer]

#37680 added tests to increasee code coverage so there is nothing to check.

[ephraimbuddy]

Airflow 2.8.3 has been released. Thank you all for testing this release