stackabletech · razvan · Jul 21, 2026 · Jul 21, 2026 · Jul 21, 2026 · Jul 21, 2026
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- Support for emitting [OpenLineage](https://openlineage.io/) lineage events via `spec.clusterConfig.openLineage` ([#822]).
+
+[#822]: https://github.com/stackabletech/airflow-operator/pull/822
+
 ## [26.7.0] - 2026-07-21
 
 ## [26.7.0-rc1] - 2026-07-16

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
diff --git a/Cargo.nix b/Cargo.nix
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,5 +33,6 @@ tokio = { version = "1.52", features = ["full"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 
 [patch."https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git"]
-# stackable-operator = { git = "https://github.com/stackabletech//operator-rs.git", branch = "main" }
+# TODO: Switch back to a release tag once operator-rs#1250 (crd::openlineage) has merged.
+stackable-operator = { git = "https://github.com/stackabletech//operator-rs.git", branch = "feat/openlineage-crd" }
 # stackable-operator = { path = "../operator-rs/crates/stackable-operator" }
diff --git a/crate-hashes.json b/crate-hashes.json
diff --git a/deploy/helm/airflow-operator/templates/clusterrole-operator.yaml b/deploy/helm/airflow-operator/templates/clusterrole-operator.yaml
@@ -133,6 +133,17 @@ rules:
       - get
       - list
       - watch
+  # Resolve OpenLineage connections referenced by spec.clusterConfig.openLineage.
+  # Watched (list + watch) to re-reconcile when an OpenLineageConnection changes,
+  # and fetched individually (get) during reconciliation to dereference a `reference`.
+  - apiGroups:
+      - openlineage.stackable.tech
+    resources:
+      - openlineageconnections
+    verbs:
+      - get
+      - list
+      - watch
   # Publish Kubernetes events for reconciliation activity
   - apiGroups:
       - events.k8s.io