Impact Score: 5/10
dbt Core: dbt v1.11.16
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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 v1.11.16. Source highlight: dbt-core 1.11.16 - October 14, 2026
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.
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (3)
- Bare wildcard FQN selectors (e.g. `-s "f_*"`) now match nested models regardless of subfolder depth (#)
- Include `semantic_manifest.json` in the artifact set uploaded by `--upload-to-artifacts-ingest-api`, matching other run artifacts (#N/A)
- Validate that tarball package download locations stay within the dbt downloads directory (#)
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
## dbt-core 1.11.16 - October 14, 2026
### Fixes
- Bare wildcard FQN selectors (e.g. `-s "f_*"`) now match nested models regardless of subfolder depth ([#](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/))
- Include `semantic_manifest.json` in the artifact set uploaded by `--upload-to-artifacts-ingest-api`, matching other run artifacts ([#N/A](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/N/A))
- Validate that tarball package download locations stay within the dbt downloads directory ([#](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/))
### Contributors
- [@ash2shukla](https://github.com/ash2shukla) ([#](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/))
- [@ayshukla](https://github.com/ayshukla) ([#N/A](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/N/A))
- [@itsnamangoyal](https://github.com/itsnamangoyal) ([#](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/))