Impact Score: 5/10
dbt Core: dbt-core v1.6.4
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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 v1.6.4. Source highlight: dbt-core 1.6.4 - September 28, 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 (1)
- Add support for optional label in semantic_models, measures, dimensions and entities. (#8595)
๐ง 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)
๐ 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))