After April 15, 2025 the database retention policy feature will be enabled by default in newly created Cloud Composer 3 environments

## Announcement **After April 15, 2025** the [database retention policy](https://cloud.google.com/composer/docs/composer-3/configure-db-retention) feature will be enabled by default in newly created Cloud Composer 3 environments. This feature helps to maintain the Airflow database size. You can enable or disable the database retention policy or adjust the retention period for new and existing environments. ## Issue The [issue with Cloud Composer 2 upgrade operations](https://cloud.google.com/composer/docs/release-notes#March%5F14%5F2025) **is now resolved**. The upgrade operations are unblocked in all regions.