# dbt Core v2.0.0-beta.2

- Product: dbt Core (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/dbt-core)
- Vendor: dbt Labs
- Date: 2026-08-18
- Version: v2.0.0-beta.2
- Original notes: https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/releases/tag/v2.0.0-beta.2
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/dbt-core/releases/v2.0.0-beta.2
- Labels: Pre-release

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- **added** — Add support for ClickHouse Dictionary materialization
- **added** — Add more settings and missing internal methods for ClickHouse
- **added** — Add support for ClickHouse's index definition
- **added** — Support authentication: ActiveDirectoryAccessToken for dbt-fusion fabric, authenticating with a pre-minted Entra bearer token from the access_token profile field
- **added** — Add relation-scoped catalog macro (get_catalog_relations) for ClickHouse, fixing catalog fetch failures with --write-catalog
- **fixed** — Fix seed data types are not Nullable for ClickHouse and incorrect primary key declaration when configured as a list

##### 2.0.0-beta.2

Released August 18, 2026

###### Features

- Add support for ClickHouse Dictionary materialization ([#14580](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/14580))
- Clickhouse: Add more settings and missing internal methods ([#14587](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/14587))
- Add support for ClickHouse's index definition ([#14583](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/14583))
- [dbt-fusion] (fabric) support `authentication: ActiveDirectoryAccessToken`, authenticating with a pre-minted Entra bearer token from the `access_token` profile field ([#15926](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/15926))
- Add relation-scoped catalog macro (get_catalog_relations) for ClickHouse, fixing catalog fetch failures with --write-catalog ([#14585](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/14585))
- Seed data types are not Nullable for ClickHouse. Fix incorrect primary key declaration when configured as a list' ([#14585](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/14585))

###### Contributors
- [@koletzilla](https://github.com/koletzilla) ([#14580](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/14580), [#14587](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/14587), [#14583](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/14583), [#14585](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/14585), [#14585](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/14585))
- [@mghorpade1](https://github.com/mghorpade1) ([#15926](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/15926))