Michelle Ark

Discussion: https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/discussions/9171 Feature Branch: https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/pull/8906 ```[tasklist] ### Cyclic dependencies - [ ] https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/8918 - [ ] https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/8919 - [ ] https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/8920 - [ ] https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/8923 - [ ] https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/8924 -...

### Housekeeping - [X] I am a maintainer of dbt-core ### Short description Remove usage of dbt.tracking and dbt.flags from dbt/artifacts/schemas/manifest.py. If they were to be left in, these would...

### Description ```[tasklist] # Adapters - [ ] https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/8917 - [ ] https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-common/issues/4 - [ ] https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-adapter/issues/2 ``` ```[tasklist] # Flags for Behaviour Changes - [ ] https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/9183 - [...

### Housekeeping - [X] I am a maintainer of dbt-core ### Short description Currently, PreviousState reads in a manifest artifact and uses the resulting WritableManifest object for state comparison downstream....

### Housekeeping - [X] I am a maintainer of dbt-core ### Short description In https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/pull/9492, we removed dbt-postgres and dbt-tests-adapter from dbt-core. However, to avoid losing test coverage, we left...

Convert from WritableManifest -> Manifest to represent deferred manifest internally

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resolves https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/9567 ### Problem ### Solution ### Checklist - [ ] I have read [the contributing guide](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) and understand what's expected of me - [ ] I have run this...

[CT-2967] [Feature] run dbt in --sample mode

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### Is this your first time submitting a feature request? - [X] I have read the [expectations for open source contributors](https://docs.getdbt.com/docs/contributing/oss-expectations) - [X] I have searched the existing issues, and...

[CT-3033] [Spike] Explore support multiple unit test materialization strategies: CTE vs 'seed'-based

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From the discussion thread: https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/discussions/8275#discussioncomment-6826176 There are two main high-level implementation approaches for unit testing in dbt: 1. inlining fixtures/expected ouputs as CTE in a single unit test query (to...

### Housekeeping - [X] I am a maintainer of dbt-core ### Short description Currently, no parse-time error is raised when dbt sees a contract that defines a primary_key at both...

move UnitTestDefinition, implement missing resource_class methods

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resolves # ### Problem ### Solution ### Checklist - [ ] I have read [the contributing guide](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) and understand what's expected of me - [ ] I have run this...