apache/airflow

[Filters] Add filters to Search - Assets

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#53052 opened on Jul 8, 2025

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Description

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Search – Assets

Filters to Add

  • Filter by Asset Group
    ↪ Narrow results to a logical grouping of assets (e.g., revenue_reporting, customer_metrics)

  • Filter by Consuming DAG and / or Producing Task
    ↪ Quickly locate assets by their upstream producer or downstream consumer

  • Filter by Last Event Timestamp (Range)
    ↪ Identify stale or recently updated assets

  • Filter by Is Alias (Yes/No)
    ↪ Distinguish between assets vs. placeholders

  • Filter by Has Events (Yes/No)
    ↪ Distinguish between assets with active data lineage vs inactive definitions

API Support

⚠️ Partial

  • The assets API supports filtering by:
    • dag_id, task_id, and sometimes group
  • Currently lacks:
    • Filtering by event presence (has_events)
    • Range filtering by last event timestamp

UI Impact

  • Add a filter panel above the asset list table
  • Useful in large deployments with hundreds or thousands of assets

Notes

  • Enables users to answer critical questions like:
    • “What assets are stale?”
    • “Which DAGs produce assets in this domain?”
  • Especially helpful when debugging broken pipelines or validating asset freshness

Contributor guide

Tech stack
pythonreacttypescriptrest api
Domain
full stacksearch
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
fresh
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
mostly clear
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of PythonFamiliarity with ReactUnderstanding of REST APIs
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
50
Research direction
Examine the current assets API endpoint (likely in airflow/api connexion/endpoints/assets endpoint.py) to understand how filtering by dag id, task id, and group is implemented. Then add support for filtering by has events (boolean) and last event timestamp (range). For the frontend, locate the Search Assets page component (likely in airflow/ui/src/views/Search/Assets.tsx or similar) and add a filter panel with inputs for each filter. Refer to existing filter implementations in the UI for patterns.