# dbt Core v1.2.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** dbt Core (https://www.getdbt.com)
- **Version:** v1.2.0
- **Released:** Jul 26, 2022
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/dbt-core/updates/v1.2.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
dbt Core v1.2.0. Source highlight: dbt-core 1.2.0 - Henry George (July 26, 2022)

## New Features
- Add selector method when reading selector definitions (#4821, #4827)
- Add set and zip function to contexts (#2345, #5107)
- Adds itertools to modules Jinja namespace (#5130, #5140)
- allow target as an option in profile_template.yml (#5179, #5184)
- seed: Add new macro get_csv_sql (#5206, #5207)
- Grants as Node Configs (#5189, #5230)

## Improvements
- Improve metrics DAG viz and documentation page (#5255, #5446)
- Improve tracking error logging message (#5197, #5211)

## Bug Fixes
- Adding new cols to check_cols in snapshots (#3146, #4893)
- Truncate relation names when appending a suffix that will result in len > 63 characters using make_temp_relation and make_backup_relation macros (#2869, #4921)
- Restore ability to utilize `updated_at` for check_cols snapshots (#5076, #5077)
- Use yaml renderer (with target context) for rendering selectors (#5131, #5136)
- Fix retry logic to return values after initial try (#5023, #5137)
- Scrub secret env vars from CommandError in exception stacktrace (#5151, #5152)