apache / apache/airflow

Allow providers to add default connections

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Description

### Body

Currently we can add default connections only by adding entry to:
https://github.com/apache/airflow/blob/00e10560983b4cff7279100b9cf5cd5dd8cdf877/airflow/utils/db.py#L116

This means only Airflow core release can add the new default connection which is not in sync with providers.
Examples:
https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/31533#discussion_r1236704083

https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/31787#discussion_r1234913952

This is a pain because providers support earlier Airflow version (for example right now the minimum Airlfow version supported by providers is Airflow 2.4.0 so even if we add new connection to core and release it with Airflow 2.7.0 the users of 2.4.0 won't have it)

**The task:**
We need somehow to make it so that providers can add default connections (and extract the existed default provider connections from core)

### Committer

- [X] I acknowledge that I am a maintainer/committer of the Apache Airflow project.

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Research direction

Start with the default-connection entry in airflow/utils/db.py and review the linked pull-request discussions for the provider compatibility constraints. Define how providers can supply default connections and how existing provider connections should move out of core; done means provider releases can provide them across supported Airflow versions without relying on a new core release.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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