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

UpdateSeptember 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

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.

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