# dbt Core v0.4.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** dbt Core (https://www.getdbt.com)
- **Version:** v0.4.0
- **Released:** Aug 16, 2016
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/dbt-core/updates/v0.4.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
dbt Core v0.4.0. Source highlight: dbt v0.4.0 provides new ways to materialize models in your database.

## New Features
- create the model table if it doesn't exist
- insert new records into the table