Impact Score: 5/10
dbt Core: dbt-core v1.8.1
Source available โ automated, not human-reviewed
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 v1.8.1. Source highlight: dbt-core 1.8.1 - May 22, 2024
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 Saved Query node (dbt-docs/#486)
๐ง Bug Fixes & Patches (1)
- Add resource type to saved_query (#10168)
๐ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
## dbt-core 1.8.1 - May 22, 2024
### Fixes
- Add resource type to saved_query ([#10168](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/10168))
### Docs
- Enable display of unit tests ([dbt-docs/#501](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-docs/issues/501))
- Unit tests not rendering ([dbt-docs/#506](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-docs/issues/506))
- Add support for Saved Query node ([dbt-docs/#486](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-docs/issues/486))
### Security
- Explicitly bind to localhost in docs serve ([#10209](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/10209))