dbt Labs new features in September 2026

Everything dbt Labs shipped in September 2026: 43 releases, grouped by product, each linked to dbt Labs's release notes.

August 2026

GA 6Preview 1Beta 12Deprecation 1Pricing 2Update 21

ClickHouse connections for dbt v2.0 in private beta

ClickHouse connections are available for dbt v2.0 on the dbt platform using HTTPS. ClickHouse is also in beta for local use.

BetaUnverifiedPostgresSource

dbt platformSep 15, 2026

Lake Compute engine in private beta

Lake Compute is a dedicated engine built on DuckDB that runs dbt models directly against Apache Iceberg tables. It is priced specifically for transformation.

BetaUnverifiedApache IcebergPricingSource

dbt platformSep 15, 2026

Wizard Desktop app in private beta

Wizard Desktop runs the Wizard engine in a native application. It features rendered tables, charts, inline diffs, and parallel chats.

BetaUnverifiedAI agentsDeveloper toolsSource

dbt platformSep 15, 2026

dbt Charts public beta

dbt Charts converts YAML into interactive dashboards that query dbt models directly. Development is supported via the dct CLI.

BetaUnverifiedBISource

dbt platformSep 15, 2026

dbt State is generally available

dbt State skips or clones nodes when logic and data remain unchanged, avoiding unnecessary rebuilds. It is supported locally, on the dbt platform, and with external orchestrators.

GAUnverifiedPerformanceDeveloper toolsSource

dbt platformSeptember 2026

AI features enabled by default in the dbt platform

AI features are on for new accounts and rolling out to existing accounts. Organizations that opted out stay off, and admins can toggle AI features in Account settings.

UpdateSource

dbt platformSeptember 2026

Analyst Read permission set available to all accounts

The Analyst Read permission set no longer requires a feature flag. It can be assigned to groups so read-only users can view Catalog and project configuration.

UpdateGovernanceSecurityObservabilitySource

dbt platformSeptember 2026

ClickHouse connections for dbt v2.0 on the dbt platform in private beta

ClickHouse Cloud can be connected on a dbt v2 release track using username and password over HTTPS. ClickHouse is also in beta for local use.

BetaSource

dbt platformSeptember 2026

Explain tab on run details for dbt State jobs

Jobs with dbt State enabled include an Explain tab on the run details page showing why dbt State rebuilt, reused, or cloned each resource.

UpdateSource

dbt platformSeptember 2026

Fusion admin permission set renamed to v2 Migration Admin

The Fusion admin permission set is now called v2 Migration Admin. Its permissions are unchanged and existing assignments carry over.

UpdateSecuritySource

dbt platformSeptember 2026

Lake Compute private beta: DuckDB-based engine for Iceberg tables

Lake Compute is a dedicated engine built on DuckDB that runs dbt models directly against Apache Iceberg tables, priced for transformation only. It is in private beta.

BetaPricingApache IcebergSource

dbt platformSeptember 2026

Project-scoped permission set assignments now require explicit project scope

Assigning a project-scoped permission set to a group or service token now requires all projects or a specific project. Requests without project scope return a 400 error.

UpdateSecuritySource

dbt platformSeptember 2026

Semantic Layer returns distinct Snowflake auth and permission errors

Snowflake authentication failures and permission errors through the Semantic Layer now return distinct messages prefixed with WAREHOUSE_AUTHENTICATION_FAILED or WAREHOUSE_PERMISSION_DENIED.

UpdateSQLSecuritySource

dbt platformSeptember 2026

Standalone dbt State app retired, no longer accepting new users

The standalone dbt State app (app.state.dbt.com) is being retired. Existing users should create a free dbt platform account to continue using dbt State.

DeprecationSource

dbt platformSeptember 2026

Wizard Desktop native app in private beta

Wizard Desktop runs the dbt Wizard engine in a native app with rendered tables and charts, inline diffs, and parallel chats. It is in private beta with a waitlist for the download link.

BetaSource

dbt platformSeptember 2026

dbt Charts public beta: YAML-defined dashboards on dbt models

dbt Charts turns YAML into interactive dashboards that query dbt models directly. Dashboards can be developed locally with the dct CLI.

BetaSQLBIDeveloper toolsSource

dbt platformSeptember 2026

dbt State 30-day trial via free dbt platform signup

New users and dbt v1.7-1.12 users of the dbt State plugin can create a free dbt platform account to start a 30-day dbt State trial.

UpdateSource

dbt platformSeptember 2026

dbt State skips or clones nodes when logic and data haven't changed instead of rebuilding everything on every run. It works locally (dbt v1.7 through v2.0), on the dbt platform, and with external orchestrators.

GASource

dbt platformSeptember 2026

dbt State lag tolerance recommendations

The dbt State page now includes Lag tolerance recommendations that identify models that could tolerate more lag, with recommended values and projected build time savings over 30 days.

UpdateSource

dbt platformSeptember 2026

dbt State self-serve usage-based billing

dbt State billing is available for self-serve accounts through the Usage-based features dashboard, billed per target table dbt State reuses each day rather than per seat.

PricingPricingBISource

dbt platformSeptember 2026

dbt State-powered state:* selectors for self-managed deployments in beta

With dbt State enabled in a self-managed deployment connected to the dbt platform, state:* selectors compare each node against its own last execution in the deferral target environment rather than a single manifest.json.

BetaSource

dbt platformSeptember 2026

dbt Wizard Explore mode in preview for natural-language data questions

Explore mode in the dbt Wizard home tab and Studio IDE lets users ask questions of governed production data in plain language, with the SQL or metric definition behind each answer. Read-only users can be invited without a developer license.

PreviewSQLDeveloper toolsSource

dbt platformSeptember 2026

dbt Wizard moves to usage-based billing for dbt-managed AI

dbt Wizard usage is metered per token against the consumption pool, with monthly included usage or a trial and admin-set spend limits.

PricingPricingSource

dbt Core20

dbt CoreSep 23, 2026

dbt Core 2.0.0-dev.41-test-pypi

2.0.0-dev.41 Released September 23, 2026 Features [Lake Compute] Read AWS Databricks Unity Catalog tables using Databricks profile PAT/OAuth M2M credentials, declaration-aware validation, and dbt debug attach parity. Existing fs catalogs.yml entries continue to use type: unity .

UpdateUnverifiedSQLGovernanceSecuritySource

dbt CoreSep 18, 2026

dbt Core 2.0.5

2.0.5 Released September 18, 2026 Fixes Both Legacy/Foundry BigQuery drivers now continue on ADBC.GetObjects 404/403. This fixes a possible usage of "REPLACE TABLE" instead of "MERGE" for incremental tables ( #16331 ) Contributors @serramatutu ( #16331 )

UpdateSQLSource

dbt CoreSep 16, 2026

dbt Core 2.0.3

2.0.3 Released September 15, 2026 Under the Hood Add PyPI banner for dbt-oss mirroring the existing dbt-core banner, without the dbt-core namespace deprecation notice Contributors @tauhidanjum

UpdateData integrationSource

dbt CoreSep 16, 2026

dbt Core 2.0.4

2.0.4 Released September 16, 2026

UpdateSource

dbt CoreSep 16, 2026

dbt Core dbt v2.0.0

dbt 2.0.0 - Benjamin Franklin (September 14, 2026) Features Install agent skills (AgentSkills-format SKILL.md directories) from installed packages and the project's own skill-paths when packages are installed, gated on the new ai_provider flag.

UpdateAI agentsSQLObservabilitySource

dbt CoreSep 15, 2026

Apache Spark adapter for dbt v2.0 in beta

The Apache Spark adapter for dbt v2.0 is available for local use via the CLI.

BetaUnverifiedStreamingSource

dbt CoreSep 15, 2026

dbt Core 2.0.1

2.0.1 Released September 14, 2026 Under the Hood Attribute --infer-schemas columns from declared YAML schema before binding via a CatalogProviderList wrapper, instead of mixing them into InferSchemaRegistry Contributors @maxmalkin

UpdateGovernanceSource

dbt CoreSep 15, 2026

dbt Core 2.0.2

2.0.2 Released September 15, 2026 Fixes Restore the bundled docs UI in the Python wheel builds, so dbt docs generate produces a working docs site again for pip-installed dbt. Contributors @mishamsk

UpdateSource

dbt CoreSep 15, 2026

dbt Core 2.0.2-test-pypi

2.0.2 Released September 15, 2026

UpdateSource

dbt CoreSep 15, 2026

dbt Core dbt v1.12.5

dbt-core 1.12.5 - September 15, 2026 Fixes Fix Dimension to satisfy the metricflow-semantic-interfaces protocol and bump the metricflow floor to 0.213.0 ( # , # ) Under the Hood Add a banner to the dbt-core PyPI description pointing users to the v2 install docs ( # ) Contributors @itsnamangoyal ( # , # ) @tauhid621 ( # )

UpdateSource

dbt CoreSep 15, 2026

dbt v2.0 adapters for major data platforms

Adapters for Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, and Databricks are available for local and platform use with dbt v2.0. DuckDB support is available for local use.

GAUnverifiedPerformanceSource

dbt CoreSep 15, 2026

dbt v2.0 is generally available

dbt v2.0 is the next major version of dbt, running on a single engine written in Rust. It can be installed via pip and deployed on laptops, virtual private clouds, or the dbt platform.

GAUnverifiedDeveloper toolsPerformanceSource

dbt CoreSep 9, 2026

dbt Core 2.0.0-dev.38-test-pypi

2.0.0-dev.38 Released September 09, 2026 Features [ClickHouse] Connection-level settings (profile custom_settings plus v1-parity synchronous-operation defaults), default database wired to the profile schema, literal '?' in SQL, and dbt identified as dbt/<version> in the HTTP User-Agent ( system.query_log.http_user_agent ), via the new adbc_clickhouse driver...

UpdateAI agentsSQLObservabilitySource

dbt CoreSep 9, 2026

dbt Core 2.0.0-dev.39-test-pypi

2.0.0-dev.39 Released September 09, 2026 Features [ClickHouse] Connection-level settings (profile custom_settings plus v1-parity synchronous-operation defaults), default database wired to the profile schema, literal '?' in SQL, and dbt identified as dbt/<version> in the HTTP User-Agent ( system.query_log.http_user_agent ), via the new adbc_clickhouse driver...

UpdateAI agentsSQLObservabilitySource

dbt CoreSeptember 2026

Apache Spark adapter for dbt v2.0 in beta for local use

An Apache Spark adapter for dbt v2.0 is available in beta for local, CLI-only use.

BetaDeveloper toolsSource

dbt CoreSeptember 2026

Product renaming: Fusion and dbt Core v2.x become dbt v2 and dbt OSS

dbt Labs renamed products at dbt Summit 2026: Fusion and dbt Core v2.x are now dbt v2 and dbt OSS, dbt Core v1.x is now dbt v1, and the repo moved to dbt-labs/dbt. pip install dbt now installs dbt v2.

UpdateSource

dbt CoreSeptember 2026

Seven behavior change flags default to true on the Latest release track

Seven behavior change flags on the dbt platform Latest release track, including skip_nodes_if_on_run_start_fails and validate_macro_args, switched their defaults from false to true.

UpdateSource

dbt CoreSeptember 2026

Snowflake interactive_table materialization in beta on dbt v2

The Snowflake adapter supports the interactive_table materialization in beta on dbt v2 (dbt-snowflake v1.13+), covering static and dynamic interactive tables.

BetaSource

dbt CoreSeptember 2026

dbt v2.0 adapters for Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Databricks and DuckDB

Adapters for dbt v2.0 for Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, and Databricks are available for local and platform use, and DuckDB is available for local use.

GASQLSource

dbt CoreSeptember 2026

dbt v2.0 generally available, Rust-based single engine

dbt v2.0 is the next major version of dbt, running on a single engine written in Rust. Install it with pip install dbt and run it locally, in a VPC, or on the dbt platform. Announced at dbt Summit 2026.

GASource

dbt platform23

dbt Core20