Amazon MWAA Serverless Adds Python and Bash Operator Support
Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (Amazon MWAA) Serverless now supports the execution of custom Python functions and shell scripts using the PythonOperator and BashOperator. This enhancement enables data engineering teams to perform common tasks like data transformations, format conversions, and quality checks directly within the serverless runtime. Users can package their Python modules or shell scripts, upload them to Amazon S3, and reference them during workflow creation or updates. The service snapshots the code for consistent execution and is available in all regions where Amazon MWAA Serverless operates.
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- Amazon MWAA Serverless now supports Python and Bash Operators
Amazon MWAA Serverless now allows data engineering teams to run custom Python functions and shell scripts directly using the PythonOperator and BashOperator. This feature enables common data engineering patterns like transformations and quality checks without provisioning additional infrastructure. Code packages are uploaded to Amazon S3 and snapshotted at workflow creation for consistent runs.
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/08/mwaa-serverless-pythonoperator-bashoperator/
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