Open engine:v2 issues in dbt-labs/dbt-core (epics excluded unless noted)

Fresh:: Data as of 2026-10-20 · dbt-labs/dbt-core · label engine:v2

WHERE DO THINGS STAND?

IS THE BACKLOG SHRINKING?

Open at the end of each week, by type

Complete weeks; when closed > opened the backlog shrank

Open issues over time

Opened vs closed per week

ARE WE KEEPING UP WITH TRIAGE?

How much is waiting, and for how long

By week opened; unanswered issues count as misses

Open issues by triage status and age

New issues answered within 48 hours

Open issues still labeled status:triage

Triage queue — oldest first

#	Title	Type	Age (d)	Idle (d)	Reactions	Comments	Customer
#13123	Release Postgres adapter support	Feature	511	8	43	21
#13130	Release Spark adapter support	Feature	511	47	7	3
#13198	[FEAT] [VSCE] Prefer parent errors over downstream errors when picking which 100 errors to show	Feature	505	133	0	1
#13221	[FEAT] [VSCE] double-clicking a model from a local package should open the file in its workspace, not the symlinked dbt_packages dir	Feature	503	133	0	1
#13312	[FEAT] Add ability to output `show` results as a CSV	Feature	490	62	0	7
#13528	[FEAT] Report on adapter.execute calls at parse time	Feature	447	42	4	4
#13601	[FEAT] Support All Purpose Compute Clusters for dbx	Feature	428	42	1	5
#13645	[FEAT] [databricks] merge multiple matches conditions/multiple actions	Feature	419	63	0	3
#13661	[FEAT] `static_analysis` config for sources	Feature	418	95	0	5
#13705	[FEAT] Support macros or `generate_database/schema_name` in source configurations	Feature	410	98	11	4
#13756	[FEAT] Snowflake grants - support database roles	Feature	399	110	0	2
#13904	[FEAT] Allow for project-specified source field descriptions instead of polling the warehouse	Feature	368	97	0	1
#14047	[FEAT] dbt Extension should auto-detect git branch to generate the right schema name during invocation	Feature	320	102	0	1
#14116	[FEAT] Databricks `stack` table-valued function	Feature	295	133	0	1
#14173	[FEAT] Option to view tags in the lineage view	Feature	272	95	0	1
#14214	[FEAT] Downstream models should inherit results of relevant upstream tests	Feature	260	73	4	4
#14283	[FEAT] `copy_partitions` should be parallelizable	Feature	242	75	0	4
#14381	[FEAT] Allow `static_analysis` be set as a global flag	Feature	217	91	1	12
#14399	[FEAT] VSCE: When hovering over something that would work in strict mode, but you're in baseline/off mode, create a hover that explains what's wrong	Feature	216	98	0	0
#14408	[ERROR UX] Support Driver Debug Logging	Feature	214	90	1	3
#14409	[security] validate SQL Injection in list_relations via Unescaped Schema Interpolation	Bug	214	98	0	0
#14410	[security] validate SQL Injection in `get_columns_batch` via Asymmetric Escaping	Bug	214	98	0	0
#14411	[security] validate SQL Injection via Unescaped ColumnTypeInfo.duckdb_type in hydrate_with_type_conversion	Bug	214	98	0	0
#14412	[security] validate SQL Injection in get_columns via Unquoted relation_name in DESCRIBE Statement	Bug	214	97	0	0
#14445	[FEAT] LSP column definitions in * hover	Feature	204	133	0	0
#14489	[FEAT] Redshift External OAuth: Support token-based authentication in dbt Fusion	Feature	193	5	0	3	yes
#14611	[FEAT] Redshift CREATE EXTERNAL FUNCTION support	Feature	161	90	1	1
#12944	[Bug] dbt appears to build a schema cache out of all schemas in the project - even if the selection was just 1 model	Feature	161	52	0	3
#14632	BigQuery: silent jobRateLimitExceeded causes compile freeze on shard-heavy projects	Bug	154	8	0	13
#14637	[Feature] Add Exposures + Semantic Layer visibility to VS Code Catalog	Feature	152	98	0	0
#14657	[Trino] Add typechecking support for ANY_VALUE	Feature	147	133	0	0
#14656	[Databricks] Add typechecking support for AGG	Feature	147	133	0	0
#14659	[Duckdb] Add typechecking support for APPROX_TOP_K	Feature	147	133	0	0
#14660	[Redshift] Add typechecking support for ARRAY_CONTAINS	Feature	147	133	0	0
#14662	[Trino] Add typechecking support for ARRAY_HISTOGRAM	Feature	147	133	0	0
#14661	[Databricks] Add typechecking support for AI_EXTRACT	Feature	147	133	0	0
#14664	[Redshift] Add typechecking support for ARRAY_EXCEPT	Feature	147	133	0	0
#14663	[Duckdb] Add typechecking support for HISTOGRAM_VALUES	Feature	147	133	0	0
#14667	[Databricks] Add typechecking support for AI_GENERATE_TEXT	Feature	147	133	0	0
#14669	[Duckdb] Add typechecking support for BIT_POSITION	Feature	147	133	0	0
#14670	[Trino] Add typechecking support for EXTRACT	Feature	147	133	0	0
#14671	[Redshift] Add typechecking support for ARRAY_POSITIONS	Feature	147	133	0	0
#14673	[Duckdb] Add typechecking support for SET_BIT	Feature	147	133	0	0
#14674	[Trino] Add typechecking support for JSON_EXISTS	Feature	147	133	0	0
#14676	[Duckdb] Add typechecking support for ERA	Feature	147	133	0	0
#14677	[Trino] Add typechecking support for JSON_QUERY	Feature	147	133	0	0
#14678	[Redshift] Add typechecking support for ARRAYS_OVERLAP	Feature	147	133	0	0
#14680	[Duckdb] Add typechecking support for TIMEZONE_MINUTE	Feature	147	133	0	0
#14682	[Trino] Add typechecking support for POSITION	Feature	147	133	0	0
#14686	[Trino] Add typechecking support for RANDOM_STRING	Feature	147	133	0	0

WHERE IS THE WORK?

Issues with several areas count in each

Issues with adapter labels

Open issues by area

Open issues by adapter

HOW CLOSE ARE THE EPICS?

Top of the list can be closed out soon

Open epics by % of sub-issues closed

#	Title	Closed	Sub-issues	% closed	Milestone
#13819	[EPIC] BigQuery Structured and Semi-Structured Types	4	4
#14205	[EPIC] missing graph and result objects	24	24
#15085	[EPIC] [Databricks] Data Sketching Functions (KLL, Theta, Tuple)	44	46
#15084	[EPIC] [Databricks] Geospatial Functions	95	99
#14297	[EPIC] Packages & Dependencies	22	24
#15091	[EPIC] [Databricks] Semi-structured & Variant Functions	8	9
#15092	[EPIC] [Databricks] Conditional & Type Conversion Functions	8	9
#15086	[EPIC] [Databricks] Vector Functions	7	8
#14397	[EPIC] Core Compilation Papercuts	18	22
#14469	[EPIC] Post-GA UX Improvements	17	21
#15093	[EPIC] [Databricks] Array, Map & Window Functions	11	14
#14420	[EPIC] [SPAN] Incorrect or missing error/warning spans	6	8
#14585	[EPIC] ClickHouse v2 milestone	6	8
#15088	[EPIC] [Databricks] Aggregate & Approximate Functions	10	14
#15094	[EPIC] [Databricks] SQL Language Core & Semantics	10	15
#14431	[EPIC] [VSCE] Extension UX & Polish	12	18
#14291	[EPIC] [VSCE] QoL UX improvements	5	8
#14429	[EPIC] [VSCE] Lineage View	5	8
#14425	[EPIC] [Snowflake] Adapter & Platform Issues	8	13		v2.0
#14391	[EPIC] BigQuery	17	31
#15095	[EPIC] [Databricks] Grouping & Data Format Functions	5	10
#14393	[EPIC] DuckDB	8	18
#14619	[EPIC] Cross-adapter SQL Understanding Bugs	2	5
#15265	[EPIC] [Catalogsv2] DuckDB Expand Iceberg REST catalog support	3	8
#15096	[EPIC] [Databricks] Platform, Admin & Compute Built-ins	6	16
#14487	[EPIC] LSP	3	9
#15255	[EPIC] [DuckDB] SQL Understanding	1	4
#15104	[EPIC] [Trino] SQL Understanding	1	11
#15103	[EPIC] [Redshift] SQL Understanding	1	16
#15886	[EPIC] Promote 2.0's json-schema	0	2		v2.0
#15100	[EPIC] [DuckDB] Struct, Union & Composite Type Functions	0	8
#16774	[EPIC] [Catalogsv2] Spark Iceberg catalog support	0	8
#15087	[EPIC] [Databricks] AI/LLM & Streaming Ingestion Functions	0	9
#15089	[EPIC] [Databricks] IP & Network Functions	0	14
#15101	[EPIC] [DuckDB] Date, Time & UUID Functions	0	15
#15102	[EPIC] [DuckDB] System, Utility & Aggregate Functions	0	16
#15099	[EPIC] [DuckDB] Math, Arithmetic & Bitwise Functions	0	18
#15098	[EPIC] [DuckDB] String & Binary Functions	0	20
#15097	[EPIC] [DuckDB] Array & List Functions	0	36

WHAT SHOULD WE WORK ON, AND WHO IS ON IT?

Ranked by reactions, then comments

Most-requested open issues

#	Title	Type	Areas	Triage	Reactions	Comments	Age (d)	Customer
#13131	Release Starburst Trino support	Feature	adapters, trino	triaged	53	19	511
#13123	Release Postgres adapter support	Feature	adapters, postgres	awaiting_triage	43	21	511
#13822	Release AWS Athena support	Task	adapters, athena	triaged	38	13	389
#13102	Expose a Python API with Rust bindings, enabling programmatic invocations of top-level dbt commands	Feature	engine	triaged	22	14	511
#16487	[v2 Bug] BigQuery: nested column descriptions and policy tags are not persisted	Bug	adapters, bigquery	awaiting_triage	17	0	23	yes
#13705	[FEAT] Support macros or `generate_database/schema_name` in source configurations	Feature	engine	awaiting_triage	11	4	410
#13138	Support for custom adapters	Task	adapters	triaged	10	4	511
#16252	[Feature] Athena adapter for dbt Core 2.0	Feature	adapters, athena	triaged	7	15	42
#13130	Release Spark adapter support	Feature	adapters	awaiting_triage	7	3	511
#13848	[FEAT] Highlight the current model in the lineage pane	Feature	vscode	triaged	6	1	382
#14373	[FEAT] Add AWS Glue adapter support	Feature	adapters	triaged	5	0	221
#15804	[v2 Bug] dbt-fusion: HTTP client breaks behind corporate SSL inspection proxies and ignores SSL_CERT_FILE	Bug	engine	triaged	4	5	77
#13528	[FEAT] Report on adapter.execute calls at parse time	Feature		awaiting_triage	4	4	447
#14214	[FEAT] Downstream models should inherit results of relevant upstream tests	Feature	engine	awaiting_triage	4	4	260
#14383	[BUG] [BigQuery] Partition pseudo-columns included in SELECT * expansion, causing false dbt0301 UNION ALL mismatch	Bug	bigquery, static-analysis	needs_repro	3	2	217
#14514	DuckDB bugbash: Python model parity	Feature	adapters, duckdb	has_repro	3	2	188
#14358	[BUG] [BigQuery] Static analyzer rejects valid BigQuery pipe syntax (FROM ... |>)	Bug	bigquery, static-analysis	needs_repro	3	1	224
#14277	[BUG] SELECT WITH is not supported for BQ	Bug	static-analysis	needs_repro	3	0	243
#13665	[BUG] No column level auto-complete in vscode	Bug	vscode	needs_repro	2	12	414
#14462	BigQuery: show `...GiB processed` annotation in execution logs after create operations	Feature	adapters, bigquery	triaged	2	3	197
#13514	[FEATURE] Support static analysis of Recursive CTEs	Bug	adapters, databricks, static-analysis	has_repro	2	2	448
#13666	[FEAT] Support star-expansion of columns in vscode	Feature	vscode	triaged	2	2	414
#15533	[Feature] Static analysis support for BigQuery ML/AI inference table functions with MODEL arguments (ML.PREDICT, AI.*)	Other	static-analysis	awaiting_triage	2	2	98
#16407	[v2 Bug] Microbatch models no longer show per-batch start/completion progress in CLI logs	Bug	adapters, snowflake	awaiting_triage	2	1	27
#15664	v2.0.0 Release: Planned Schedule	Other	cicd	triaged	2	0	89

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