dbt Core v1.6.4stable Released Sep 28, 2023
Impact Score: 5/10

dbt Core: dbt-core v1.6.4

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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.

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โšก Executive Summary (TL;DR)

dbt Core v1.6.4. Source highlight: dbt-core 1.6.4 - September 28, 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.

โœจ New Features & Capabilities (1)

  • Add support for optional label in semantic_models, measures, dimensions and entities. (#8595)

๐Ÿ”ง Bug Fixes & Patches (6)

  • update dbt show to include limit in DWH query (#8496,, #8417)
  • Support quoted parameter list for MultiOption CLI options. (#8598)
  • Fixes test type edges filter (#8692)
  • semantic models in graph selection (#8589)
  • Support doc blocks in nested semantic model YAML (#8509)
  • avoid double-rendering sql_header in dbt show (#8739)
๐Ÿ“„ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
## dbt-core 1.6.4 - September 28, 2023 ### Features - Add support for optional label in semantic_models, measures, dimensions and entities. ([#8595](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/8595)) ### Fixes - update dbt show to include limit in DWH query ([#8496,](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/8496,), [#8417](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/8417)) - Support quoted parameter list for MultiOption CLI options. ([#8598](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/8598)) - Fixes test type edges filter ([#8692](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/8692)) - semantic models in graph selection ([#8589](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/8589)) - Support doc blocks in nested semantic model YAML ([#8509](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/8509)) - avoid double-rendering sql_header in dbt show ([#8739](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/8739)) ### Contributors - [@dave-connors-3](https://github.com/dave-connors-3) ([#8589](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/8589)) - [@renanleme](https://github.com/renanleme) ([#8692](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/8692))