# dbt Core v0.15.1 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** dbt Core (https://www.getdbt.com)
- **Version:** v0.15.1
- **Released:** Jan 20, 2020
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/dbt-core/updates/v0.15.1/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
dbt Core v0.15.1. Source highlight: dbt 0.15.1 (January 17, 2020)

## New Features
- Lazily load database connections (#1584, #1992)
- Support raising warnings in user-space (#1970, #1977) (docs)
- Suppport BigQuery label configuration for models (#1942, #1964) (docs)
- Support retrying when BigQuery models fail with server errors (#1579, #1963) (docs)
- Support sql headers in create table/view statements (#1879, #1967) (docs)
- Support `source snapshot-freshness` command in the dbt server (#2040, #2041)

## Bug Fixes
- Fix for catalog generation error when datasets are missing on BigQuery (#1984, #2005)
- Fix for invalid SQL generated when "check" strategy is used in Snapshots with changing schemas (#1797, #2001)
- Fix for gaps in valid_from and valid_to timestamps when "check" strategy is used in Snapshots on some databases (#1736, #1994)
- Fix incorrect thread names in dbt server logs (#1905, #2002)
- Fix for ignored catalog data when user schemas begin with `pg*` on Postgres and Redshift (#1960, #2003)
- Fix for poorly defined materialization resolution logic (#1962, #1976)