Impact Score: 5/10
dbt Core: dbt 0.18.2
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Component: dbt-core · Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
dbt Core v0.18.2. Source highlight: Pin `agate<1.6.2` to avoid installation errors relating to its new dependency `PyICU` (#3160, #3161)
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
💻 Software Engineers & Devs
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📊 Product & Engineering Leads
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⚙️ DevOps & Security
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### Under the hood
- Pin `agate<1.6.2` to avoid installation errors relating to its new dependency `PyICU` ([#3160](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/3160), [#3161](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/3161))