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Date Published
Author
Joyce Ling
Word count
952
Language
English
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None

Summary

Remote Execution on Astro offers a solution to the traditional trade-off between security and efficiency in data orchestration. By decoupling orchestration from execution, organizations can run workloads securely and flexibly without sacrificing centralized control or observability. This is achieved through a new architecture that separates the control layer from the execution layer, with the Orchestration Plane handling scheduling, task management, and the Airflow UI, while the Execution Plane runs tasks in customer-controlled infrastructure using lightweight Remote Execution Agents. Organizations can now run workloads anywhere, maintain data security, and scale execution independently without compromising observability or control. This solution is built on top of Airflow 3.0 innovation and is designed to support complex infrastructure needs and strict regulatory requirements.