A new Cloud Composer release has started on January 14, 2026

## Announcement Announcement A new Cloud Composer release has started on **January 14, 2026**. 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. ## Feature Feature [**Database retention policy**](https://docs.cloud.google.com/composer/docs/composer-3/configure-db-retention) is now available in environments with Airflow 3, starting with composer-3-airflow-3.1.0-build.5\. This change is now rolled out to all regions supported by Cloud Composer 3. ## Change Change Cloud Composer 3 environments no longer consume the Cloud SQL Admin API quota in the customer project. ## Fix Fixed Improved error handling when an invalid Airflow version is specified during environment creation. ## Change Change _(Airflow 3.1.0 in Cloud Composer 3)_The `apache-airflow-providers-google` package was upgraded to version 19.2.0. For more information about changes, see the[apache-airflow-providers-google changelog](https://airflow.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow-providers-google/stable/changelog.html). ## Change Change _(Airflow 3.1.0 in Cloud Composer 3)_The `apache-airflow-providers-cncf-kubernetes`package was[upgraded to version 10.11.1](https://airflow.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow-providers-cncf-kubernetes/stable/changelog.html). For changes in other packages, see the[preinstalled packages changelog](https://cloud.google.com/composer/docs/versions-packages). ## Change Change New [Airflow builds](https://cloud.google.com/composer/docs/composer-versions#images-composer-3)are available in Cloud Composer 3: * [composer-3-airflow-3.1.0-build.7](https://cloud.google.com/composer/docs/versions-packages#composer-3-airflow-3-1-0-build-7) * [composer-3-airflow-2.10.5-build.24](https://cloud.google.com/composer/docs/versions-packages#composer-3-airflow-2-10-5-build-24) (default) * [composer-3-airflow-2.9.3-build.44](https://cloud.google.com/composer/docs/versions-packages#composer-3-airflow-2-9-3-build-44) ## Change Change New [images](https://cloud.google.com/composer/docs/composer-versions#images-composer-2)are available in Cloud Composer 2: * [composer-2.16.2-airflow-2.10.5](https://cloud.google.com/composer/docs/versions-packages#composer-2-16-2-airflow-2-10-5) (default) * [composer-2.16.2-airflow-2.9.3](https://cloud.google.com/composer/docs/versions-packages#composer-2-16-2-airflow-2-9-3) ## Deprecate Deprecated The following Cloud Composer versions and builds have reached their[end of support period](https://cloud.google.com/composer/docs/composer-versioning-overview#version-deprecation-and-support): composer-3-airflow-2.9.3-build.12, composer-2.10.2-airflow-2.9.3, composer-2.10.2-airflow-2.10.2.