dbt Core v1.5.1stable Released May 30, 2023
Impact Score: 5/10

dbt Core: dbt-core v1.5.1

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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.

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โšก Executive Summary (TL;DR)

dbt Core v1.5.1. Source highlight: dbt-core 1.5.1 - May 30, 2023

Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)

๐Ÿ’ป Software Engineers & Devs

Check the source notes against the package and APIs you use before upgrading.

๐Ÿ“Š Product & Engineering Leads

Use the documented changes to assess relevance to your product; release frequency alone is not a quality measure.

โš™๏ธ DevOps & Security

Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.

๐Ÿ”ง Bug Fixes & Patches (6)

  • fix typo in unpacking statically parsed ref (#7364)
  • Fix inverted `--print/--no-print` flag (#7517)
  • Back-compat for previous return type of 'collect_freshness' macro (#7489)
  • print model version in dbt show if specified (#7407)
  • Allow missing `profiles.yml` for `dbt deps` and `dbt init` (#7511)
  • Do not rewrite manifest.json during 'docs serve' command (#7553)
๐Ÿ“„ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
## dbt-core 1.5.1 - May 30, 2023 ### Fixes - fix typo in unpacking statically parsed ref ([#7364](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7364)) - Fix inverted `--print/--no-print` flag ([#7517](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7517)) - Back-compat for previous return type of 'collect_freshness' macro ([#7489](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7489)) - print model version in dbt show if specified ([#7407](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7407)) - Allow missing `profiles.yml` for `dbt deps` and `dbt init` ([#7511](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7511)) - Do not rewrite manifest.json during 'docs serve' command ([#7553](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7553)) - Pin protobuf to greater than 4.0.0 ([#7565](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7565)) - Throw error for duplicated versioned and unversioned models ([#7487](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7487)) - Fix: Relative project paths weren't working with deps ([#7491](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7491)) - Fall back if rendering the password field fails. ([#7629](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7629)) - Stringify flag paths for Jinja context ([#7495](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7495)) ### Under the Hood - Remove legacy file logger code ([#NA](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/NA)) ### Contributors - [@iknox-fa](https://github.com/iknox-fa) ([#7491](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7491), [#NA](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/NA)) - [@thomasgjerdekog](https://github.com/thomasgjerdekog) ([#7517](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7517))