stepfunctions
Open source library for developing data science workflows on AWS Step Functions.
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No. The package has not been released since January 2022 and is in aging maintenance status. While it has no known vulnerabilities and carries a permissive Apache 2.0 license, the three-year gap between the last release and current date creates significant risk of API drift with AWS services. Python 3.6 support is explicitly listed but current Python version compatibility is unspecified. For new ML workflow automation on AWS, consider using boto3 directly or AWS's more recently maintained SDKs and CDK constructs.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires AWS credentials and permissions to create and execute workflows in AWS Step Functions and SageMaker; tested on Python 3.6 but Python version support is unspecified for current releases.
- High install friction: the package has no runtime dependencies but was last released in January 2022, over three years ago.
- Maintenance is aging with the last commit in April 2025, suggesting minimal active development.
License · maintenance · safety
Apache License 2.0 (permissive) — Licensed under Apache License 2.0 (permissive), which allows commercial use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions. No licensing barrier to adoption.
last release 2022-01-24 (1663 days) · last repo commit 2025-04-15 · 298 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 152,392 downloads/mo, #10,903 on PyPI
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pip install stepfunctions
from stepfunctions.steps import Pass
start_pass_state = Pass(state_id="MyPassState")- Whether the package remains compatible with current AWS Step Functions and SageMaker APIs given the January 2022 release date.
- Whether Python 3.6 support extends to modern Python versions (3.9+) or if the package is effectively limited to older interpreters.
- Active maintenance status and whether the April 2025 commit represents a genuine update or repository-only activity.
What it is and what it does
The AWS Step Functions Data Science SDK is a Python library that lets you define machine learning workflows in code and deploy them to AWS Step Functions for cloud execution. Instead of manually configuring AWS services, you write Python to create steps (Pass, Wait, Lambda, SageMaker tasks, etc.), chain them into workflows, and then upload and run them in the AWS cloud. Workflows are defined locally in Python or Jupyter notebooks but execute as managed state machines in AWS Step Functions, allowing you to orchestrate SageMaker training, Lambda functions, and other AWS services at scale.
The package provides a high-level API to construct steps, define retry and error-handling logic, inspect workflow definitions, and trigger executions from Python. Once deployed to Step Functions, workflows can be re-executed multiple times with different inputs, and execution history is tracked in the AWS console or queried via the SDK. The library is designed for data scientists who want to build production ML pipelines without deep AWS infrastructure knowledge.
Use it for
- Build end-to-end SageMaker training pipelines in Python that automatically handle data preprocessing, model training, and deployment steps.
- Orchestrate multi-step ML workflows combining Lambda functions, SageMaker endpoints, and ECS tasks without manual AWS service integration.
- Create reusable ML workflow templates in Jupyter notebooks and deploy them as managed state machines for team use.
- Implement retry logic, error handling, and conditional branching in ML pipelines without writing AWS CloudFormation or Step Functions JSON.
- Monitor and re-run ML workflow executions from Python code, tracking job history and debugging failures in the Step Functions console.
Worth the install?
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No.
The package has not been released since January 2022 and is in aging maintenance status. While it has no known vulnerabilities and carries a permissive Apache 2.0 license, the three-year gap between the last release and current date creates significant risk of API drift with AWS services. Python 3.6 support is explicitly listed but current Python version compatibility is unspecified. For new ML workflow automation on AWS, consider using boto3 directly or AWS's more recently maintained SDKs and CDK constructs.
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stepfunctions on PyPI
Before you install
High install friction: the package has no runtime dependencies but was last released in January 2022, over three years ago. Maintenance is aging with the last commit in April 2025, suggesting minimal active development. Installation itself is straightforward via pip, but the stale release cycle raises questions about compatibility with current AWS service APIs.
Requires AWS credentials and permissions to create and execute workflows in AWS Step Functions and SageMaker; tested on Python 3.6 but Python version support is unspecified for current releases.
License in practice
Licensed under Apache License 2.0 (permissive), which allows commercial use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions. No licensing barrier to adoption.
Quickstart
pip install stepfunctions
from stepfunctions.steps import Pass
start_pass_state = Pass(state_id="MyPassState")Verify before relying
- Whether the package remains compatible with current AWS Step Functions and SageMaker APIs given the January 2022 release date.
- Whether Python 3.6 support extends to modern Python versions (3.9+) or if the package is effectively limited to older interpreters.
- Active maintenance status and whether the April 2025 commit represents a genuine update or repository-only activity.
Package facts
| License | Apache License 2.0 permissive |
| Python support | Not specified |
| Install friction | High. Source build required |
| Runtime dependencies | None |
| Maintenance | Aging 1,663 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 152,392 / month, #10,903 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Intended Audience :: DevelopersLicense :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software LicenseNatural Language :: EnglishProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 3.6 |
Evidence: stepfunctions-2.3.0.tar.gz
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