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Prefect

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Velocity2.5

Workflow orchestration platform for building and observing data pipelines

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Prefect spent the quarter on the surfaces operators actually touch: UI, search, and now artifacts

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◆Current state
Prefect's recent releases are dominated by interface and operability work rather than the orchestration core. The redesigned UI became the default for self-hosted servers in 3.8, Cloud picked up workspace-wide search and a command palette, and artifacts now have a top-level home with support for every SDK artifact type.
◆Where it's heading
The engine work landed earlier — the real-time server-to-worker channel and a faster scheduler across the 3.7.x line — and attention has since moved up the stack to navigation and visibility. Each release makes an existing object easier to find rather than adding a new one.
◆Prediction
Expect the artifact surface to grow comparison or lineage views that connect it to the Assets tracking introduced last year, since both describe what a workflow produces.

◆Recent moves

  1. 13d ago

    Artifacts get a home in Prefect Cloud

    Artifacts get a top-level page, redesigned collection and detail views, support for every SDK artifact type, and inline version rendering. Promotes a side output into a primary object in the Cloud UI.

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  2. 1mo ago

    Prefect 3.8: the redesigned UI ships by default

    The redesigned UI becomes the default for self-hosted servers, bringing quicker run navigation and clickable log links to users who were not on Cloud.

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  3. 1mo ago

    Workspace search and a command palette in Prefect Cloud

    Workspace-wide search by ID or term, a dedicated results page, and a command palette for jumping between pages and common actions. Navigation infrastructure for workspaces that have outgrown browsing.

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  4. 1mo ago

    Prefect 3.7.8: scheduling and event stream fixes

    A patch release covering RRULE schedule anchors, event recorder behaviour under load, and clearer worker auth errors. Reliability at the edges, no user-facing surface change.

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  5. 2mo ago

    Prefect 3.7.1 through 3.7.7: real-time workers and a faster scheduler

    The 3.7.1–3.7.7 line built a real-time channel between server and workers, sped up the scheduler, and started emitting lifecycle events for every object. Substantial engine work delivered as a digest of patch releases.

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  6. 3mo ago

    Launch Week: dbt orchestration and infrastructure debugging in Cloud

    Launch week delivered first-class dbt orchestration, infrastructure debugging in the run page, managed automations, config plugins and per-workspace rate limits. A broad Cloud release rather than a single directional bet.

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