[Backport 1.8.latest] Add flags from dbt_project.yml to the Project and RuntimeConfig objects

.changes/unreleased/Features-20240829-135320.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Features
+body: Add support for behavior flags
+time: 2024-08-29T13:53:20.16122-04:00
+custom:
+  Author: mikealfare
+  Issue: "10618"

core/dbt/config/project.py

@@ -491,6 +491,7 @@ def create_project(self, rendered: RenderComponents) -> "Project":
                 rendered.selectors_dict["selectors"]
             )
         dbt_cloud = cfg.dbt_cloud
+        flags: Dict[str, Any] = cfg.flags
 
         project = Project(
             project_name=name,
@@ -535,6 +536,7 @@ def create_project(self, rendered: RenderComponents) -> "Project":
             project_env_vars=project_env_vars,
             restrict_access=cfg.restrict_access,
             dbt_cloud=dbt_cloud,
+            flags=flags,
         )
         # sanity check - this means an internal issue
         project.validate()
@@ -579,11 +581,6 @@ def from_project_root(
         ) = package_and_project_data_from_root(project_root)
         selectors_dict = selector_data_from_root(project_root)
 
-        if "flags" in project_dict:
-            # We don't want to include "flags" in the Project,
-            # it goes in ProjectFlags
-            project_dict.pop("flags")
-
         return cls.from_dicts(
             project_root=project_root,
             project_dict=project_dict,
@@ -656,6 +653,7 @@ class Project:
     project_env_vars: Dict[str, Any]
     restrict_access: bool
     dbt_cloud: Dict[str, Any]
+    flags: Dict[str, Any]
 
     @property
     def all_source_paths(self) -> List[str]:
@@ -735,6 +733,7 @@ def to_project_config(self, with_packages=False):
                 "require-dbt-version": [v.to_version_string() for v in self.dbt_version],
                 "restrict-access": self.restrict_access,
                 "dbt-cloud": self.dbt_cloud,
+                "flags": self.flags,
             }
         )
         if self.query_comment:

core/dbt/config/runtime.py

@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ def from_parts(
             log_cache_events=log_cache_events,
             dependencies=dependencies,
             dbt_cloud=project.dbt_cloud,
+            flags=project.flags,
         )
 
     # Called by 'load_projects' in this class

core/dbt/contracts/project.py

@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ class Project(dbtClassMixin):
     query_comment: Optional[Union[QueryComment, NoValue, str]] = field(default_factory=NoValue)
     restrict_access: bool = False
     dbt_cloud: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
+    flags: Dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
 
     class Config(dbtMashConfig):
         # These tell mashumaro to use aliases for jsonschema and for "from_dict"

tests/unit/config/test_project.py

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def test_fixture_paths(self, project: Project):
     def test__str__(self, project: Project):
         assert (
             str(project)
-            == "{'name': 'test_project', 'version': 1.0, 'project-root': 'doesnt/actually/exist', 'profile': 'test_profile', 'model-paths': ['models'], 'macro-paths': ['macros'], 'seed-paths': ['seeds'], 'test-paths': ['tests'], 'analysis-paths': ['analyses'], 'docs-paths': ['docs'], 'asset-paths': ['assets'], 'target-path': 'target', 'snapshot-paths': ['snapshots'], 'clean-targets': ['target'], 'log-path': 'path/to/project/logs', 'quoting': {'database': True, 'schema': True, 'identifier': True}, 'models': {}, 'on-run-start': [], 'on-run-end': [], 'dispatch': [{'macro_namespace': 'dbt_utils', 'search_order': ['test_project', 'dbt_utils']}], 'seeds': {}, 'snapshots': {}, 'sources': {}, 'data_tests': {}, 'unit_tests': {}, 'metrics': {}, 'semantic-models': {}, 'saved-queries': {}, 'exposures': {}, 'vars': {}, 'require-dbt-version': ['=0.0.0'], 'restrict-access': False, 'dbt-cloud': {}, 'query-comment': {'comment': \"\\n{%- set comment_dict = {} -%}\\n{%- do comment_dict.update(\\n    app='dbt',\\n    dbt_version=dbt_version,\\n    profile_name=target.get('profile_name'),\\n    target_name=target.get('target_name'),\\n) -%}\\n{%- if node is not none -%}\\n  {%- do comment_dict.update(\\n    node_id=node.unique_id,\\n  ) -%}\\n{% else %}\\n  {# in the node context, the connection name is the node_id #}\\n  {%- do comment_dict.update(connection_name=connection_name) -%}\\n{%- endif -%}\\n{{ return(tojson(comment_dict)) }}\\n\", 'append': False, 'job-label': False}, 'packages': []}"
+            == "{'name': 'test_project', 'version': 1.0, 'project-root': 'doesnt/actually/exist', 'profile': 'test_profile', 'model-paths': ['models'], 'macro-paths': ['macros'], 'seed-paths': ['seeds'], 'test-paths': ['tests'], 'analysis-paths': ['analyses'], 'docs-paths': ['docs'], 'asset-paths': ['assets'], 'target-path': 'target', 'snapshot-paths': ['snapshots'], 'clean-targets': ['target'], 'log-path': 'path/to/project/logs', 'quoting': {'database': True, 'schema': True, 'identifier': True}, 'models': {}, 'on-run-start': [], 'on-run-end': [], 'dispatch': [{'macro_namespace': 'dbt_utils', 'search_order': ['test_project', 'dbt_utils']}], 'seeds': {}, 'snapshots': {}, 'sources': {}, 'data_tests': {}, 'unit_tests': {}, 'metrics': {}, 'semantic-models': {}, 'saved-queries': {}, 'exposures': {}, 'vars': {}, 'require-dbt-version': ['=0.0.0'], 'restrict-access': False, 'dbt-cloud': {}, 'flags': {}, 'query-comment': {'comment': \"\\n{%- set comment_dict = {} -%}\\n{%- do comment_dict.update(\\n    app='dbt',\\n    dbt_version=dbt_version,\\n    profile_name=target.get('profile_name'),\\n    target_name=target.get('target_name'),\\n) -%}\\n{%- if node is not none -%}\\n  {%- do comment_dict.update(\\n    node_id=node.unique_id,\\n  ) -%}\\n{% else %}\\n  {# in the node context, the connection name is the node_id #}\\n  {%- do comment_dict.update(connection_name=connection_name) -%}\\n{%- endif -%}\\n{{ return(tojson(comment_dict)) }}\\n\", 'append': False, 'job-label': False}, 'packages': []}"
         )
 
     def test_get_selector(self, project: Project):

tests/unit/utils/project.py

@@ -67,4 +67,5 @@ def project(selector_config: SelectorConfig) -> Project:
         project_env_vars={},
         restrict_access=False,
         dbt_cloud={},
+        flags={},
     )