dbt Core v1.6.2stable Released Sep 07, 2023
โš ๏ธ Breaking Change Impact Score: 7/10

dbt Core: dbt-core v1.6.2

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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.

Breaking-change evidence from the source

  • Breaking Changes - Removed the FirstRunResultError and AfterFirstRunResultError event types, using the existing RunResultError in their place. ([#7963](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7963))
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dbt Core v1.6.2. Source highlight: dbt-core 1.6.2 - September 07, 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.

โš ๏ธ Breaking Changes & Deprecations (1)

  • Breaking Changes - Removed the FirstRunResultError and AfterFirstRunResultError event types, using the existing RunResultError in their place. ([#7963](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7963))

โœจ New Features & Capabilities (1)

  • Accept a `dbt-cloud` config in dbt_project.yml (#8438)

๐Ÿ”ง Bug Fixes & Patches (5)

  • Copy dir during `dbt deps` if symlink fails (#7428, #8223)
  • fix ambiguous reference error for tests and versions when model name is duplicated across packages (#8327, #8493)
  • Fix "Internal Error: Expected node <unique-id> not found in manifest" when depends_on set on ModelNodeArgs (#8506)
  • Fix snapshot success message (#7583)
  • Parse the correct schema version from manifest (#8544)
๐Ÿ“„ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
## dbt-core 1.6.2 - September 07, 2023 ### Breaking Changes - Removed the FirstRunResultError and AfterFirstRunResultError event types, using the existing RunResultError in their place. ([#7963](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7963)) ### Features - Accept a `dbt-cloud` config in dbt_project.yml ([#8438](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/8438)) ### Fixes - Copy dir during `dbt deps` if symlink fails ([#7428](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7428), [#8223](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/8223)) - fix ambiguous reference error for tests and versions when model name is duplicated across packages ([#8327](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/8327), [#8493](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/8493)) - Fix "Internal Error: Expected node <unique-id> not found in manifest" when depends_on set on ModelNodeArgs ([#8506](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/8506)) - Fix snapshot success message ([#7583](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7583)) - Parse the correct schema version from manifest ([#8544](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/8544)) ### Contributors - [@anjutiwari](https://github.com/anjutiwari) ([#7428](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7428), [#8223](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/8223))