Summary
v1.12.0 adds metric views, row filters, and Python UDFs as new materializations, along with SCHEDULE EVERY and TRIGGER ON UPDATE refresh modes for materialized views and streaming tables. databricks_tags now merge additively across hierarchy levels instead of child replacing parent (breaking change), and the release includes fixes for metric view validation, pydantic v1 compatibility, and streaming table refresh scheduling.
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