apache/airflow

Support for podman in breeze tooling

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#54894 opened on Aug 25, 2025

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area:dev-env-Breeze2good first issuekind:feature

Description

Description

Enable breeze to utilize podman for container management.

Use case/motivation

Given the open source nature, lack of licensing issues, OCI-compliant images, and improved security and performance, enable podman as a container management option for breeze tooling.

Related issues

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Are you willing to submit a PR?

  • Yes I am willing to submit a PR!

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Contributor guide

Tech stack
pythonshelldocker
Domain
devopscli
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.
active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
understanding of containerizationbasic knowledge of podmanfamiliarity with Airflow development setup
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
40
Research direction
The issue requests adding podman support to the breeze tooling in Apache Airflow. The implementer should examine the existing breeze scripts that handle Docker (likely in the `scripts/breeze/` directory) and adapt them to detect and use podman as an alternative container runtime. The work involves modifying container management functions to be runtime agnostic, testing with podman, and ensuring backward compatibility with Docker. The 12 comments may contain additional details or questions from maintainers that should be reviewed.