Clarify FAB and Auth documentation regarding external_db_managers - #69929
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external_db_managers is part of the database section, not core
FABDBManager is not added to external_db_manager if it is specified under auth_manager, it is just loaded by the RunDBManager
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…ache#69929) This PR clarifies the related documentation by: - Replacing the incorrectly used [core] external_db_managers section with [database] external_db_managers. - Rewording misleading statements that suggested DB managers are added to the external_db_managers configuration, when they are actually loaded automatically at runtime.
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After upgrading Airflow, I had some issues regarding the FAB migration and started looking into the inner workings more closely. Through this, I discovered that some documentation around FAB and auth managers is a bit misleading and does not fully reflect what happens in the code itself.
This PR clarifies the related documentation by:
[core] external_db_managerssection with[database] external_db_managers.external_db_managersconfiguration, when they are actually loaded automatically at runtime.Was generative AI tooling used to co-author this PR?
{pr_number}.significant.rst, in airflow-core/newsfragments. You can add this file in a follow-up commit after the PR is created so you know the PR number.