Kestra 2.0 Launches With Rewritten Engine and Decoupled Worker Architecture

Workflow orchestration platform Kestra has released version 2.0, featuring a major rewrite of its core engine four years after its initial public introduction. The update splits the system into a control plane and a data plane, allowing workers to run anywhere — including on-premises, in separate cloud regions, or inside outbound-only networks — without requiring database credentials or inbound connections. Workers now communicate with the control plane via a single persistent gRPC stream, with support for TLS encryption and certificate or JWT-based authentication. The release also consolidates what were previously two separate engine implementations into one unified executor and scheduler, reducing duplicated maintenance overhead. Kestra 2.0 remains licensed under Apache 2.0, continuing the project's open-source commitment.
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