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dbt-core 1.11.9 - May 06, 2026

Fixes

• Fix static_analysis: off being interpreted as boolean false instead of string "off" in manifest.json (#12015)
• Fix state:modified not detecting .yml property changes for resource_type:function (#12547)

Under the Hood

• Update jsonschemas for more accurate deprecation warnings: macro.config should not warn (#12670)

Dependencies

• Bump libpq-dev in Docker image from 13.23-0+deb11u1 to 13.23-0+deb11u2 to fix build failure due to superseded package version (#NA)
• Bump libpq-dev in Docker image from 13.23-0+deb11u2 to 13.23-0+deb11u3 to fix build failure due to superseded package version (#NA)

Contributors

• @Thrasi (#12547)
• @b-per (#12015)
• @michelleark (#12670)
• @tauhid621 (#NA, #NA)

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dbt-core 1.11.8 - April 08, 2026

Fixes

• Add @requires.catalogs decorator to compile command to fix REST Catalog-Linked database compilation (#12353)
• Improve logic for detecting config with missing plus prefix in dbt_project.yml (#12371)
• Add config and allow meta and docs to exist under it for macros (#12383, #9447)
• DBT_ENGINE prefixed env vars picked up by CLI (#12583)
• Allow deferral for UDFs (#12080)
• Resolve full node description while running udfs for better logging (#12600)
• Raise PropertyMovedToConfigDeprecation instead of MissingArgumentsPropertyInGenericTestDeprecation (#12572)
• Add @requires.catalogs decorator to test command to fix custom catalog integration support (#12662)
• Raise custom key in config deprecation warning for invalid config keys in dbt_project.yml (#12542)
• Ensure MAX_GROUPING_TOKENS and MAX_GROUPING_DEPTH default to None independently (#12694)
• Ensure property depr checks check for aliases with plus prefix (#12327)

Docs

• Enable display of unit tests (dbt-docs/#501)
• Unit tests not rendering (dbt-docs/#506)
• Add support for Saved Query node (dbt-docs/#486)
• Fix npm security vulnerabilities as of June 2024 (dbt-docs/#513)
• Bump form-data from 3.0.1 to 3.0.4 (dbt-docs/#554)
• Add support for UDF (function) resource type in lineage graph (dbt-docs/#574)

Under the Hood

• Unpin sqlparse dependency, and introduce --sqlparse CLI option for configuring sqlparse limits (#12329)

Contributors

• @ChenyuLInx (#486)
• @QMalcolm (#12583)
• @aahel (#574)
• @aranke (#506, #513)
• @ash2shukla (#12371, #12383, #9447, #12080, #12600, #12542, #12327)
• @gshank (#501)
• @kalluripradeep (#12353, #12572)
• @michelleark (#12694, #554, #12329)
• @rrittsteiger (#12662)

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