A new Cloud Composer release has started on February 16, 2026

## Announcement Announcement A new Cloud Composer release has started on **February 16, 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 [Environment snapshots](https://docs.cloud.google.com/composer/docs/composer-3/save-load-snapshots)are available in environments with Airflow 3 (Preview). This change is now rolled out to all regions supported by Cloud Composer 3. ## 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.9](https://cloud.google.com/composer/docs/versions-packages#composer-3-airflow-3-1-0-build-9) * [composer-3-airflow-2.10.5-build.26](https://cloud.google.com/composer/docs/versions-packages#composer-3-airflow-2-10-5-build-26) (default) * [composer-3-airflow-2.9.3-build.46](https://cloud.google.com/composer/docs/versions-packages#composer-3-airflow-2-9-3-build-46) ## Change Change New [images](https://cloud.google.com/composer/docs/composer-versions#images-composer-2)are available in Cloud Composer 2: * [composer-2.16.4-airflow-2.10.5](https://cloud.google.com/composer/docs/versions-packages#composer-2-16-4-airflow-2-10-5) (default) * [composer-2.16.4-airflow-2.9.3](https://cloud.google.com/composer/docs/versions-packages#composer-2-16-4-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.15 and composer-2.11.2-\*.