Impact Score: 5/10
dbt Core: dbt-core v1.10.16
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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 v1.10.16. Source highlight: dbt-core 1.10.16 - December 16, 2025
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
💻 Software Engineers & Devs
Check the source notes against the package and APIs you use before upgrading.
📊 Product & Engineering Leads
Use the documented changes to assess relevance to your product; release frequency alone is not a quality measure.
⚙️ DevOps & Security
Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.
✨ New Features & Capabilities (1)
- Validate {{ config }} in SQL for models that don't statically parse (#12046)
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (3)
- Allow dbt deps to run when vars lack defaults in dbt_project.yml (#8913)
- Fix generation of deprecations summary (#12146)
- :bug: :snowman: Stop emitting `NoNodesForSelectionCriteria` three times during `build` command (#11627)
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
## dbt-core 1.10.16 - December 16, 2025
### Features
- Validate {{ config }} in SQL for models that don't statically parse ([#12046](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/12046))
### Fixes
- Allow dbt deps to run when vars lack defaults in dbt_project.yml ([#8913](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/8913))
- Fix generation of deprecations summary ([#12146](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/12146))
- :bug: :snowman: Stop emitting `NoNodesForSelectionCriteria` three times during `build` command ([#11627](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/11627))
### Contributors
- [@asiunov](https://github.com/asiunov) ([#12146](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/12146))