# Apache Airflow helm-chart/1.22.0 — Apache Airflow Helm Chart 1.22.0

- Product: Apache Airflow (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/apache-airflow)
- Vendor: Apache Software Foundation
- Date: 2026-06-13
- Version: helm-chart/1.22.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/apache/airflow/releases/tag/helm-chart/1.22.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/apache-airflow/releases/helm-chart-1.22.0

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- **changed** — Minimum Helm version was updated to 3.19.0
- **changed** — Default Airflow image is updated to 3.2.2
- **added** — Add support for configuring enableServiceLinks
- **added** — Add optional OTel service to the Airflow Helm Chart
- **added** — Add serviceAccountTokenVolume to cleanup cron
- **added** — Add requirePersistence option to worker logGroomerSidecar
- **changed** — Add checksum for api-server config in API server deployment
- **fixed** — Fix Helm chart executor label to support executor aliases
- **fixed** — Fix triggerer KEDA database connection rendering
- **fixed** — Fix Celery worker liveness probe hostname lookup
- **fixed** — Fix Go template error comparing slice to nil using eq
- **fixed** — Fix Kubernetes worker service account values
- **fixed** — Add binding for workers.kubernetes and condition workers ServiceAccount
- **fixed** — Fix launcher RBAC for executor class paths
- **fixed** — Fix task log access with NetworkPolicies for Airflow 2 and 3
- **fixed** — Add missing tpl rendering for ServiceAccount annotations
- **fixed** — Fix go-template if statements for log groomer retention values
- **fixed** — Fix database cleanup lifecycle hooks
- **fixed** — Fix cleanup pod lifecycle hooks not being applied
- **fixed** — Fix deprecation warning

#### Significant Changes

##### Minimum Helm version was updated to `3.19.0` (#66970)

##### Default Airflow image is updated to `3.2.2` (#67681)
The default Airflow image that is used with the Chart is now `3.2.2`, previously it was `3.2.1`.

##### Added support for configuring `enableServiceLinks` (#67447)
The default will become `false` in Chart 2.0. If you rely on these environment variables,
explicitly set `enableServiceLinks: true`, or migrate your code to use DNS-based service lookups.

#### New Features

- Add optional OTel service to the Airflow Helm Chart (#64902)
- Add `serviceAccountTokenVolume` to cleanup cron (#67446)
- Add `requirePersistence` option to worker `logGroomerSidecar` (#65884)

#### Improvements

- Add checksum for api-server config in API server deployment (#66468)

#### Bug Fixes

- Fix Helm chart executor label to support executor aliases (#67762)
- Fix triggerer KEDA database connection rendering (#67538)
- Fix Celery worker liveness probe hostname lookup (#67471)
- Fix Go template error comparing slice to nil using `eq` (#64032)
- Fix Kubernetes worker service account values (#66598)
- Add binding for `workers.kubernetes` and condition workers ServiceAccount (#66730)
- Fix launcher RBAC for executor class paths (#66208)
- Fix task log access with NetworkPolicies for Airflow 2 and 3 (#65754)
- Add missing `tpl` rendering for ServiceAccount annotations (#66095)
- Fix go-template `if` statements for log groomer retention values (#66012)
- Fix database cleanup lifecycle hooks (#65881)
- Fix cleanup pod lifecycle hooks not being applied (#65764)
- Fix deprecation warning (#66238)

#### Doc only changes

- Expand Helm Chart upgrade tasks in the Airflow 3 migration guide (#66118)

#### Misc

- Change job/pod role bindings rendering and refactor related tests (#66626)
- Standardize on `Dag` capitalization in chart wording (#66114)