v1.9.0b1 dbt-core v1.9.0b1
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Breaking Changes
Fix changing the current working directory when using dpt deps, clean and init. (#8997 )
Features
serialize inferred primary key (#9824 )
Add unit_test: selection method (#10053 )
Maximally parallelize dbt clone in clone command" (#7914 )
Add --host flag to dbt docs serve, defaulting to '127.0.0.1' (#10229 )
Update data_test to accept arbitrary config options (#10197 )
add pre_model and post_model hook calls to data and unit tests to be able to provide extra config options (#10198 )
add --empty value to jinja context as flags.EMPTY (#10317 )
Warning message for snapshot timestamp data types (#10234 )
Support cumulative_type_params & sub-daily granularities in semantic manifest. (#10360 )
Add time_granularity to metric spec. (#10376 )
Support standard schema/database fields for snapshots (#10301 )
Support ref and source in foreign key constraint expressions, bump dbt-common minimum to 1.6 (#8062 )
Support new semantic layer time spine configs to enable sub-daily granularity. (#10475 )
Include models that depend on changed vars in state:modified, add state:modified.vars selection method (#4304 )
Add support for behavior flags (#10618 )
Enable --resource-type and --exclude-resource-type CLI flags and environment variables for dbt test (#10656 )
Allow configuring snapshot column names (#10185 )
Add custom_granularities to YAML spec for time spines. (#9265 )
Add basic functionality for creating microbatch incremental models (#9490 , #10635 , #10637 , #10638 , #10636 , #10662 , #10639 )
Execute microbatch models in batches (#10700 )
Create 'skip_nodes_if_on_run_start_fails' behavior change flag (#7387 )
Allow snapshots to be defined in YAML. (#10246 )
Write microbatch compiled/run targets to separate files, one per batch (#10714 )
Track incremental_strategy as part of model_run tracking event (#10761 )
Support required 'begin' config for microbatch models (#10701 )
Parse-time validation of microbatch configs: require event_time, batch_size, lookback and validate input event_time (#10709 )
Added the --inline-direct parameter to 'dbt show' (#10770 )
Enable retry support for microbatch models (#10715 , #10729 )
Use unrendered database and schema source properties during state:modified, behind state_modified_compare_more_unrendered_values behavoiur flag (#9573 )
Ensure microbatch models respect full_refresh model config (#10785 )
Adds validations for custom_granularities to ensure unique naming. (#9265 )
Fixes
Remove unused check_new method (#7586 )
Test case for merge_exclude_columns (#8267 )
Convert "Skipping model due to fail_fast" message to DEBUG level (#8774 )
Restore previous behavior for --favor-state: only favor defer_relation if not selected in current command" (#10107 )
Unit test fixture (csv) returns null for empty value (#9881 )
Fix json format log and --quiet for ls and jinja print by converting print call to fire events (#8756 )
Add resource type to saved_query (#10168 )
Fix: Order-insensitive unit test equality assertion for expected/actual with multiple nulls (#10167 )
Renaming or removing a contracted model should raise a BreakingChange warning/error (#10116 )
prefer disabled project nodes to external node (#10224 )
Fix issues with selectors and inline nodes (#8943 , #9269 )
Fix snapshot config to work in yaml files (#4000 )
Improve handling of error when loading schema file list (#10284 )
Use model alias for the CTE identifier generated during ephemeral materialization (#5273 )
Implement state:modified for saved queries (#10294 )
Saved Query node fail during skip (#10029 )
DOn't warn on unit_test config paths that are properly used (#10311 )
Fix setting silence of warn_error_options via dbt_project.yaml flags (#10160 )
Attempt to provide test fixture tables with all values to set types correctly for comparisong with source tables (#10365 )
Limit data_tests deprecation to root_project (#9835 )
CLI flags should take precedence over env var flags (#10304 )
Fix typing for artifact schemas (#10442 )
Fix over deletion of generated_metrics in partial parsing (#10450 )
Fix error constructing warn_error_options (#10452 )
Do not update varchar column definitions if a contract exists (#10362 )
fix all_constraints access, disabled node parsing of non-uniquely named resources (#10509 )
respect --quiet and --warn-error-options for flag deprecations (#10105 )
Propagate measure label when using create_metrics (#10536 )
Fix state:modified check for exports (#10138 )
Filter out empty nodes after graph selection to support consistent selection of nodes that depend on upstream public models (#8987 )
Late render pre- and post-hooks configs in properties / schema YAML files (#10603 )
Allow the use of env_var function in certain macros in which it was previously unavailable. (#10609 )
Remove deprecation for tests: to data_tests: change (#10564 )
Fix --resource-type test for dbt list and dbt build (#10730 )
Fix unit tests for incremental model with alias (#10754 )
Allow singular tests to be documented in properties.yml (#9005 )
Ignore --empty in unit test ref/source rendering (#10516 )
Ignore rendered jinja in configs for state:modified, behind state_modified_compare_more_unrendered_values behaviour flag (#9564 )
Improve performance of infer primary key (#10781 )
Attempt to skip saved query processing when no semantic manifest changes (#10563 )
Ensure dbt retry of microbatch models doesn't lose prior successful state (#10800 )
Docs
Under the Hood
Clear error message for Private package in dbt-core (#10083 )
Enable use of context in serialization (#10093 )
Make RSS high water mark measurement more accurate on Linux (#10177 )
Enable record filtering by type. (#10240 )
Remove IntermediateSnapshotNode (#10326 )
Additional logging for skipped ephemeral models (#10389 )
bump black to 24.3.0 (#10454 )
generate protos with protoc version 5.26.1 (#10457 )
Move from minimal-snowplow-tracker fork back to snowplow-tracker (#8409 )
Add group info to RunResultError, RunResultFailure, RunResultWarning log lines (# )
Improve speed of tree traversal when finding children, increasing build speed for some selectors (#10434 )
Add test for sources tables with quotes (#10582 )
Additional type hints for core/dbt/version.py (#10612 )
Fix typing issues in core/dbt/contracts/sql.py (#10614 )
Fix type errors in dbt/core/task/clean.py (#10616 )
Add Snowplow tracking for behavior flag deprecations (#10552 )
Add test utility patch_microbatch_end_time for adapters testing (#10713 )
Replace TestSelector with ResourceTypeSelector (#10718 )
Standardize returning ResourceTypeSelector instances in dbt list and dbt build (#10739 )
Add group metadata info to LogModelResult and LogTestResult (#10775 )
Dependencies
Remove logbook dependency (#8027 )
Increase supported version range for dbt-semantic-interfaces. Needed to support custom calendar features. (#9265 )
Security
Explicitly bind to localhost in docs serve (#10209 )
Contributors
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