Airbyte Self-Managed 2.2 released, one-way database upgrade

UpdateAug 10, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

Airbyte 2.2 migrations drop tables that 2.1.x depends on, so the upgrade is one-way and rolling back to 2.1.x is not supported. Take a database backup before upgrading.

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