Impact Score: 5/10
dbt Core: dbt-core v1.8.8
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 v1.8.8. Source highlight: dbt-core 1.8.8 - October 23, 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.
๐ง Bug Fixes & Patches (1)
- Fix unit tests for incremental model with alias (#10754)
๐ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
## dbt-core 1.8.8 - October 23, 2024
### Fixes
- Fix unit tests for incremental model with alias ([#10754](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/10754))
### Under the Hood
- Remove support and testing for Python 3.8, which is now EOL. ([#10861](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/10861))
### Dependencies
- Pin dbt-common and dbt-adapters with upper bound. ([#10895](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/10895))
### Contributors
- [@katsugeneration](https://github.com/katsugeneration) ([#10754](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/10754))