Impact Score: 5/10
dbt Core: dbt-core v1.5.2
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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 v1.5.2. Source highlight: dbt-core 1.5.2 - June 22, 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.
โจ New Features & Capabilities (2)
- add access selection syntax (#7738)
- Add AdapterRegistered event log message (#7038)
๐ง Bug Fixes & Patches (6)
- Add --target-path to dbt snapshot command. (#7418)
- Constraint rendering fixes: wrap check expression in parentheses, foreign key 'references', support expression in all constraint types (#7417, #7480, #7416)
- Fix warning messages for deprecated dbt_project.yml configs (#7424)
- Respect column 'quote' config in model contracts (#7370)
- Improve warnings for constraints and materialization types (#7335)
- Incorrect paths used for "target" and "state" directories (#7465)
๐ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
## dbt-core 1.5.2 - June 22, 2023
### Features
- add access selection syntax ([#7738](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7738))
- Add AdapterRegistered event log message ([#7038](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7038))
### Fixes
- Add --target-path to dbt snapshot command. ([#7418](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7418))
- Constraint rendering fixes: wrap check expression in parentheses, foreign key 'references', support expression in all constraint types ([#7417](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7417), [#7480](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7480), [#7416](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7416))
- Fix warning messages for deprecated dbt_project.yml configs ([#7424](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7424))
- Respect column 'quote' config in model contracts ([#7370](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7370))
- Improve warnings for constraints and materialization types ([#7335](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7335))
- Incorrect paths used for "target" and "state" directories ([#7465](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7465))
- Using version 0 works when resolving single model ([#7372](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7372))
- Fix empty --warn-error-options error message ([#7730](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7730))
- send sql header on contract enforcement ([#7714](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7714))
- Fix path selector when using project-dir ([#7819](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7819))
- Allow dbt show --inline preview of private models ([#7837](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7837))
- Updating this error message to point to the correct URL ([#7789](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7789))
### Contributors
- [@dave-connors-3](https://github.com/dave-connors-3) ([#7738](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7738))
- [@dwreeves](https://github.com/dwreeves) ([#7418](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7418))
- [@mirnawong1](https://github.com/mirnawong1) ([#7789](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7789))