Impact Score: 5/10
dbt Core: dbt-core v1.5.1
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Component: dbt-core ยท Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
โก 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)
๐ป Software Engineers & Devs
Check the source notes against the package and APIs you use before upgrading.
๐ Product & Engineering Leads
Use the documented changes to assess relevance to your product; release frequency alone is not a quality measure.
โ๏ธ DevOps & Security
Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.
๐ง 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)
๐ 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))