dbt Core: dbt 0.18.1

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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.

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✨ Features 6 🔧 Bug Fixes 2

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dbt Core v0.18.1. Source highlight: Specify all three logging levels (`INFO`, `WARNING`, `ERROR`) in result logs for commands `test`, `seed`, `run`, `snapshot` and `source snapshot-freshness` (#2680, #2723)

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✨ New Features & Capabilities (6)

Specify all three logging levels (`INFO`, `WARNING`, `ERROR`) in result logs for commands `test`, `seed`, `run`, `snapshot` and `source snapshot-freshness` (#2680, #2723)
Added "exposures" (#2730, #2752, #2777)
Added 'Last Modified' stat in snowflake catalog macro. Now should be available in docs. (#2728)
Added retry support for rateLimitExceeded error from BigQuery, (#2795, #2796)
Add Exposure nodes (docs#135, docs#136, docs#137)
Added support for running docker-based tests under Linux. (#2739)

🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (2)

`dbt compile` and `dbt run` failed with `KeyError: 'endpoint_resolver'` when threads > 1 and `method: iam` had been specified in the profiles.yaml (#2756, #2766)
Fix Redshift adapter to include columns from external tables when using the get_columns_in_relation macro (#2753, #2754)

📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)

### Features - Specify all three logging levels (`INFO`, `WARNING`, `ERROR`) in result logs for commands `test`, `seed`, `run`, `snapshot` and `source snapshot-freshness` ([#2680](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2680), [#2723](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2723)) - Added "exposures" ([#2730](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/2730), [#2752](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2752), [#2777](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/2777)) - Added 'Last Modified' stat in snowflake catalog macro. Now should be available in docs. ([#2728](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/2728)) - Added retry support for rateLimitExceeded error from BigQuery, ([#2795](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/2795), [#2796](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/2796)) ### Fixes - `dbt compile` and `dbt run` failed with `KeyError: 'endpoint_resolver'` when threads > 1 and `method: iam` had been specified in the profiles.yaml ([#2756](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/2756), [#2766](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2766)) - Fix Redshift adapter to include columns from external tables when using the get_columns_in_relation macro ([#2753](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/2753), [#2754](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2754)) ### Docs - Add Exposure nodes ([docs#135](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt-docs/issues/135), [docs#136](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt-docs/pull/136), [docs#137](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt-docs/pull/137)) ### Under the hood - If column config says quote, use quoting in SQL for adding a comment. ([#2539](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/2539), [#2733](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2733)) - Added support for running docker-based tests under Linux. ([#2739](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/2739)) - Require extra `snowflake-connector-python[secure-local-storage]` on all dbt-snowflake installations ([#2779](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/2779), [#2789](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2789)) Contributors: - [@tpilewicz](https://github.com/tpilewicz) ([#2723](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2723)) - [@heisencoder](https://github.com/heisencoder) ([#2739](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/2739)) - [@Mr-Nobody99](https://github.com/Mr-Nobody99) ([#2732](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2732)) - [@jweibel22](https://github.com/jweibel22) ([#2766](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2766)) - [@aiguofer](https://github.com/aiguofer) ([#2754](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2754)) - [@championj-foxtel](https://github.com/championj-foxtel) ([#2796](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/2796))

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