# dbt Core v1.11.8 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** dbt Core (https://www.getdbt.com)
- **Version:** v1.11.8
- **Released:** Apr 08, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/dbt-core/updates/v1.11.8/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
dbt Core v1.11.8. Source highlight: dbt-core 1.11.8 - April 08, 2026

## New Features
- Add support for Saved Query node (dbt-docs/#486)
- Add support for UDF (function) resource type in lineage graph (dbt-docs/#574)
- Unpin sqlparse dependency, and introduce --sqlparse CLI option for configuring sqlparse limits (#12329)

## Bug Fixes
- Add @requires.catalogs decorator to compile command to fix REST Catalog-Linked database compilation (#12353)
- Improve logic for detecting config with missing plus prefix in dbt_project.yml (#12371)
- Add config and allow meta and docs to exist under it for macros (#12383, #9447)
- `DBT_ENGINE` prefixed env vars picked up by CLI (#12583)
- Allow deferral for UDFs (#12080)
- Resolve full node description while running udfs for better logging (#12600)