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+## dbt-postgres 1.9.0-b1 - September 25, 2024
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+### Features
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+- Add tests for cross-database `cast` macro ([#76](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-postgres/issues/76))
+- Cross-database `date` macro ([#82](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-postgres/issues/82))
+- Add support for Python 3.12 ([#17](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-postgres/issues/17))
+- Allow configuring snapshot column names ([#144](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-postgres/issues/144))
+- Microbatch incremental strategy implementation: merge ([#149](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-postgres/issues/149))
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+### Fixes
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+- Fix the semicolon semantics for indexes while respecting other bug fix ([#85](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-postgres/issues/85))
+- Default to psycopg2-binary and allow overriding to psycopg2 via DBT_PSYCOPG2_NAME (restores previous behavior) ([#96](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-postgres/issues/96))
+- Fix `persist_docs` for `materialized_view` materializations. Previously, using this configuration with materialized view models would lead to an error. ([#120](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-postgres/issues/120))
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+### Under the Hood
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+- Add support for experimental record/replay testing. ([#123](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-postgres/issues/123))
+- Updating changie.yaml to add contributors and PR links ([#109](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-postgres/issues/109))
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+### Contributors
+- [@dbeatty10](https://github.com/dbeatty10) ([#76](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-postgres/issues/76), [#82](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-postgres/issues/82))
+- [@gshank](https://github.com/gshank) ([#144](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-postgres/issues/144))
+- [@leahwicz](https://github.com/leahwicz) ([#109](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-postgres/issues/109))
+- [@michelleark](https://github.com/michelleark) ([#149](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-postgres/issues/149))
+- [@mikealfare](https://github.com/mikealfare) ([#17](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-postgres/issues/17), [#96](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-postgres/issues/96))
+- [@morsapaes](https://github.com/morsapaes) ([#120](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-postgres/issues/120))
+- [@peterallenwebb](https://github.com/peterallenwebb) ([#123](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-postgres/issues/123))
+- [@versusfacit](https://github.com/versusfacit) ([#85](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-postgres/issues/85))
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