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dbt Core v0.14.1stable Released Sep 04, 2019
⚠️ Breaking Change Impact Score: 7/10

dbt Core: dbt 0.14.1

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Breaking-change evidence from the source

  • Breaking changes - The undocumented `macros` attribute was removed from the `graph` context variable ([#1615](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1615))
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📄 .MD
✨ Features 6 🔧 Bug Fixes 6 ⚠️ Breaking & Deprecations 1
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)

dbt Core v0.14.1. Source highlight: dbt 0.14.1 - (September 3, 2019)

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⚠️ Breaking Changes & Deprecations (1)

  • Breaking changes - The undocumented `macros` attribute was removed from the `graph` context variable ([#1615](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1615))

✨ New Features & Capabilities (6)

  • Summarize warnings at the end of dbt runs (#1597, #1654)
  • Speed up catalog generation on postgres by using avoiding use of the `information_schema` (#1540)
  • Docs site updates (#1621)
  • Update page title, meta tags, and favicon (docs#39)
  • Bump the version of `dbt-styleguide`, changing file tree colors from orange to black :)
  • Speed up node selection by making it linear, rather than quadratic, in complexity (#1611, #1615)

🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)

  • Fix for incorrect node selection logic in DAG view (docs#38)
  • Add environment variables for macro debugging flags (#1628, #1629)
  • Fix for reused `check_cols` values in snapshots (#1614, #1709)
  • Fix for rendering column descriptions in sources (#1619, #1633)
  • Fix for `is_incremental()` returning True for models that are not materialized as incremental models (#1249, #1608)
  • Fix for serialization of BigQuery results which contain nested or repeated records (#1626, #1638)
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
## dbt 0.14.1 - (September 3, 2019) ### Overview This release fixes a number of bugs and includes minor improvements to the dbt workflow. These changes include UI improvements for dbt's console output, updates to the dbt Docs website, and general performance improvements. **Note:** this release includes an important bugfix for the `check` snapshot strategy on Snowflake and BigQuery. See [this guide](https://docs.getdbt.com/docs/upgrading-to-0-14-1) for more information about the issue and resolution. ### Links: - [Discussion (Discourse)](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/release-dbt-v0-14-1/549) - [Migration guide](https://docs.getdbt.com/v0.14/docs/upgrading-to-0-14-1) ### Breaking changes - The undocumented `macros` attribute was removed from the `graph` context variable ([#1615](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1615)) ### Features: - Summarize warnings at the end of dbt runs ([#1597](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/1597), [#1654](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1654)) - Speed up catalog generation on postgres by using avoiding use of the `information_schema` ([#1540](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1540)) - Docs site updates ([#1621](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/1621)) - Fix for incorrect node selection logic in DAG view ([docs#38](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt-docs/pull/38)) - Update page title, meta tags, and favicon ([docs#39](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt-docs/pull/39)) - Bump the version of `dbt-styleguide`, changing file tree colors from orange to black :) - Add environment variables for macro debugging flags ([#1628](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/1628), [#1629](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1629)) - Speed up node selection by making it linear, rather than quadratic, in complexity ([#1611](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/1611), [#1615](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1615)) - Specify the `application` field in Snowflake connections ([#1622](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/1622), [#1623](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1623)) - Add support for clustering on Snowflake ([#634](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/634), [#1591](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1591), [#1689](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1689)) ([docs](https://docs.getdbt.com/docs/snowflake-configs#section-configuring-table-clustering)) - Add support for job priority on BigQuery ([#1456](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/1456), [#1673](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1673)) ([docs](https://docs.getdbt.com/docs/profile-bigquery#section-priority)) - Add `node.config` and `node.tags` to the `generate_schema_name` and `generate_alias_name` macro context ([#1700](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/1700), [#1701](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1701)) ### Fixes: - Fix for reused `check_cols` values in snapshots ([#1614](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1614), [#1709](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1709)) - Fix for rendering column descriptions in sources ([#1619](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/1619), [#1633](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1633)) - Fix for `is_incremental()` returning True for models that are not materialized as incremental models ([#1249](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/1249), [#1608](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1608)) - Fix for serialization of BigQuery results which contain nested or repeated records ([#1626](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/1626), [#1638](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1638)) - Fix for loading seed files which contain non-ascii characters ([#1632](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/1632), [#1644](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1644)) - Fix for creation of user cookies in incorrect directories when `--profile-dir` or `$DBT_PROFILES_DIR` is provided ([#1645](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/1645), [#1656](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1656)) - Fix for error handling when transactions are being rolled back ([#1647](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1647)) - Fix for incorrect references to `dbt.exceptions` in jinja code ([#1569](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/1569), [#1609](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1609)) - Fix for duplicated schema creation due to case-sensitive comparison ([#1651](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/1651), [#1663](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1663)) - Fix for "schema stub" created automatically by dbt ([#913](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/913), [#1663](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1663)) - Fix for incremental merge query on old versions of postgres (<=9.6) ([#1665](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/1665), [#1666](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1666)) - Fix for serializing results of queries which return `TIMESTAMP_TZ` columns on Snowflake in the RPC server ([#1670](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1670)) - Fix typo in InternalException ([#1640](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/1640), [#1672](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1672)) - Fix typo in CLI help for snapshot migration subcommand ([#1664](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1664)) - Fix for error handling logic when empty queries are submitted on Snowflake ([#1693](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/1693), [#1694](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1694)) - Fix for non-atomic column expansion logic in Snowflake incremental models and snapshots ([#1687](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/1687), [#1690](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1690)) - Fix for unprojected `count(*)` expression injected by custom data tests ([#1688](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1688)) - Fix for `dbt run` and `dbt docs generate` commands when running against Panoply Redshift ([#1479](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/1479), [#1686](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1686)) ### Contributors: Thanks for your contributions to dbt! - [@levimalott](https://github.com/levimalott) ([#1647](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1647)) - [@aminamos](https://github.com/aminamos) ([#1609](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1609)) - [@elexisvenator](https://github.com/elexisvenator) ([#1540](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1540)) - [@edmundyan](https://github.com/edmundyan) ([#1663](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1663)) - [@vitorbaptista](https://github.com/vitorbaptista) ([#1664](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1664)) - [@sjwhitworth](https://github.com/sjwhitworth) ([#1672](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1672), [#1673](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1673)) - [@mikaelene](https://github.com/mikaelene) ([#1688](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1688), [#1709](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1709)) - [@bastienboutonnet](https://github.com/bastienboutonnet) ([#1591](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1591), [#1689](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1689))
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