A new Cloud Composer release has started on October 01, 2024

## Announcement A new Cloud Composer release has started on **October 01, 2024**. Get ready for upcoming changes and features as we roll out the new release to all regions. This release is in progress at the moment. Listed changes and features might not be available in some regions yet. ## Fix _(Available without upgrading)_ Fixed the cause of DAG run failures for runs created from the Cloud Console when the `[scheduler]allowed_run_id_pattern` Airflow configuration option is set to a custom value. ## Change _(Airflow 2.9.3 and 2.9.1)_ The `apache-airflow-providers-google` package was upgraded to version 10.23.0 in Cloud Composer 2 images and Cloud Composer 3 builds. For more information about changes, see the [apache-airflow-providers-google changelog](https://airflow.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow-providers-google/10.23.0/commits.html) from version 10.22.0 to version 10.23.0. ## Change _(Airflow 2.9.3 and 2.9.1)_ The `apache-airflow-providers-cncf-kubernetes` package was upgraded to version 8.4.2 in Cloud Composer 2 images and Cloud Composer 3 builds. For more information about changes, see the [apache-airflow-providers-cncf-kubernetes changelog](https://airflow.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow-providers-cncf-kubernetes/stable/changelog.html) from version 8.4.1 to version 8.4.2. ## Change New [Airflow builds](https://cloud.google.com/composer/docs/concepts/versioning/composer-versions#images-composer-3) are available in Cloud Composer 3: * composer-3-airflow-2.9.3-build.1 * composer-3-airflow-2.9.1-build.8 (default) * composer-3-airflow-2.7.3-build.17 ## Change Cloud Composer 2.9.5 [images](https://cloud.google.com/composer/docs/concepts/versioning/composer-versions#images-composer-2) are available: * composer-2.9.5-airflow-2.9.3 * composer-2.9.5-airflow-2.9.1 (default) * composer-2.9.5-airflow-2.7.3 ## Deprecate Cloud Composer version 2.4.4 has reached its [end of support period](https://cloud.google.com/composer/docs/concepts/versioning/composer-versioning-overview#version-deprecation-and-support).