dbt announced “model contracts” in the recent v1.5 release. This looks like a great feature for dbt, but reminded me that I’ve been using contract testing with dbt for a couple of years now, inspired by Pact consumer-driven contracts, but never talked about it. There are some differences, for example: dbt’s new feature is very dbt-centric, the approach I’ve used isn’t - dbt certainly helps, but it isn’t necessary. There’s a GitHub repo to follow along with.
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