dbt Labs new features in August 2026

Everything dbt Labs shipped in August 2026: 19 releases, grouped by product, each linked to dbt Labs's release notes.

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dbt platform15

dbt platformAugust 2026

Analyst read expanded to Connections, Environments and Catalog metadata

Analyst read now includes read access to Connections, Projects, Git repository settings, Semantic Layer configuration, Environments, custom environment variables, and Catalog metadata.

UpdateGovernanceObservabilitySource

dbt platformAugust 2026

Analyst read permission set GA for Enterprise plans

Analyst read is a project-level permission set providing read-only access to analyze dbt models and project resources, and read-only users can connect to features such as the dbt MCP server. It is GA for Enterprise plans.

GAMCPSecurityPricingSource

dbt platformAugust 2026

Cost Insights supports Snowflake Adaptive Warehouses

Cost Insights now supports cost attribution for Snowflake Adaptive Warehouses.

UpdateSQLPricingSource

dbt platformAugust 2026

Discovery API relationName field on applied state model nodes

A new relationName field on the ModelAppliedStateNode and ModelAppliedStateNestedNode GraphQL types exposes the fully-qualified relation name from the last successful build.

UpdateDeveloper toolsSource

dbt platformAugust 2026

Large compare results show a notice in pull request comments

When compare results exceed 50 MB, pull request comments show a too large to summarize notice with a link to the full compare report instead of failing silently.

UpdateSource

dbt platformAugust 2026

Parallel per-schema metadata queries on Snowflake with metadata_warehouse

On Snowflake with metadata_warehouse configured, dbt State issues parallel per-schema queries on the dedicated warehouse. Without one, dbt warns if the metadata fetch exceeds 15 seconds.

UpdateSQLSource

dbt platformAugust 2026

Redesigned Model timing tab in job run details

The Model timing tab has metric tiles, an execution timeline with grouping and highlight controls, a concurrency-over-time chart, and a searchable resource table.

UpdateSource

dbt platformAugust 2026

SCIM API seat and licensing errors include email addresses

SCIM API errors for seat or licensing failures now include email addresses so admins can identify which users block provisioning.

UpdateSecurityDeveloper toolsSource

dbt platformAugust 2026

Semantic Layer GraphQL queries over complexity limit now error

Semantic Layer GraphQL queries exceeding the complexity limit of 200,000 now return an error instead of completing with a warning.

UpdateSource

dbt platformAugust 2026

Semantic Layer Redshift development connections support external OAuth

Semantic Layer development connections to Redshift support external OAuth using Okta or Microsoft Entra with AWS IAM Identity Center.

UpdateSecuritySource

dbt platformAugust 2026

State explain tab on run details with CSV download

A State explain tab on run details shows dbt State's decision for each model (rebuilt, reused, or cloned) with details, search, and CSV download. Contact your account manager to enable.

UpdateSource

dbt platformAugust 2026

Studio IDE opens on Wizard tab and remembers last-used tab

New sessions open on the Wizard tab when available, and the Studio IDE remembers the last-used tab for each project.

UpdateDeveloper toolsSource

dbt platformAugust 2026

dbt State available on Compatible, dbt v2 Extended and dbt v2 Fallback tracks

dbt State is now available for jobs running on the Compatible, dbt v2 Extended, and dbt v2 Fallback release tracks.

UpdateSource

dbt platformAugust 2026

dbt State fetches table metadata in the background at run start

dbt State fetches table metadata in the background so nodes ready to skip or clone proceed without waiting for the fetch to finish.

UpdateSource

dbt platformAugust 2026

dbt State reuses views that use select * only on CTEs

dbt State now reuses views that only use select * on CTEs. Views using select * directly on a ref() or source() still force a rebuild.

UpdateSource

dbt Core4

dbt CoreAugust 2026

allow_clones profile setting to control dbt State cloning

The allow_clones profile-level setting controls whether dbt State can clone tables into a target environment. Previously cloning could not be disabled.

UpdateSource

dbt CoreAugust 2026

compare_unrendered_code config for dbt State

compare_unrendered_code checks the Jinja template for unrendered code changes and only rebuilds when both unrendered and rendered SQL changed, avoiding rebuilds from non-deterministic macros or environment variables.

UpdateSQLSource

dbt CoreAugust 2026

dbt Core 2.0 available in beta

dbt Core 2.0 is available in beta.

BetaSource

dbt CoreAugust 2026

dbt state explain CLI command

After a job, dbt state explain (dbt v2) or dbt-state explain (dbt v1 plugin) shows why dbt State built, reused, or cloned each node, with --verbose for per-node analysis.

UpdateDeveloper toolsSource