Weekly dbt single-tenant release notes

dbt Single-tenant release notes for weekly updates. Release notes fall into one of these categories:

• New: New products and features
• Enhancement: Performance improvements and feature enhancements
• Fix: Bug and security fixes
• Behavior change: A change to existing behavior that doesn't fit into the other categories, such as feature deprecations or changes to default settings

Release notes are grouped by date for single-tenant environments.

December 24, 2025

New

• AI Codegen

  • File-aware LangGraph agents: Analysts can now drop @path references in the bundled CLI to stream local files into /private/v1/agents/run, which are auto-rendered as text inside the run so copilots have the exact config or SQL snippet you referenced.

• dbt platform

  • Slack Copilot feedback loops: Copilot replies now carry inline "Did that answer your question?" buttons, so you can rate answers without leaving Slack.

• Codex workflows

  • Databricks cost tracking for Model Cost Over Time: A Databricks history provider and DBU-based cost query now surface daily model cost alongside Snowflake coverage, so Databricks tenants get unified FinOps reporting.

• Canvas

  • CSV upload GA: The CSV upload endpoint is now generally available.

Enhancements

• Cloud artifacts

  • Better similar-model suggestions: Attachment workflows now only recommend meaningfully related models.

• dbt platform

  • Unified SSO & SCIM admin: Settings consolidate SSO + SCIM, add an empty state for auto-generated slugs, and render read-only login URLs so admins can start configuration without touching slug fields.
  • SCIM token management polish: Token tables gain fixed pagination, inline search, consistent iconography, and clearer deletion warnings to avoid accidental cuts to live integrations.
  • Twice the per-environment custom variables: The v3 API/UI now allow up to 20 scoped environment variables before enforcing limits, giving larger projects more room for secrets.

• Canvas

  • Dialect-aware projection SQL: SELECT * RENAME/EXCEPT support now respects each warehouse's syntax using schema metadata, so SQL previews and column metadata stay accurate across Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, and Redshift.

Fixes

• dbt platform

  • Webhook editor keeps job selections: Default values are cached after the first render and stop resetting once the user edits the form, eliminating accidental job-list clearing while tabbing through fields.

• Codex GraphQL

  • Exposure parents mirror the manifest: parentsModels and parentsSources now derive from the manifest's parents list, so exposures with mixed upstreams display complete lineage in both the GraphQL API and UI.

Behavior changes

• dbt platform
  • Legacy Cost Management UI retired: All cost management pages and hooks were removed, and platform metadata credentials now only expose catalog ingestion and Cost Insights toggles, eliminating dead-end controls.

December 17, 2025

New

• dbt platform
  • Feature licensing service: A new /accounts/<id>/feature-licenses endpoint issues short-lived JWTs that encode entitled features, and service/PAT authentication now checks that a caller holds an active license on the target account before any Fusion-enabled workflow runs.
  • Databricks platform metadata credentials: Databricks warehouses can register platform metadata credentials (token plus optional catalog), enabling catalog ingestion, metadata sharing, and Cost Insights pipelines without custom adapters.

Enhancements

• dbt platform

  • Large list pagination: Settings's Projects and Credentials now paginate after 25 rows (with search boxes and skeleton states), keeping navigation responsive for large deployments.

• Metadata Explorer

  • Model context & lineage polish: Model panels now show materialization type, lineage renders metadata strips only when content exists, and upstream public-model columns load automatically for better cross-project visibility.
  • Freshness clarity & Studio navigation: Source tiles respect the meta5161ExpiredUnconfiguredSources flag (showing warn/error thresholds) and "Open in IDE" links now point at /studio/{accountId}/projects/{projectId} to drop users directly into dbt Studio.

• Insights UI

  • Copilot guardrails: The Copilot listener now hydrates builder tabs only when a semantic-layer payload arrives, preventing plain-SQL replies from overwriting editor state.

• dbt CLI

  • Improved monorepo support for file sync and the IDE:
    • File sync now anchors itself to the invocation directory, making monorepo structures behave more predictably.
    • Nested dependencies.yml files correctly trigger dependency installs.
    • The IDE’s LSP and file sync now recognize dbt subdirectories properly.
    • Exclusion lists remain accurate even in multi-project repositories.

• Notifications system

  • Webhook auditability: Outbound calls now persist the exact JSON body in webhook history, making allowlisting and troubleshooting easier.

• Studio

  • Git sidebar & file refresh parity: The file tree now mirrors Cloud VCS statuses (including conflicts) and automatically invalidates caches after dbt deps/dbt clean, so new or removed files appear without a reload.
  • Log viewers & Autofix UX: Command and interactive query logs adopt the new accordion-based viewer, and Autofix sessions in Fusion treat plain parse commands as the trigger for deprecation summaries, keeping remediation flows consistent.

Fixes

• dbt platform
  • Environment variable editor stability: Editing one variable no longer backfills blank cells with previously edited values, preventing accidental overrides.
  • Cost optimization indicator accuracy: Job pages once again display “Cost optimization features” whenever Fusion actually runs (and gating conditions are met), so users see the right coverage status regardless of feature-flag permutations.

Behavior changes

• dbt platform

  • Stronger tenant identity enforcement: Service/PAT calls without an active license now fail authentication, Slack Copilot sessions build a scoped identity JWT for the invoking user, and SSO providers enforce auto-generated slugs (draft configs can’t be targeted), reducing misconfiguration risk.

• dbt CLI

  • User-isolated invocation history: Every invocation lookup validates the caller’s user ID, preventing admins from accidentally reading another developer’s runs when multiple accounts share a CLI server.

• IDE server

  • Enhanced security for support-assisted sessions: Support impersonation sessions now restrict the execution of show, run, build, and test commands. Artifacts generated by dbt show are also short-lived and will automatically expire after 15 minutes to limit unintended data retention.

• dbt Orchestration

  • Fusion compare support & new dependency: Fusion tracks now treat dbt compare as a supported command (no more target-path hacks).

December 10, 2025

Enhancements

• AI codegen API: Streaming middleware enforces request-scoped instrumentation across every AI endpoint, offload warehouse calls via threads, and expose human-readable tool names while gating keyword search behind feature flag for approved tenants.

• dbt platform

  • Operations clarity: Environment profile drawers link directly to connection settings and treat Snowflake fields as optional, while Compare Changes and run-step drawers now explain whether steps failed or were skipped so troubleshooting is faster.
  • Collaboration & notifications: Slack Copilot mentions are now more reliable, with hardened workers, support for CSV attachments, and improved logging. Webhook channels now accept longer URLs, handle “warning-only” subscriptions correctly, and automatically clean up corrupted job IDs.
  • Profile & credential management: Environment APIs accept secondary_profile_ids, run acquisition favors profile-backed credentials, and whoami/auth metrics are scrubbed so cross-platform profiles stay in sync.

• dbt CLI server: Improved stability and performance for large projects.

• Studio IDE: For dbt Fusion logging, node start and end times will now properly be displayed in command output.

• Studio IDE: Copilot Chat automatically appears anywhere AI entitlements exist, preview runs auto-cancel when nodes change, and keyboard shortcuts respect native keymaps with clear UI labels.

• Studio IDE: Tab view, console pane, and command drawer have been redesigned to enhance efficiency and multitasking.

Fixes

• Studio IDE server: Branch creation now returns explicit feedback for bad branch names/SHAs and detects unauthorized Git errors earlier, making automation failures actionable.

December 3, 2025

New

• dbt platform
  • Autofix deprecation warnings: When deprecations are detected, you now see "Autofix deprecation warnings."
  • Autofix Packages detailed results: After running Autofix, you see a results panel with upgraded packages (with links), packages left unchanged and why, and quick access to packages.yml to help assess Fusion readiness and next steps.

Enhancements

• dbt platform
  • Code Quality tab improvements
    • Clearer lint/format actions (SQLFluff, Prettier), better empty states, visible Config button when applicable, and simplified logs retrieval.
    • Applies to SQL, JSON, YAML, and Markdown workflows.
  • Editor experience
    • Upgraded editor for stability.
    • Improved container sizing/overflow.
    • "Save" overlay only appears when tabs are open.
    • Minor action‑bar refinements.

Fixes

• dbt platform lineage and command pane stability: Reliability improved by aligning with updated IDE and VS Code command APIs; eliminates intermittent skips.

Behavior changes

• dbt platform: dbt Core “versionless” renamed to “latest” so it's consistent and clear across tenants.

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