dbt-core v1.11.12 was published on July 1, 2026, with a focused fix for state model config validation. The project now includes the ModelState schema in its bundled jsonschemas, which stops false deprecation warnings for state model configs such as pre_clone, lag_tolerance, and require_fresh_data_from. For ELT teams that run dbt in CI, scheduled jobs, or platform wrappers, this release is mostly about warning quality and operational signal.

The dbt-core project recently landed several updates focusing on the reliability of state based builds and expanding authentication methods for enterprise environments. This week saw 50 commits that touch everything from internal tracing crates to Redshift materialized view quoting logic.