diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index e74c22bc8..24e904ac0 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.8.0a1
+current_version = 1.9.0a1
 parse = (?P<major>[\d]+) # major version number
 	\.(?P<minor>[\d]+) # minor version number
 	\.(?P<patch>[\d]+) # patch version number
@@ -32,6 +32,4 @@ first_value = 1
 
 [bumpversion:part:nightly]
 
-[bumpversion:file:setup.py]
-
 [bumpversion:file:dbt/adapters/bigquery/__version__.py]
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231002-164012.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231002-164012.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 344aeb148..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231002-164012.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Update ddtrace requirement from ~=1.19 to ~=1.20"
-time: 2023-10-02T16:40:12.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 948
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231009-005842.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231009-005842.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index acedd8d52..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231009-005842.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Update pre-commit-hooks requirement from ~=4.4 to ~=4.5"
-time: 2023-10-09T00:58:42.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 960
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231011-002031.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231011-002031.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5cc3c36a1..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231011-002031.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Bump mypy from 1.5.1 to 1.6.0"
-time: 2023-10-11T00:20:31.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 963
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231016-002928.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231016-002928.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index ac9470de7..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231016-002928.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Update pre-commit requirement from ~=3.4 to ~=3.5"
-time: 2023-10-16T00:29:28.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 969
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231018-010429.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231018-010429.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index fec345104..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231018-010429.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Update black requirement from ~=23.9 to ~=23.10"
-time: 2023-10-18T01:04:29.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 973
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231027-132742.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231027-132742.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index d72ac124b..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231027-132742.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Bump mypy from 1.6.0 to 1.6.1"
-time: 2023-10-27T13:27:42.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 985
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231027-201709.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231027-201709.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index e9d2a1adb..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231027-201709.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Update ddtrace requirement from ~=1.20 to ~=2.1"
-time: 2023-10-27T20:17:09.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 989
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231109-005623.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231109-005623.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index bc4ca2342..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231109-005623.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Update black requirement from ~=23.10 to ~=23.11"
-time: 2023-11-09T00:56:23.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 1013
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231113-002529.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231113-002529.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index ad7272882..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231113-002529.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Update pytest-xdist requirement from ~=3.3 to ~=3.4"
-time: 2023-11-13T00:25:29.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 1022
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231113-002621.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231113-002621.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index d889da51e..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231113-002621.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Bump mypy from 1.6.1 to 1.7.0"
-time: 2023-11-13T00:26:21.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 1023
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231116-001342.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231116-001342.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6af15169f..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231116-001342.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Update ddtrace requirement from ~=2.1 to ~=2.2"
-time: 2023-11-16T00:13:42.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 1028
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231127-004827.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231127-004827.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index a78708328..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231127-004827.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Update wheel requirement from ~=0.41 to ~=0.42"
-time: 2023-11-27T00:48:27.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 1033
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231128-005012.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231128-005012.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 236ca1e52..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231128-005012.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Bump mypy from 1.7.0 to 1.7.1"
-time: 2023-11-28T00:50:12.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 1034
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231128-005103.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231128-005103.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 205ecd1d8..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231128-005103.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Update ddtrace requirement from ~=2.2 to ~=2.3"
-time: 2023-11-28T00:51:03.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 1035
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231129-001523.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231129-001523.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index e1c145ced..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231129-001523.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Update pytest-xdist requirement from ~=3.4 to ~=3.5"
-time: 2023-11-29T00:15:23.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 1037
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231204-003807.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231204-003807.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 18b9bb618..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231204-003807.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Update freezegun requirement from ~=1.2 to ~=1.3"
-time: 2023-12-04T00:38:07.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 1040
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231213-003845.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231213-003845.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 93618b5e0..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231213-003845.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Update black requirement from ~=23.11 to ~=23.12"
-time: 2023-12-13T00:38:45.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 1056
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20240124-120321.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20240124-120321.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index ef725de67..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20240124-120321.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Dependencies
-body: get dbt-tests-adapters from dbt-adapters repo
-time: 2024-01-24T12:03:21.523295-08:00
-custom:
-  Author: colin-rogers-dbt
-  PR: "1077"
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20240520-230208.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20240520-230208.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f89057233
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20240520-230208.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: "Dependencies"
+body: "Bump ubuntu from 22.04 to 24.04 in /docker"
+time: 2024-05-20T23:02:08.00000Z
+custom:
+  Author: dependabot[bot]
+  PR: 1247
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240102-152030.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240102-152030.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 81c683de0..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240102-152030.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Features
-body: Update base adapter references as part of decoupling migration
-time: 2024-01-02T15:20:30.038221-08:00
-custom:
-  Author: colin-rogers-dbt
-  Issue: "1067"
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240205-174614.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240205-174614.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 192273d3d..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240205-174614.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-kind: Features
-body: Support all types for unit testing in dbt-bigquery, expand coverage of
-  safe_cast macro
-time: 2024-02-05T17:46:14.505597-05:00
-custom:
-  Author: michelleark
-  Issue: "1090"
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240426-105319.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240426-105319.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0af2f9aa8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240426-105319.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+kind: Features
+body: Add configuration options `enable_list_inference` and `intermediate_format` for python
+  models
+time: 2024-04-26T10:53:19.874239-04:00
+custom:
+  Author: mikealfare
+  Issue: 1047 1114
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240430-185650.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240430-185650.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0c0eef567
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240430-185650.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Features
+body: Add tests for cross-database `cast` macro
+time: 2024-04-30T18:56:50.238027-06:00
+custom:
+  Author: dbeatty10
+  Issue: "1214"
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240501-151902.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240501-151902.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1522e9775
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240501-151902.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Features
+body: Cross-database `date` macro
+time: 2024-05-01T15:19:02.929676-06:00
+custom:
+  Author: dbeatty10
+  Issue: 1221
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20231023-082312.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20231023-082312.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 368c58e95..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20231023-082312.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Fixes
-body: Patch for json inline --show
-time: 2023-10-23T08:23:12.245223-06:00
-custom:
-  Author: matt-winkler
-  Issue: "972"
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20231025-131907.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20231025-131907.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a3b8d8a8..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20231025-131907.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Fixes
-body: Lower bound of `2.11.0` for `google-api-core`
-time: 2023-10-25T13:19:07.580826-06:00
-custom:
-  Author: gmyrianthous dbeatty10
-  Issue: "979"
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20231025-223003.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20231025-223003.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index ebec94a30..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20231025-223003.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Fixes
-body: Fix refresh syntax, config comparison with empty labels
-time: 2023-10-25T22:30:03.0034-04:00
-custom:
-  Author: mikealfare
-  Issue: "983"
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20231030-222134.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20231030-222134.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 62bfc5f27..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20231030-222134.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Fixes
-body: Assign the correct relation type to materialized views in catalog queries
-time: 2023-10-30T22:21:34.401675-04:00
-custom:
-  Author: mikealfare
-  Issue: "995"
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20231105-125740.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20231105-125740.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 928fbb302..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20231105-125740.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Fixes
-body: Fix inline comments (--) on the last line of an incremental model
-time: 2023-11-05T12:57:40.289399+09:00
-custom:
-  Author: tnk-ysk
-  Issue: "896"
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20231107-100905.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20231107-100905.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 942298ed9..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20231107-100905.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Fixes
-body: Support agate Integer type, test with empty seed
-time: 2023-11-07T10:09:05.723451-05:00
-custom:
-  Author: gshank
-  Issue: "1003"
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20231107-174352.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20231107-174352.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 80592758d..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20231107-174352.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-kind: Fixes
-body: Fixed issue where materialized views were failing on re-run with minimal config
-  parameters
-time: 2023-11-07T17:43:52.972135-05:00
-custom:
-  Author: "mikealfare"
-  Issue: "1007"
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20231108-171128.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20231108-171128.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 116ff00d2..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20231108-171128.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Fixes
-body: Fix broken partition config granularity and batch_id being set to None
-time: 2023-11-08T17:11:28.819877-08:00
-custom:
-  Author: colin-rogers-dbt
-  Issue: "1006"
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20231111-150959.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20231111-150959.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d9f245a6..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20231111-150959.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Fixes
-body: replace deterministic batch_id with uuid
-time: 2023-11-11T15:09:59.243797-08:00
-custom:
-  Author: colin-rogers-dbt
-  Issue: "1006"
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20240226-233024.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20240226-233024.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..efb1b077c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20240226-233024.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Fixes
+body: make seed delimiter configurable via `field_delimeter` in model config
+time: 2024-02-26T23:30:24.141213+01:00
+custom:
+  Author: salimmoulouel
+  Issue: "1119"
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20240426-105224.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20240426-105224.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..624006ba5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20240426-105224.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+kind: Fixes
+body: Default `enableListInference` to `True` for python models to support nested
+  lists
+time: 2024-04-26T10:52:24.827314-04:00
+custom:
+  Author: mikealfare
+  Issue: 1047 1114
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20231109-095012.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20231109-095012.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index a93215e8f..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20231109-095012.yaml	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Under the Hood
-body: Upgrade spark-bigquery Java deps for serverless to 2.13-0.34.0
-time: 2023-11-09T09:50:12.252774-08:00
-custom:
-  Author: colin-rogers-dbt
-  Issue: "1006"
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20231116-062142.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20231116-062142.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index c28270898..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20231116-062142.yaml	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Under the Hood
-body: Primary and foreign key constraints are not enforced in BigQuery
-time: 2023-11-16T06:21:42.935367-08:00
-custom:
-  Author: dbeatty10
-  Issue: "1018"
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20231117-121214.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20231117-121214.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 61b0617ad..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20231117-121214.yaml	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Under the Hood
-body: Add tests for --empty flag
-time: 2023-11-17T12:12:14.643365-05:00
-custom:
-  Author: michelleark
-  Issue: "1029"
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20240116-154305.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20240116-154305.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index bb115abd6..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20240116-154305.yaml	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Under the Hood
-body: Migrate to dbt-common and dbt-adapters package
-time: 2024-01-16T15:43:05.046735-08:00
-custom:
-  Author: colin-rogers-dbt
-  Issue: "1071"
diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index f6283d123..02ed72d45 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # This codeowners file is used to ensure all PRs require reviews from the adapters team
 
-* @dbt-labs/core-adapters
+* @dbt-labs/adapters
diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 2a6f34492..ae2be43aa 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 version: 2
 updates:
-  # python dependencies
   - package-ecosystem: "pip"
     directory: "/"
     schedule:
       interval: "daily"
     rebase-strategy: "disabled"
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    rebase-strategy: "disabled"
+  - package-ecosystem: "docker"
+    directory: "/docker"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    rebase-strategy: "disabled"
diff --git a/.github/scripts/integration-test-matrix.js b/.github/scripts/integration-test-matrix.js
index bf7fd2ef7..1a3136cf6 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/integration-test-matrix.js
+++ b/.github/scripts/integration-test-matrix.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ module.exports = ({ context }) => {
 
             if (labels.includes("test macos") || testAllLabel) {
               include.push({
-                os: "macos-latest",
+                os: "macos-12",
                 adapter,
                 "python-version": pythonVersion,
               });
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ module.exports = ({ context }) => {
   // additionally include runs for all adapters, on macos and windows,
   // but only for the default python version
   for (const adapter of supportedAdapters) {
-    for (const operatingSystem of ["windows-latest", "macos-latest"]) {
+    for (const operatingSystem of ["windows-latest", "macos-12"]) {
       include.push({
         os: operatingSystem,
         adapter: adapter,
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration.yml b/.github/workflows/integration.yml
index 7df6973a8..2ae9684d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration.yml
@@ -69,13 +69,13 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Check out the repository (non-PR)
         if: github.event_name != 'pull_request_target'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Check out the repository (PR)
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request_target'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
         #  'false' - if none of changed files matches any of filter rules
         # also, returns:
         #  `changes` - JSON array with names of all filters matching any of the changed files
-        uses: dorny/paths-filter@v2
+        uses: dorny/paths-filter@v3
         id: get-changes
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Generate integration test matrix
         id: generate-matrix
-        uses: actions/github-script@v6
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
         env:
           CHANGES: ${{ steps.get-changes.outputs.changes }}
         with:
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Check out the repository
         if: github.event_name != 'pull_request_target'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
@@ -151,13 +151,13 @@ jobs:
       # this is necessary for the `pull_request_target` event
       - name: Check out the repository (PR)
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request_target'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
 
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Check out the repository
         if: github.event_name != 'pull_request_target'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
@@ -231,13 +231,13 @@ jobs:
       # this is necessary for the `pull_request_target` event
       - name: Check out the repository (PR)
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request_target'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
 
       - name: Set up Python 3.8
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: "3.8"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index b13c53e9f..fdbd36dba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Check out the repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: '3.8'
 
@@ -79,12 +79,12 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Check out the repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
@@ -120,12 +120,12 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Check out the repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: '3.8'
 
@@ -173,12 +173,12 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-12, windows-latest]
         python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
 
     steps:
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: Install python dependencies
@@ -199,10 +199,10 @@ jobs:
           find ./dist/*.whl -maxdepth 1 -type f | xargs python -m pip install --force-reinstall --find-links=dist/
       - name: Check wheel distributions
         run: |
-          dbt --version
+          python -c "import dbt.adapters.bigquery"
       - name: Install source distributions
         run: |
           find ./dist/*.gz -maxdepth 1 -type f | xargs python -m pip install --force-reinstall --find-links=dist/
       - name: Check source distributions
         run: |
-          dbt --version
+          python -c "import dbt.adapters.bigquery"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-release.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly-release.yml
index ef210dacd..1dc396154 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-release.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ on:
 
 permissions:
   contents: write # this is the permission that allows creating a new release
+  packages: write # allows creating a Docker release as a GitHub package on GHCR
 
 defaults:
   run:
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout ${{ github.repository }} Branch ${{ env.RELEASE_BRANCH }}"
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.RELEASE_BRANCH }}
 
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: "Audit Version And Parse Into Parts"
         id: semver
-        uses: dbt-labs/actions/parse-semver@v1.1.0
+        uses: dbt-labs/actions/parse-semver@v1.1.1
         with:
           version: ${{ steps.version-number-sources.outputs.current_version }}
 
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "number=$number" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: "Audit Nightly Release Version And Parse Into Parts"
-        uses: dbt-labs/actions/parse-semver@v1.1.0
+        uses: dbt-labs/actions/parse-semver@v1.1.1
         with:
           version: ${{ steps.nightly-release-version.outputs.number }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-internal.yml b/.github/workflows/release-internal.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f29de2fb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-internal.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# What?
+#
+# Tag and release an arbitrary ref. Uploads to an internal archive for further processing.
+#
+# How?
+#
+# After checking out and testing the provided ref, the image is built and uploaded.
+#
+# When?
+#
+# Manual trigger.
+
+name: "Release internal patch"
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version_number:
+        description: "The release version number (i.e. 1.0.0b1)"
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      ref:
+        description: "The ref (sha or branch name) to use"
+        type: string
+        default: "main"
+        required: true
+      package_test_command:
+        description: "Package test command"
+        type: string
+        default: "python -c \"import dbt.adapters.bigquery\""
+        required: true
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: bash
+
+jobs:
+  invoke-reusable-workflow:
+    name: "Build and Release Internally"
+
+    uses: "dbt-labs/dbt-release/.github/workflows/internal-archive-release.yml@main"
+
+    with:
+      version_number: "${{ inputs.version_number }}"
+      package_test_command: "${{ inputs.package_test_command }}"
+      dbms_name: "bigquery"
+      ref: "${{ inputs.ref }}"
+
+    secrets: "inherit"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 88942e251..ad7cf76b4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
 #
 # **when?**
 # This workflow can be run manually on demand or can be called by other workflows
-name: Release to GitHub and PyPI
+name: "Release to GitHub, PyPI, and Docker"
+run-name: "Release ${{ inputs.version_number }} to GitHub, PyPI, and Docker"
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
@@ -60,6 +61,11 @@ on:
         type: boolean
         default: false
         required: false
+      only_docker:
+        description: "Only release Docker image, skip GitHub & PyPI"
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
+        required: false
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
       sha:
@@ -128,12 +134,11 @@ jobs:
           echo Package test command:               ${{ inputs.package_test_command }}
           echo Test run:                           ${{ inputs.test_run }}
           echo Nightly release:                    ${{ inputs.nightly_release }}
+          echo Only Docker:                        ${{ inputs.only_docker }}
 
   bump-version-generate-changelog:
     name: Bump package version, Generate changelog
-
     uses: dbt-labs/dbt-release/.github/workflows/release-prep.yml@main
-
     with:
       sha: ${{ inputs.sha }}
       version_number: ${{ inputs.version_number }}
@@ -141,17 +146,13 @@ jobs:
       env_setup_script_path: ${{ inputs.env_setup_script_path }}
       test_run: ${{ inputs.test_run }}
       nightly_release: ${{ inputs.nightly_release }}
-
     secrets: inherit
 
   log-outputs-bump-version-generate-changelog:
     name: "[Log output] Bump package version, Generate changelog"
-    if: ${{ !failure() && !cancelled() }}
-
+    if: ${{ !failure() && !cancelled() && !inputs.only_docker }}
     needs: [bump-version-generate-changelog]
-
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
     steps:
       - name: Print variables
         run: |
@@ -160,11 +161,9 @@ jobs:
 
   build-test-package:
     name: Build, Test, Package
-    if: ${{ !failure() && !cancelled() }}
+    if: ${{ !failure() && !cancelled() && !inputs.only_docker }}
     needs: [bump-version-generate-changelog]
-
     uses: dbt-labs/dbt-release/.github/workflows/build.yml@main
-
     with:
       sha: ${{ needs.bump-version-generate-changelog.outputs.final_sha }}
       version_number: ${{ inputs.version_number }}
@@ -174,19 +173,15 @@ jobs:
       package_test_command: ${{ inputs.package_test_command }}
       test_run: ${{ inputs.test_run }}
       nightly_release: ${{ inputs.nightly_release }}
-
     secrets:
       AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
       AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
 
   github-release:
     name: GitHub Release
-    if: ${{ !failure() && !cancelled() }}
-
+    if: ${{ !failure() && !cancelled() && !inputs.only_docker }}
     needs: [bump-version-generate-changelog, build-test-package]
-
     uses: dbt-labs/dbt-release/.github/workflows/github-release.yml@main
-
     with:
       sha: ${{ needs.bump-version-generate-changelog.outputs.final_sha }}
       version_number: ${{ inputs.version_number }}
@@ -195,34 +190,41 @@ jobs:
 
   pypi-release:
     name: PyPI Release
-
-    needs: [github-release]
-
+    if: ${{ !failure() && !cancelled() && !inputs.only_docker }}
+    needs: [bump-version-generate-changelog, build-test-package]
     uses: dbt-labs/dbt-release/.github/workflows/pypi-release.yml@main
-
     with:
       version_number: ${{ inputs.version_number }}
       test_run: ${{ inputs.test_run }}
-
     secrets:
       PYPI_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
       TEST_PYPI_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TEST_PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
 
+  docker-release:
+    name: "Docker Release"
+    # We cannot release to docker on a test run because it uses the tag in GitHub as
+    # what we need to release but draft releases don't actually tag the commit so it
+    # finds nothing to release
+    if: ${{ !failure() && !cancelled() && (!inputs.test_run || inputs.only_docker) }}
+    needs: [bump-version-generate-changelog, build-test-package, github-release]
+    permissions:
+      packages: write
+    uses: dbt-labs/dbt-release/.github/workflows/release-docker.yml@main
+    with:
+      version_number: ${{ inputs.version_number }}
+      test_run: ${{ inputs.test_run }}
+
   slack-notification:
     name: Slack Notification
     if: ${{ failure() && (!inputs.test_run || inputs.nightly_release) }}
-
     needs:
       [
-        bump-version-generate-changelog,
-        build-test-package,
         github-release,
         pypi-release,
+        docker-release,
       ]
-
     uses: dbt-labs/dbt-release/.github/workflows/slack-post-notification.yml@main
     with:
       status: "failure"
-
     secrets:
       SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_DEV_ADAPTER_ALERTS }}
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index a98ba0417..74dbdf99a 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ repos:
   - id: end-of-file-fixer
   - id: trailing-whitespace
   - id: check-case-conflict
+- repo: https://github.com/dbt-labs/pre-commit-hooks
+  rev: v0.1.0a1
+  hooks:
+  - id: dbt-core-in-adapters-check
 - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
   rev: 23.1.0
   hooks:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ade60b8f6..4a408c580 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 ## Previous Releases
 For information on prior major and minor releases, see their changelogs:
+- [1.8](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/blob/1.8.latest/CHANGELOG.md)
+- [1.7](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/blob/1.7.latest/CHANGELOG.md)
 - [1.6](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/blob/1.6.latest/CHANGELOG.md)
 - [1.5](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/blob/1.5.latest/CHANGELOG.md)
 - [1.4](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/blob/1.4.latest/CHANGELOG.md)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fc6536f98..bdacb538b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,17 +11,11 @@ dev-uninstall: ## Uninstalls all packages while maintaining the virtual environm
 	pip freeze | grep -v "^-e" | cut -d "@" -f1 | xargs pip uninstall -y
 	pip uninstall -y dbt-bigquery
 
-.PHONY: ubuntu-py311
-ubuntu-py311: ## Builds and runs an Ubuntu Python 3.11 development container
-	docker build -f docker_dev/ubuntu.Dockerfile -t dbt-bigquery-ubuntu-py311 .
-	docker run --rm -it --name dbt-bigquery-ubuntu-py311 -v $(shell pwd):/opt/code dbt-bigquery-ubuntu-py311
+.PHONY: docker-dev
+docker-dev:
+	docker build -f docker/dev.Dockerfile -t dbt-bigquery-dev .
+	docker run --rm -it --name dbt-bigquery-dev -v $(shell pwd):/opt/code dbt-bigquery-dev
 
-.PHONY: ubuntu-py39
-ubuntu-py39: ## Builds and runs an Ubuntu Python 3.9 development container
-	docker build -f docker_dev/ubuntu.Dockerfile -t dbt-bigquery-ubuntu-py39 . --build-arg version=3.9
-	docker run --rm -it --name dbt-bigquery-ubuntu-py39 -v $(shell pwd):/opt/code dbt-bigquery-ubuntu-py39
-
-.PHONY: ubuntu-py38
-ubuntu-py38: ## Builds and runs an Ubuntu Python 3.8 development container
-	docker build -f docker_dev/ubuntu.Dockerfile -t dbt-bigquery-ubuntu-py38 . --build-arg version=3.8
-	docker run --rm -it --name dbt-bigquery-ubuntu-py38 -v $(shell pwd):/opt/code dbt-bigquery-ubuntu-py38
+.PHONY: docker-prod
+docker-prod:
+	docker build -f docker/Dockerfile -t dbt-bigquery .
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/bigquery/__version__.py b/dbt/adapters/bigquery/__version__.py
index f15b401d1..6698ed64c 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/bigquery/__version__.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/bigquery/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "1.8.0a1"
+version = "1.9.0a1"
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/bigquery/connections.py b/dbt/adapters/bigquery/connections.py
index c74effcdc..f96bc1381 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/bigquery/connections.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/bigquery/connections.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import asyncio
-import functools
+from concurrent.futures import TimeoutError
 import json
 import re
 from contextlib import contextmanager
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import google.auth
 import google.auth.exceptions
-import google.cloud.bigquery as bigquery
+import google.cloud.bigquery
 import google.cloud.exceptions
 from google.api_core import retry, client_info
 from google.auth import impersonated_credentials
@@ -33,6 +32,7 @@
     DbtRuntimeError,
     DbtConfigError,
 )
+
 from dbt_common.exceptions import DbtDatabaseError
 from dbt.adapters.exceptions.connection import FailedToConnectError
 from dbt.adapters.base import BaseConnectionManager
@@ -63,16 +63,6 @@
 )
 
 
-# Override broken json deserializer for dbt show --inline
-# can remove once this is fixed: https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery/issues/1500
-def _json_from_json(value, _):
-    """NOOP string -> string coercion"""
-    return json.loads(value)
-
-
-bigquery._helpers._CELLDATA_FROM_JSON["JSON"] = _json_from_json
-
-
 @lru_cache()
 def get_bigquery_defaults(scopes=None) -> Tuple[Any, Optional[str]]:
     """
@@ -206,9 +196,7 @@ def _connection_keys(self):
             "job_retries",
             "job_creation_timeout_seconds",
             "job_execution_timeout_seconds",
-            "keyfile",
             "timeout_seconds",
-            "refresh_token",
             "client_id",
             "token_uri",
             "dataproc_region",
@@ -749,27 +737,12 @@ def _query_and_results(
             logger.debug(
                 self._bq_job_link(query_job.location, query_job.project, query_job.job_id)
             )
-
-        # only use async logic if user specifies a timeout
-        if job_execution_timeout:
-            loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
-            future_iterator = asyncio.wait_for(
-                loop.run_in_executor(None, functools.partial(query_job.result, max_results=limit)),
-                timeout=job_execution_timeout,
-            )
-
-            try:
-                iterator = loop.run_until_complete(future_iterator)
-            except asyncio.TimeoutError:
-                query_job.cancel()
-                raise DbtRuntimeError(
-                    f"Query exceeded configured timeout of {job_execution_timeout}s"
-                )
-            finally:
-                loop.close()
-        else:
-            iterator = query_job.result(max_results=limit)
-        return query_job, iterator
+        try:
+            iterator = query_job.result(max_results=limit, timeout=job_execution_timeout)
+            return query_job, iterator
+        except TimeoutError:
+            exc = f"Operation did not complete within the designated timeout of {job_execution_timeout} seconds."
+            raise TimeoutError(exc)
 
     def _retry_and_handle(self, msg, conn, fn):
         """retry a function call within the context of exception_handler."""
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/bigquery/impl.py b/dbt/adapters/bigquery/impl.py
index 747c667a2..ad8a6a13e 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/bigquery/impl.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/bigquery/impl.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass
+from datetime import datetime
 import json
 import threading
 from multiprocessing.context import SpawnContext
@@ -20,9 +21,12 @@
     SchemaSearchMap,
     available,
 )
+from dbt.adapters.base.impl import FreshnessResponse
 from dbt.adapters.cache import _make_ref_key_dict  # type: ignore
+from dbt.adapters.capability import Capability, CapabilityDict, CapabilitySupport, Support
 import dbt_common.clients.agate_helper
 from dbt.adapters.contracts.connection import AdapterResponse
+from dbt.adapters.contracts.macros import MacroResolverProtocol
 from dbt_common.contracts.constraints import ColumnLevelConstraint, ConstraintType, ModelLevelConstraint  # type: ignore
 from dbt_common.dataclass_schema import dbtClassMixin
 from dbt.adapters.events.logging import AdapterLogger
@@ -36,6 +40,7 @@
 import google.cloud.bigquery
 from google.cloud.bigquery import AccessEntry, SchemaField, Table as BigQueryTable
 import google.cloud.exceptions
+import pytz
 
 from dbt.adapters.bigquery import BigQueryColumn, BigQueryConnectionManager
 from dbt.adapters.bigquery.column import get_nested_column_data_types
@@ -94,6 +99,8 @@ class BigqueryConfig(AdapterConfig):
     enable_refresh: Optional[bool] = None
     refresh_interval_minutes: Optional[int] = None
     max_staleness: Optional[str] = None
+    enable_list_inference: Optional[bool] = None
+    intermediate_format: Optional[str] = None
     allow_non_incremental_definition: Optional[bool] = None
 
 
@@ -119,6 +126,13 @@ class BigQueryAdapter(BaseAdapter):
         ConstraintType.foreign_key: ConstraintSupport.NOT_ENFORCED,
     }
 
+    _capabilities: CapabilityDict = CapabilityDict(
+        {
+            Capability.TableLastModifiedMetadata: CapabilitySupport(support=Support.Full),
+            Capability.SchemaMetadataByRelations: CapabilitySupport(support=Support.Full),
+        }
+    )
+
     def __init__(self, config, mp_context: SpawnContext) -> None:
         super().__init__(config, mp_context)
         self.connections: BigQueryConnectionManager = self.connections
@@ -641,7 +655,9 @@ def alter_table_add_columns(self, relation, columns):
         client.update_table(new_table, ["schema"])
 
     @available.parse_none
-    def load_dataframe(self, database, schema, table_name, agate_table, column_override):
+    def load_dataframe(
+        self, database, schema, table_name, agate_table, column_override, field_delimiter
+    ):
         bq_schema = self._agate_to_schema(agate_table, column_override)
         conn = self.connections.get_thread_connection()
         client = conn.handle
@@ -651,7 +667,7 @@ def load_dataframe(self, database, schema, table_name, agate_table, column_overr
         load_config = google.cloud.bigquery.LoadJobConfig()
         load_config.skip_leading_rows = 1
         load_config.schema = bq_schema
-
+        load_config.field_delimiter = field_delimiter
         with open(agate_table.original_abspath, "rb") as f:
             job = client.load_table_from_file(f, table_ref, rewind=True, job_config=load_config)
 
@@ -710,6 +726,26 @@ def _get_catalog_schemas(self, relation_config: Iterable[RelationConfig]) -> Sch
                 )
         return result
 
+    def calculate_freshness_from_metadata(
+        self,
+        source: BaseRelation,
+        macro_resolver: Optional[MacroResolverProtocol] = None,
+    ) -> Tuple[Optional[AdapterResponse], FreshnessResponse]:
+        conn = self.connections.get_thread_connection()
+        client: google.cloud.bigquery.Client = conn.handle
+
+        table_ref = self.get_table_ref_from_relation(source)
+        table = client.get_table(table_ref)
+        snapshot = datetime.now(tz=pytz.UTC)
+
+        freshness = FreshnessResponse(
+            max_loaded_at=table.modified,
+            snapshotted_at=snapshot,
+            age=(snapshot - table.modified).total_seconds(),
+        )
+
+        return None, freshness
+
     @available.parse(lambda *a, **k: {})
     def get_common_options(
         self, config: Dict[str, Any], node: Dict[str, Any], temporary: bool = False
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/bigquery/relation.py b/dbt/adapters/bigquery/relation.py
index 0449bd9d5..99aa2036c 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/bigquery/relation.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/bigquery/relation.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from dataclasses import dataclass
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from typing import FrozenSet, Optional, TypeVar
 
 from itertools import chain, islice
@@ -23,9 +23,23 @@
 class BigQueryRelation(BaseRelation):
     quote_character: str = "`"
     location: Optional[str] = None
-    renameable_relations: FrozenSet[RelationType] = frozenset({RelationType.Table})
-    replaceable_relations: FrozenSet[RelationType] = frozenset(
-        {RelationType.Table, RelationType.View}
+    require_alias: bool = False
+
+    renameable_relations: FrozenSet[RelationType] = field(
+        default_factory=lambda: frozenset(
+            {
+                RelationType.Table,
+            }
+        )
+    )
+
+    replaceable_relations: FrozenSet[RelationType] = field(
+        default_factory=lambda: frozenset(
+            {
+                RelationType.View,
+                RelationType.Table,
+            }
+        )
     )
 
     def matches(
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/bigquery/relation_configs/_materialized_view.py b/dbt/adapters/bigquery/relation_configs/_materialized_view.py
index fd0c191c3..81ca6b3de 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/bigquery/relation_configs/_materialized_view.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/bigquery/relation_configs/_materialized_view.py
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ def parse_relation_config(cls, relation_config: RelationConfig) -> Dict[str, Any
         }
 
         # optional
-        if "partition_by" in relation_config.config:
+        if relation_config.config and "partition_by" in relation_config.config:
             config_dict.update({"partition": PartitionConfig.parse_model_node(relation_config)})
 
-        if "cluster_by" in relation_config.config:
+        if relation_config.config and "cluster_by" in relation_config.config:
             config_dict.update(
                 {"cluster": BigQueryClusterConfig.parse_relation_config(relation_config)}
             )
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/bigquery/relation_configs/_partition.py b/dbt/adapters/bigquery/relation_configs/_partition.py
index 8fe8bf5d6..555aa3664 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/bigquery/relation_configs/_partition.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/bigquery/relation_configs/_partition.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def parse_model_node(cls, relation_config: RelationConfig) -> Dict[str, Any]:
             This doesn't currently collect `time_ingestion_partitioning` and `copy_partitions`
             because this was built for materialized views, which do not support those settings.
         """
-        config_dict = relation_config.config.extra.get("partition_by")  # type: ignore
+        config_dict: Dict[str, Any] = relation_config.config.extra.get("partition_by")  # type: ignore
         if "time_ingestion_partitioning" in config_dict:
             del config_dict["time_ingestion_partitioning"]
         if "copy_partitions" in config_dict:
diff --git a/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/catalog.sql b/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/catalog.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index 25166c7b4..000000000
--- a/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/catalog.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,231 +0,0 @@
-
-{% macro bigquery__get_catalog(information_schema, schemas) -%}
-
-  {%- if (schemas | length) == 0 -%}
-    {# Hopefully nothing cares about the columns we return when there are no rows #}
-    {%- set query  = "select 1 as id limit 0" -%}
-  {%- else -%}
-
-  {%- set query -%}
-    with materialized_views as (
-        select
-            table_catalog as project_id,
-            table_schema as dataset_id,
-            table_name as table_id
-        from {{ information_schema.replace(information_schema_view='MATERIALIZED_VIEWS') }}
-    ),
-    tables as (
-        select
-            tables.project_id as table_database,
-            tables.dataset_id as table_schema,
-            tables.table_id as original_table_name,
-
-            concat(tables.project_id, '.', tables.dataset_id, '.', tables.table_id) as relation_id,
-
-            tables.row_count,
-            tables.size_bytes as size_bytes,
-            case
-                when materialized_views.table_id is not null then 'materialized view'
-                when tables.type = 1 then 'table'
-                when tables.type = 2 then 'view'
-                else 'external'
-            end as table_type,
-
-            REGEXP_CONTAINS(tables.table_id, '^.+[0-9]{8}$') and coalesce(type, 0) = 1 as is_date_shard,
-            REGEXP_EXTRACT(tables.table_id, '^(.+)[0-9]{8}$') as shard_base_name,
-            REGEXP_EXTRACT(tables.table_id, '^.+([0-9]{8})$') as shard_name
-
-        from {{ information_schema.replace(information_schema_view='__TABLES__') }} tables
-        left join materialized_views
-            on materialized_views.project_id = tables.project_id
-            and materialized_views.dataset_id = tables.dataset_id
-            and materialized_views.table_id = tables.table_id
-        where (
-          {%- for schema in schemas -%}
-            upper(tables.dataset_id) = upper('{{ schema }}'){%- if not loop.last %} or {% endif -%}
-          {%- endfor -%}
-        )
-    ),
-
-    table_options as (
-        select
-            concat(table_catalog, '.', table_schema, '.', table_name) as relation_id,
-            JSON_VALUE(option_value) as table_comment
-
-        from {{ information_schema.replace(information_schema_view='TABLE_OPTIONS') }}
-        where option_name = 'description'
-    ),
-    extracted as (
-
-        select *,
-            case
-                when is_date_shard then shard_base_name
-                else original_table_name
-            end as table_name
-
-        from tables
-
-    ),
-
-    unsharded_tables as (
-
-        select
-            table_database,
-            table_schema,
-            table_name,
-            coalesce(table_type, 'external') as table_type,
-            is_date_shard,
-
-            struct(
-                min(shard_name) as shard_min,
-                max(shard_name) as shard_max,
-                count(*) as shard_count
-            ) as table_shards,
-
-            sum(size_bytes) as size_bytes,
-            sum(row_count) as row_count,
-
-            max(relation_id) as relation_id
-
-        from extracted
-        group by 1,2,3,4,5
-
-    ),
-
-    info_schema_columns as (
-
-        select
-            concat(table_catalog, '.', table_schema, '.', table_name) as relation_id,
-            table_catalog as table_database,
-            table_schema,
-            table_name,
-
-            -- use the "real" column name from the paths query below
-            column_name as base_column_name,
-            ordinal_position as column_index,
-
-            is_partitioning_column,
-            clustering_ordinal_position
-
-        from {{ information_schema.replace(information_schema_view='COLUMNS') }}
-        where ordinal_position is not null
-
-    ),
-
-    info_schema_column_paths as (
-
-        select
-            concat(table_catalog, '.', table_schema, '.', table_name) as relation_id,
-            field_path as column_name,
-            data_type as column_type,
-            column_name as base_column_name,
-            description as column_comment
-
-        from {{ information_schema.replace(information_schema_view='COLUMN_FIELD_PATHS') }}
-
-    ),
-
-    columns as (
-
-        select * except (base_column_name)
-        from info_schema_columns
-        join info_schema_column_paths using (relation_id, base_column_name)
-
-    ),
-
-    column_stats as (
-
-        select
-            table_database,
-            table_schema,
-            table_name,
-            max(relation_id) as relation_id,
-            max(case when is_partitioning_column = 'YES' then 1 else 0 end) = 1 as is_partitioned,
-            max(case when is_partitioning_column = 'YES' then column_name else null end) as partition_column,
-            max(case when clustering_ordinal_position is not null then 1 else 0 end) = 1 as is_clustered,
-            array_to_string(
-                array_agg(
-                    case
-                        when clustering_ordinal_position is not null then column_name
-                        else null
-                    end ignore nulls
-                    order by clustering_ordinal_position
-                ), ', '
-            ) as clustering_columns
-
-        from columns
-        group by 1,2,3
-
-    )
-
-    select
-        unsharded_tables.table_database,
-        unsharded_tables.table_schema,
-        case
-            when is_date_shard then concat(unsharded_tables.table_name, '*')
-            else unsharded_tables.table_name
-        end as table_name,
-        unsharded_tables.table_type,
-        table_options.table_comment,
-
-        -- coalesce name and type for External tables - these columns are not
-        -- present in the COLUMN_FIELD_PATHS resultset
-        coalesce(columns.column_name, '<unknown>') as column_name,
-        -- invent a row number to account for nested fields -- BQ does
-        -- not treat these nested properties as independent fields
-        row_number() over (
-            partition by relation_id
-            order by columns.column_index, columns.column_name
-        ) as column_index,
-        coalesce(columns.column_type, '<unknown>') as column_type,
-        columns.column_comment,
-
-        'Shard count' as `stats__date_shards__label`,
-        table_shards.shard_count as `stats__date_shards__value`,
-        'The number of date shards in this table' as `stats__date_shards__description`,
-        is_date_shard as `stats__date_shards__include`,
-
-        'Shard (min)' as `stats__date_shard_min__label`,
-        table_shards.shard_min as `stats__date_shard_min__value`,
-        'The first date shard in this table' as `stats__date_shard_min__description`,
-        is_date_shard as `stats__date_shard_min__include`,
-
-        'Shard (max)' as `stats__date_shard_max__label`,
-        table_shards.shard_max as `stats__date_shard_max__value`,
-        'The last date shard in this table' as `stats__date_shard_max__description`,
-        is_date_shard as `stats__date_shard_max__include`,
-
-        '# Rows' as `stats__num_rows__label`,
-        row_count as `stats__num_rows__value`,
-        'Approximate count of rows in this table' as `stats__num_rows__description`,
-        (unsharded_tables.table_type = 'table') as `stats__num_rows__include`,
-
-        'Approximate Size' as `stats__num_bytes__label`,
-        size_bytes as `stats__num_bytes__value`,
-        'Approximate size of table as reported by BigQuery' as `stats__num_bytes__description`,
-        (unsharded_tables.table_type = 'table') as `stats__num_bytes__include`,
-
-        'Partitioned By' as `stats__partitioning_type__label`,
-        partition_column as `stats__partitioning_type__value`,
-        'The partitioning column for this table' as `stats__partitioning_type__description`,
-        is_partitioned as `stats__partitioning_type__include`,
-
-        'Clustered By' as `stats__clustering_fields__label`,
-        clustering_columns as `stats__clustering_fields__value`,
-        'The clustering columns for this table' as `stats__clustering_fields__description`,
-        is_clustered as `stats__clustering_fields__include`
-
-    -- join using relation_id (an actual relation, not a shard prefix) to make
-    -- sure that column metadata is picked up through the join. This will only
-    -- return the column information for the "max" table in a date-sharded table set
-    from unsharded_tables
-    left join table_options using (relation_id)
-    left join columns using (relation_id)
-    left join column_stats using (relation_id)
-  {%- endset -%}
-
-  {%- endif -%}
-
-  {{ return(run_query(query)) }}
-
-{%- endmacro %}
diff --git a/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/catalog/by_relation.sql b/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/catalog/by_relation.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..adaa740f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/catalog/by_relation.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{% macro bigquery__get_catalog_relations(information_schema, relations) -%}
+
+    {%- if (relations | length) == 0 -%}
+        {# Hopefully nothing cares about the columns we return when there are no rows #}
+        {%- set query = "select 1 as id limit 0" -%}
+
+    {%- else -%}
+        {%- set query -%}
+            with
+                table_shards_stage as ({{ _bigquery__get_table_shards_sql(information_schema) }}),
+                table_shards as (
+                    select * from table_shards_stage
+                    where (
+                        {%- for relation in relations -%}
+                            (
+                                upper(table_schema) = upper('{{ relation.schema }}')
+                            and upper(table_name) = upper('{{ relation.identifier }}')
+                            )
+                            {%- if not loop.last %} or {% endif -%}
+                        {%- endfor -%}
+                    )
+                ),
+                tables as ({{ _bigquery__get_tables_sql() }}),
+                table_stats as ({{ _bigquery__get_table_stats_sql() }}),
+
+                columns as ({{ _bigquery__get_columns_sql(information_schema) }}),
+                column_stats as ({{ _bigquery__get_column_stats_sql() }})
+
+            {{ _bigquery__get_extended_catalog_sql() }}
+        {%- endset -%}
+
+    {%- endif -%}
+
+    {{ return(run_query(query)) }}
+
+{%- endmacro %}
diff --git a/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/catalog/by_schema.sql b/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/catalog/by_schema.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0d36f2b84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/catalog/by_schema.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{% macro bigquery__get_catalog(information_schema, schemas) -%}
+
+    {%- if (schemas | length) == 0 -%}
+        {# Hopefully nothing cares about the columns we return when there are no rows #}
+        {%- set query = "select 1 as id limit 0" -%}
+
+    {%- else -%}
+        {%- set query -%}
+            with
+                table_shards as (
+                    {{ _bigquery__get_table_shards_sql(information_schema) }}
+                    where (
+                        {%- for schema in schemas -%}
+                            upper(tables.dataset_id) = upper('{{ schema }}')
+                            {%- if not loop.last %} or {% endif -%}
+                        {%- endfor -%}
+                    )
+                ),
+                tables as ({{ _bigquery__get_tables_sql() }}),
+                table_stats as ({{ _bigquery__get_table_stats_sql() }}),
+
+                columns as ({{ _bigquery__get_columns_sql(information_schema) }}),
+                column_stats as ({{ _bigquery__get_column_stats_sql() }})
+
+            {{ _bigquery__get_extended_catalog_sql() }}
+        {%- endset -%}
+
+    {%- endif -%}
+
+    {{ return(run_query(query)) }}
+
+{%- endmacro %}
diff --git a/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/catalog/catalog.sql b/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/catalog/catalog.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..de16f82bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/catalog/catalog.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+{% macro _bigquery__get_table_shards_sql(information_schema) %}
+    select
+        tables.project_id as table_catalog,
+        tables.dataset_id as table_schema,
+        coalesce(REGEXP_EXTRACT(tables.table_id, '^(.+)[0-9]{8}$'), tables.table_id) as table_name,
+        tables.table_id as shard_name,
+        REGEXP_EXTRACT(tables.table_id, '^.+([0-9]{8})$') as shard_index,
+        REGEXP_CONTAINS(tables.table_id, '^.+[0-9]{8}$') and tables.type = 1 as is_date_shard,
+        case
+            when materialized_views.table_name is not null then 'materialized view'
+            when tables.type = 1 then 'table'
+            when tables.type = 2 then 'view'
+            else 'external'
+        end as table_type,
+        tables.type = 1 as is_table,
+        JSON_VALUE(table_description.option_value) as table_comment,
+        tables.size_bytes,
+        tables.row_count
+    from {{ information_schema.replace(information_schema_view='__TABLES__') }} tables
+    left join {{ information_schema.replace(information_schema_view='MATERIALIZED_VIEWS') }} materialized_views
+        on materialized_views.table_catalog = tables.project_id
+        and materialized_views.table_schema = tables.dataset_id
+        and materialized_views.table_name = tables.table_id
+    left join {{ information_schema.replace(information_schema_view='TABLE_OPTIONS') }} table_description
+        on table_description.table_catalog = tables.project_id
+        and table_description.table_schema = tables.dataset_id
+        and table_description.table_name = tables.table_id
+        and table_description.option_name = 'description'
+{% endmacro %}
+
+
+{% macro _bigquery__get_tables_sql() %}
+    select distinct
+        table_catalog,
+        table_schema,
+        table_name,
+        is_date_shard,
+        table_type,
+        is_table,
+        table_comment
+    from table_shards
+{% endmacro %}
+
+
+{% macro _bigquery__get_table_stats_sql() %}
+    select
+        table_catalog,
+        table_schema,
+        table_name,
+        max(shard_name) as latest_shard_name,
+        min(shard_index) as shard_min,
+        max(shard_index) as shard_max,
+        count(shard_index) as shard_count,
+        sum(size_bytes) as size_bytes,
+        sum(row_count) as row_count
+    from table_shards
+    group by 1, 2, 3
+{% endmacro %}
+
+
+{% macro _bigquery__get_columns_sql(information_schema) %}
+    select
+        columns.table_catalog,
+        columns.table_schema,
+        columns.table_name as shard_name,
+        coalesce(paths.field_path, '<unknown>') as column_name,
+        -- invent a row number to account for nested fields
+        -- BQ does not treat these nested properties as independent fields
+        row_number() over (
+            partition by
+                columns.table_catalog,
+                columns.table_schema,
+                columns.table_name
+            order by
+                columns.ordinal_position,
+                paths.field_path
+        ) as column_index,
+        coalesce(paths.data_type, '<unknown>') as column_type,
+        paths.description as column_comment,
+        case when columns.is_partitioning_column = 'YES' then 1 else 0 end as is_partitioning_column,
+        case when columns.is_partitioning_column = 'YES' then paths.field_path end as partition_column,
+        case when columns.clustering_ordinal_position is not null then 1 else 0 end as is_clustering_column,
+        case when columns.clustering_ordinal_position is not null then paths.field_path end as cluster_column,
+        columns.clustering_ordinal_position
+    from {{ information_schema.replace(information_schema_view='COLUMNS') }} columns
+    join {{ information_schema.replace(information_schema_view='COLUMN_FIELD_PATHS') }} paths
+        on paths.table_catalog = columns.table_catalog
+        and paths.table_schema = columns.table_schema
+        and paths.table_name = columns.table_name
+        and paths.column_name = columns.column_name
+    where columns.ordinal_position is not null
+{% endmacro %}
+
+
+{% macro _bigquery__get_column_stats_sql() %}
+    select
+        table_catalog,
+        table_schema,
+        shard_name,
+        max(is_partitioning_column) = 1 as is_partitioned,
+        max(partition_column) as partition_column,
+        max(is_clustering_column) = 1 as is_clustered,
+        array_to_string(
+            array_agg(
+                cluster_column ignore nulls
+                order by clustering_ordinal_position
+            ), ', '
+        ) as clustering_columns
+    from columns
+    group by 1, 2, 3
+{% endmacro %}
+
+
+{% macro _bigquery__get_extended_catalog_sql() %}
+    select
+        tables.table_catalog as table_database,
+        tables.table_schema,
+        case
+            when tables.is_date_shard then concat(tables.table_name, '*')
+            else tables.table_name
+        end as table_name,
+        tables.table_type,
+        tables.table_comment,
+        columns.column_name,
+        columns.column_index,
+        columns.column_type,
+        columns.column_comment,
+
+        'Shard count' as `stats__date_shards__label`,
+        table_stats.shard_count as `stats__date_shards__value`,
+        'The number of date shards in this table' as `stats__date_shards__description`,
+        tables.is_date_shard as `stats__date_shards__include`,
+
+        'Shard (min)' as `stats__date_shard_min__label`,
+        table_stats.shard_min as `stats__date_shard_min__value`,
+        'The first date shard in this table' as `stats__date_shard_min__description`,
+        tables.is_date_shard as `stats__date_shard_min__include`,
+
+        'Shard (max)' as `stats__date_shard_max__label`,
+        table_stats.shard_max as `stats__date_shard_max__value`,
+        'The last date shard in this table' as `stats__date_shard_max__description`,
+        tables.is_date_shard as `stats__date_shard_max__include`,
+
+        '# Rows' as `stats__num_rows__label`,
+        table_stats.row_count as `stats__num_rows__value`,
+        'Approximate count of rows in this table' as `stats__num_rows__description`,
+        tables.is_table as `stats__num_rows__include`,
+
+        'Approximate Size' as `stats__num_bytes__label`,
+        table_stats.size_bytes as `stats__num_bytes__value`,
+        'Approximate size of table as reported by BigQuery' as `stats__num_bytes__description`,
+        tables.is_table as `stats__num_bytes__include`,
+
+        'Partitioned By' as `stats__partitioning_type__label`,
+        column_stats.partition_column as `stats__partitioning_type__value`,
+        'The partitioning column for this table' as `stats__partitioning_type__description`,
+        column_stats.is_partitioned as `stats__partitioning_type__include`,
+
+        'Clustered By' as `stats__clustering_fields__label`,
+        column_stats.clustering_columns as `stats__clustering_fields__value`,
+        'The clustering columns for this table' as `stats__clustering_fields__description`,
+        column_stats.is_clustered as `stats__clustering_fields__include`
+
+    from tables
+    join table_stats
+        on table_stats.table_catalog = tables.table_catalog
+        and table_stats.table_schema = tables.table_schema
+        and table_stats.table_name = tables.table_name
+    left join column_stats
+        on column_stats.table_catalog = tables.table_catalog
+        and column_stats.table_schema = tables.table_schema
+        and column_stats.shard_name = table_stats.latest_shard_name
+    left join columns
+        on columns.table_catalog = tables.table_catalog
+        and columns.table_schema = tables.table_schema
+        and columns.shard_name = table_stats.latest_shard_name
+{% endmacro %}
diff --git a/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/materializations/incremental_strategy/common.sql b/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/materializations/incremental_strategy/common.sql
index 9d71ba7c0..1c02f4912 100644
--- a/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/materializations/incremental_strategy/common.sql
+++ b/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/materializations/incremental_strategy/common.sql
@@ -11,3 +11,23 @@
   {%- endif -%}
 
 {% endmacro %}
+
+{% macro predicate_for_avoid_require_partition_filter(target='DBT_INTERNAL_DEST') %}
+
+    {%- set raw_partition_by = config.get('partition_by', none) -%}
+    {%- set partition_config = adapter.parse_partition_by(raw_partition_by) -%}
+    {%- set predicate = none -%}
+
+    {% if partition_config and config.get('require_partition_filter') -%}
+        {%- set partition_field = partition_config.time_partitioning_field() if partition_config.time_ingestion_partitioning else partition_config.field -%}
+        {% set predicate %}
+            (
+                `{{ target }}`.`{{ partition_field }}` is null
+                or `{{ target }}`.`{{ partition_field }}` is not null
+            )
+        {% endset %}
+    {%- endif -%}
+
+    {{ return(predicate) }}
+
+{% endmacro %}
diff --git a/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/materializations/incremental_strategy/merge.sql b/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/materializations/incremental_strategy/merge.sql
index 90af66f52..a204caed9 100644
--- a/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/materializations/incremental_strategy/merge.sql
+++ b/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/materializations/incremental_strategy/merge.sql
@@ -21,7 +21,13 @@
         {%- endif -%}
     {%- endset -%}
 
-    {% set build_sql = get_merge_sql(target_relation, source_sql, unique_key, dest_columns, incremental_predicates) %}
+    {%- set predicates = [] if incremental_predicates is none else [] + incremental_predicates -%}
+    {%- set avoid_require_partition_filter = predicate_for_avoid_require_partition_filter() -%}
+    {%- if avoid_require_partition_filter is not none -%}
+        {% do predicates.append(avoid_require_partition_filter) %}
+    {%- endif -%}
+
+    {% set build_sql = get_merge_sql(target_relation, source_sql, unique_key, dest_columns, predicates) %}
 
     {{ return(build_sql) }}
 
diff --git a/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/materializations/seed.sql b/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/materializations/seed.sql
index 6ac7337f3..c89d00598 100644
--- a/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/materializations/seed.sql
+++ b/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/materializations/seed.sql
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
   {%- set column_override = model['config'].get('column_types', {}) -%}
   {{ adapter.load_dataframe(model['database'], model['schema'], model['alias'],
-  							agate_table, column_override) }}
+  							agate_table, column_override, model['config']['delimiter']) }}
 
   {% call statement() %}
     alter table {{ this.render() }} set {{ bigquery_table_options(config, model) }}
diff --git a/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/materializations/table.sql b/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/materializations/table.sql
index 68117b06a..e3c5b3598 100644
--- a/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/materializations/table.sql
+++ b/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/materializations/table.sql
@@ -49,12 +49,19 @@
 from pyspark.sql import SparkSession
 {%- set raw_partition_by = config.get('partition_by', none) -%}
 {%- set raw_cluster_by = config.get('cluster_by', none) -%}
+{%- set enable_list_inference = config.get('enable_list_inference', true) -%}
+{%- set intermediate_format = config.get('intermediate_format', none) -%}
+
 {%- set partition_config = adapter.parse_partition_by(raw_partition_by) %}
 
 spark = SparkSession.builder.appName('smallTest').getOrCreate()
 
 spark.conf.set("viewsEnabled","true")
 spark.conf.set("temporaryGcsBucket","{{target.gcs_bucket}}")
+spark.conf.set("enableListInference", "{{ enable_list_inference }}")
+{% if intermediate_format %}
+spark.conf.set("intermediateFormat", "{{ intermediate_format }}")
+{% endif %}
 
 {{ compiled_code }}
 dbt = dbtObj(spark.read.format("bigquery").load)
diff --git a/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/utils/date.sql b/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/utils/date.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f3b85aca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/utils/date.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{% macro bigquery__date(year, month, day) -%}
+    date({{ year }}, {{ month }}, {{ day }})
+{%- endmacro %}
diff --git a/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/utils/string_literal.sql b/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/utils/string_literal.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07e67319a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/utils/string_literal.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{%- macro bigquery__string_literal(value) -%}
+    '''{{ value }}'''
+{%- endmacro -%}
diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index 0af563a7d..cf7b1b87c 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ git+https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-adapters.git
 git+https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-adapters.git#subdirectory=dbt-tests-adapter
 # if version 1.x or greater -> pin to major version
 # if version 0.x -> pin to minor
-black~=23.12
+black>=24.3
 bumpversion~=0.6.0
 click~=8.1
-ddtrace~=2.3
+ddtrace==2.3.0
 flake8~=6.1
 flaky~=3.7
 freezegun~=1.3
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3b9431fd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# this image gets published to GHCR for production use
+ARG py_version=3.11.2
+
+FROM python:$py_version-slim-bullseye as base
+
+RUN apt-get update \
+  && apt-get dist-upgrade -y \
+  && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    build-essential=12.9 \
+    ca-certificates=20210119 \
+    git=1:2.30.2-1+deb11u2 \
+    libpq-dev=13.14-0+deb11u1 \
+    make=4.3-4.1 \
+    openssh-client=1:8.4p1-5+deb11u3 \
+    software-properties-common=0.96.20.2-2.1 \
+  && apt-get clean \
+  && rm -rf \
+    /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+    /tmp/* \
+    /var/tmp/*
+
+ENV PYTHONIOENCODING=utf-8
+ENV LANG=C.UTF-8
+
+RUN python -m pip install --upgrade "pip==24.0" "setuptools==69.2.0" "wheel==0.43.0" --no-cache-dir
+
+
+FROM base as dbt-bigquery
+
+ARG commit_ref=main
+
+HEALTHCHECK CMD dbt --version || exit 1
+
+WORKDIR /usr/app/dbt/
+ENTRYPOINT ["dbt"]
+
+RUN python -m pip install --no-cache-dir "dbt-bigquery @ git+https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery@${commit_ref}"
diff --git a/docker/README.md b/docker/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8c60deaa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+# Docker for dbt
+This docker file is suitable for building dbt Docker images locally or using with CI/CD to automate populating a container registry.
+
+
+## Building an image:
+This Dockerfile can create images for the following target: `dbt-bigquery`
+
+In order to build a new image, run the following docker command.
+```shell
+docker build --tag <your_image_name> --target dbt-bigquery <path/to/dockerfile>
+```
+---
+> **Note:**  Docker must be configured to use [BuildKit](https://docs.docker.com/develop/develop-images/build_enhancements/) in order for images to build properly!
+
+---
+
+By default the image will be populated with the latest version of `dbt-bigquery` on `main`.
+If you need to use a different version you can specify it by git ref using the `--build-arg` flag:
+```shell
+docker build --tag <your_image_name> \
+  --target dbt-bigquery \
+  --build-arg commit_ref=<commit_ref> \
+  <path/to/dockerfile>
+```
+
+### Examples:
+To build an image named "my-dbt" that supports Snowflake using the latest releases:
+```shell
+cd dbt-core/docker
+docker build --tag my-dbt --target dbt-bigquery .
+```
+
+To build an image named "my-other-dbt" that supports Snowflake using the adapter version 1.0.0b1:
+```shell
+cd dbt-core/docker
+docker build \
+  --tag my-other-dbt \
+  --target dbt-bigquery \
+  --build-arg commit_ref=v1.0.0b1 \
+ .
+```
+
+## Running an image in a container:
+The `ENTRYPOINT` for this Dockerfile is the command `dbt` so you can bind-mount your project to `/usr/app` and use dbt as normal:
+```shell
+docker run \
+  --network=host \
+  --mount type=bind,source=path/to/project,target=/usr/app \
+  --mount type=bind,source=path/to/profiles.yml,target=/root/.dbt/profiles.yml \
+  my-dbt \
+  ls
+```
+---
+**Notes:**
+* Bind-mount sources _must_ be an absolute path
+* You may need to make adjustments to the docker networking setting depending on the specifics of your data warehouse/database host.
+
+---
diff --git a/docker/dev.Dockerfile b/docker/dev.Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2afad0a95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/dev.Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# this image does not get published, it is intended for local development only, see `Makefile` for usage
+FROM ubuntu:24.04 as base
+
+# prevent python installation from asking for time zone region
+ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+# add python repository
+RUN apt-get update \
+  && apt-get install -y software-properties-common=0.99.22.9 \
+  && add-apt-repository -y ppa:deadsnakes/ppa \
+  && apt-get clean \
+  && rm -rf \
+    /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+    /tmp/* \
+    /var/tmp/*
+
+# install python
+RUN apt-get update \
+  && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    build-essential=12.9ubuntu3 \
+    git-all=1:2.34.1-1ubuntu1.10 \
+    python3.8=3.8.19-1+jammy1 \
+    python3.8-dev=3.8.19-1+jammy1 \
+    python3.8-distutils=3.8.19-1+jammy1 \
+    python3.8-venv=3.8.19-1+jammy1 \
+    python3-pip=22.0.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.4 \
+    python3-wheel=0.37.1-2ubuntu0.22.04.1 \
+  && apt-get clean \
+  && rm -rf \
+    /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+    /tmp/* \
+    /var/tmp/*
+
+# update the default system interpreter to the newly installed version
+RUN update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python3 python3 /usr/bin/python3.8 1
+
+
+FROM base as dbt-bigquery-dev
+
+HEALTHCHECK CMD python3 --version || exit 1
+
+# send stdout/stderr to terminal
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+
+# setup mount for local code
+WORKDIR /opt/code
+VOLUME /opt/code
+
+# create a virtual environment
+RUN python3 -m venv /opt/venv
diff --git a/docker_dev/README.md b/docker_dev/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index dd487fea7..000000000
--- a/docker_dev/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# Docker Dev Images
-
-These images are solely for development purposes. They are
-saved here for convenience. There should be no expectation
-of stability or maintenance.
diff --git a/docker_dev/ubuntu.Dockerfile b/docker_dev/ubuntu.Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index bac3f5993..000000000
--- a/docker_dev/ubuntu.Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-FROM ubuntu:latest
-
-# default to py3.11, this can be overridden at build, e.g. `docker build ... --build-arg version=3.10`
-ARG version=3.11
-
-# prevent python installation from asking for time zone region
-ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-
-# get add-apt-repository
-RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y software-properties-common
-
-# add the python repository
-RUN apt-get update && \
-    add-apt-repository -y ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
-
-# install python and git (for installing dbt-core)
-RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-        python$version \
-        python$version-dev \
-        python$version-distutils \
-        python$version-venv \
-        python3-pip \
-        python3-wheel \
-        build-essential \
-        git-all
-
-# clean up
-RUN apt-get clean && \
-    rm -rf \
-        /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
-        /tmp/* \
-        /var/tmp/*
-
-# update the default system interpreter to the newly installed version
-RUN update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python3 python3 /usr/bin/python$version 1
-
-# setup mount for our code
-WORKDIR /opt/code
-VOLUME /opt/code
-
-# install tox in the system interpreter (it creates it's own virtual environments)
-RUN pip install tox
-
-# explicitly create a virtual environment as well for interactive testing
-RUN python3 -m venv /opt/venv
-
-# send stdout/stderr to terminal
-ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2e969e246..3f4bad228 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ def _dbt_bigquery_version() -> str:
 
 
 package_name = "dbt-bigquery"
-package_version = "1.8.0a1"
 description = """The BigQuery adapter plugin for dbt"""
 
 setup(
@@ -51,14 +50,17 @@ def _dbt_bigquery_version() -> str:
     packages=find_namespace_packages(include=["dbt", "dbt.*"]),
     include_package_data=True,
     install_requires=[
-        "dbt-common<1.0",
-        "dbt-adapters~=0.1.0a1",
-        "google-cloud-bigquery~=3.0",
+        "dbt-common>=1.0.4,<2.0",
+        "dbt-adapters>=1.1.1,<2.0",
+        # 3.20 introduced pyarrow>=3.0 under the `pandas` extra
+        "google-cloud-bigquery[pandas]>=3.0,<4.0",
         "google-cloud-storage~=2.4",
         "google-cloud-dataproc~=5.0",
         # ----
         # Expect compatibility with all new versions of these packages, so lower bounds only.
         "google-api-core>=2.11.0",
+        # add dbt-core to ensure backwards compatibility of installation, this is not a functional dependency
+        "dbt-core>=1.8.0",
     ],
     zip_safe=False,
     classifiers=[
diff --git a/tests/boundary/test_bigquery_sdk.py b/tests/boundary/test_bigquery_sdk.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b8e6c9995
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/boundary/test_bigquery_sdk.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import pytest
+
+from dbt.tests.util import get_connection
+from google.cloud.bigquery import Client, DatasetReference, TableReference
+from google.api_core.exceptions import NotFound
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("table_name", ["this_table_does_not_exist"])
+def test_get_table_does_not_exist(project, table_name):
+    """
+    TODO: replace dbt project methods with direct connection instantiation
+    """
+    with get_connection(project.adapter) as conn:
+        client: Client = conn.handle
+        dataset_ref = DatasetReference(project.database, project.test_schema)
+        table_ref = TableReference(dataset_ref, table_name)
+        with pytest.raises(NotFound):
+            client.get_table(table_ref)
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/dbt_show/test_dbt_show.py b/tests/functional/adapter/dbt_show/test_dbt_show.py
index 203d7031b..acb54cc47 100644
--- a/tests/functional/adapter/dbt_show/test_dbt_show.py
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/dbt_show/test_dbt_show.py
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
     limit 5
     """
 
+model_with_null_json_struct = """
+    select (struct<k json>(null)) as null_struct
+"""
+
 
 class TestBigQueryShowLimit(BaseShowLimit):
     pass
@@ -40,7 +44,11 @@ class TestBigQueryShowSqlWorksWithJSONStruct:
     def models(self):
         return {
             "json_struct_model.sql": model_with_json_struct,
+            "null_json_struct_model.sql": model_with_null_json_struct,
         }
 
     def test_sql_header(self, project):
         run_dbt(["show", "--select", "json_struct_model"])
+
+    def test_show_with_null_json_struct(self, project):
+        run_dbt(["show", "--select", "null_json_struct_model"])
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/empty/test_empty.py b/tests/functional/adapter/empty/test_empty.py
index c224c51df..3bf47f35d 100644
--- a/tests/functional/adapter/empty/test_empty.py
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/empty/test_empty.py
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-from dbt.tests.adapter.empty.test_empty import BaseTestEmpty
+from dbt.tests.adapter.empty.test_empty import BaseTestEmpty, BaseTestEmptyInlineSourceRef
 
 
 class TestBigQueryEmpty(BaseTestEmpty):
     pass
+
+
+class TestBigQueryEmptyInlineSourceRef(BaseTestEmptyInlineSourceRef):
+    pass
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/incremental/incremental_strategy_fixtures.py b/tests/functional/adapter/incremental/incremental_strategy_fixtures.py
index a8f0004c5..17391b48d 100644
--- a/tests/functional/adapter/incremental/incremental_strategy_fixtures.py
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/incremental/incremental_strategy_fixtures.py
@@ -90,6 +90,63 @@
 {% endif %}
 """.lstrip()
 
+merge_time_with_require_partition_sql = """
+{{
+    config(
+        materialized="incremental",
+        unique_key="id",
+        cluster_by="id",
+        partition_by={
+            "field": "date_time",
+            "data_type": "dateTime"
+        },
+        post_hook="
+            create or replace view `{{ schema }}.incremental_merge_time_with_require_partition_view`
+            as select * from {{ this }} where date_time is null or date_time is not null
+        ",
+        require_partition_filter=true
+    )
+}}
+
+
+
+with data as (
+
+    {% if not is_incremental() %}
+
+        select 1 as id, cast('2020-01-01' as datetime) as date_time union all
+        select 2 as id, cast('2020-01-01' as datetime) as date_time union all
+        select 3 as id, cast('2020-01-01' as datetime) as date_time union all
+        select 4 as id, cast('2020-01-01' as datetime) as date_time
+
+    {% else %}
+
+        select 1 as id, cast('2020-01-01' as datetime) as date_time union all
+        select 2 as id, cast('2020-01-01' as datetime) as date_time union all
+        select 3 as id, cast('2020-01-01' as datetime) as date_time union all
+        select 4 as id, cast('2020-01-02' as datetime) as date_time union all
+        select 5 as id, cast('2020-01-02' as datetime) as date_time union all
+        select 6 as id, cast('2020-01-02' as datetime) as date_time
+
+    {% endif %}
+
+)
+
+select * from data
+
+{% if is_incremental() %}
+where date_time > (
+    select max(date_time)
+    from {{ this }}
+    where (
+        date_time is null
+        or date_time is not null
+    )
+)
+
+{% endif %}
+""".lstrip()
+
 overwrite_date_sql = """
 {{
     config(
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/incremental/test_incremental_strategies.py b/tests/functional/adapter/incremental/test_incremental_strategies.py
index b3a51ad09..1a339d601 100644
--- a/tests/functional/adapter/incremental/test_incremental_strategies.py
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/incremental/test_incremental_strategies.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 from tests.functional.adapter.incremental.incremental_strategy_fixtures import (
     merge_range_sql,
     merge_time_sql,
+    merge_time_with_require_partition_sql,
     overwrite_date_sql,
     overwrite_day_sql,
     overwrite_day_with_copy_partitions_sql,
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ def models(self):
         return {
             "incremental_merge_range.sql": merge_range_sql,
             "incremental_merge_time.sql": merge_time_sql,
+            "incremental_merge_time_with_require_partition.sql": merge_time_with_require_partition_sql,
             "incremental_overwrite_date.sql": overwrite_date_sql,
             "incremental_overwrite_day.sql": overwrite_day_sql,
             "incremental_overwrite_day_with_copy_partitions.sql": overwrite_day_with_copy_partitions_sql,
@@ -65,13 +67,14 @@ def seeds(self):
     def test__bigquery_assert_incremental_configurations_apply_the_right_strategy(self, project):
         run_dbt(["seed"])
         results = run_dbt()
-        assert len(results) == 11
+        assert len(results) == 12
 
         results = run_dbt()
-        assert len(results) == 11
+        assert len(results) == 12
         incremental_strategies = [
             ("incremental_merge_range", "merge_expected"),
             ("incremental_merge_time", "merge_expected"),
+            ("incremental_merge_time_with_require_partition_view", "merge_expected"),
             ("incremental_overwrite_time", "incremental_overwrite_time_expected"),
             ("incremental_overwrite_date", "incremental_overwrite_date_expected"),
             ("incremental_overwrite_partitions", "incremental_overwrite_date_expected"),
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/sources_freshness_tests/files.py b/tests/functional/adapter/sources_freshness_tests/files.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eaca96648
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/sources_freshness_tests/files.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+SCHEMA_YML = """version: 2
+sources:
+  - name: test_source
+    freshness:
+      warn_after: {count: 10, period: hour}
+      error_after: {count: 1, period: day}
+    schema: "{{ env_var('DBT_GET_LAST_RELATION_TEST_SCHEMA') }}"
+    tables:
+      - name: test_source
+"""
+
+SEED_TEST_SOURCE_CSV = """
+id,name
+1,Martin
+2,Jeter
+3,Ruth
+4,Gehrig
+5,DiMaggio
+6,Torre
+7,Mantle
+8,Berra
+9,Maris
+""".strip()
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/sources_freshness_tests/test_get_relation_last_modified.py b/tests/functional/adapter/sources_freshness_tests/test_get_relation_last_modified.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..08e263edb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/sources_freshness_tests/test_get_relation_last_modified.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import os
+import pytest
+
+from dbt.tests.util import run_dbt
+
+from tests.functional.adapter.sources_freshness_tests import files
+
+
+class TestGetLastRelationModified:
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def seeds(self):
+        return {"test_source.csv": files.SEED_TEST_SOURCE_CSV}
+
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def models(self):
+        return {"schema.yml": files.SCHEMA_YML}
+
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class", autouse=True)
+    def setup(self, project):
+        # we need the schema name for the sources section
+        os.environ["DBT_GET_LAST_RELATION_TEST_SCHEMA"] = project.test_schema
+        run_dbt(["seed"])
+        yield
+        del os.environ["DBT_GET_LAST_RELATION_TEST_SCHEMA"]
+
+    def test_get_last_relation_modified(self, project):
+        results = run_dbt(["source", "freshness"])
+        assert len(results) == 1
+        result = results[0]
+        assert result.status == "pass"
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/test_simple_seed.py b/tests/functional/adapter/test_simple_seed.py
index b01f99346..5ec19d420 100644
--- a/tests/functional/adapter/test_simple_seed.py
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/test_simple_seed.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 from dbt.tests.adapter.simple_seed.test_seed import BaseTestEmptySeed
 from dbt.tests.adapter.utils.base_utils import run_dbt
 
-
 _SEED_CONFIGS_CSV = """
 seed_id,stuff
 1,a
@@ -156,3 +155,38 @@ def test__bigquery_seed_table_with_labels_config_bigquery(self, project):
 
 class TestBigQueryEmptySeed(BaseTestEmptySeed):
     pass
+
+
+class TestBigQuerySeedWithUniqueDelimiter(TestSimpleSeedConfigs):
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def seeds(self):
+        return {
+            "seed_enabled.csv": seeds__enabled_in_config_csv.replace(",", "|"),
+            "seed_tricky.csv": seeds__tricky_csv.replace(",", "\t"),
+            "seed_configs.csv": _SEED_CONFIGS_CSV,
+        }
+
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def project_config_update(self):
+        return {
+            "config-version": 2,
+            "seeds": {
+                "test": {
+                    "enabled": False,
+                    "quote_columns": True,
+                    "seed_enabled": {
+                        "enabled": True,
+                        "+column_types": self.seed_enabled_types(),
+                        "delimiter": "|",
+                    },
+                    "seed_tricky": {
+                        "enabled": True,
+                        "+column_types": self.seed_tricky_types(),
+                        "delimiter": "\t",
+                    },
+                    "seed_configs": {
+                        "enabled": True,
+                    },
+                },
+            },
+        }
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/test_string_literal_macro.py b/tests/functional/adapter/test_string_literal_macro.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d67f4be71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/test_string_literal_macro.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import pytest
+from dbt.tests.util import run_dbt
+
+
+_MODEL_SQL = """
+select {{ dbt.string_literal('my multiline
+string') }} as test
+"""
+
+
+class TestStringLiteralQuoting:
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def models(self):
+        return {"my_model.sql": _MODEL_SQL}
+
+    def test_string_literal_quoting(self, project):
+        run_dbt()
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/utils/test_utils.py b/tests/functional/adapter/utils/test_utils.py
index 58cecdc7e..384b17108 100644
--- a/tests/functional/adapter/utils/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/utils/test_utils.py
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@
 from dbt.tests.adapter.utils.test_array_construct import BaseArrayConstruct
 from dbt.tests.adapter.utils.test_any_value import BaseAnyValue
 from dbt.tests.adapter.utils.test_bool_or import BaseBoolOr
+from dbt.tests.adapter.utils.test_cast import BaseCast
 from dbt.tests.adapter.utils.test_cast_bool_to_text import BaseCastBoolToText
 from dbt.tests.adapter.utils.test_concat import BaseConcat
 from dbt.tests.adapter.utils.test_current_timestamp import BaseCurrentTimestampAware
+from dbt.tests.adapter.utils.test_date import BaseDate
 from dbt.tests.adapter.utils.test_dateadd import BaseDateAdd
 from dbt.tests.adapter.utils.test_datediff import BaseDateDiff
 from dbt.tests.adapter.utils.test_date_spine import BaseDateSpine
@@ -104,6 +106,10 @@ class TestBoolOr(BaseBoolOr):
     pass
 
 
+class TestCast(BaseCast):
+    pass
+
+
 class TestCastBoolToText(BaseCastBoolToText):
     pass
 
@@ -117,6 +123,10 @@ class TestCurrentTimestamp(BaseCurrentTimestampAware):
     pass
 
 
+class TestDate(BaseDate):
+    pass
+
+
 class TestDateAdd(BaseDateAdd):
     pass
 
diff --git a/tests/functional/python_model_tests/__init__.py b/tests/functional/python_model_tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/tests/functional/python_model_tests/files.py b/tests/functional/python_model_tests/files.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1cb95602a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/python_model_tests/files.py
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+SINGLE_RECORD = """
+import pandas as pd
+
+def model(dbt, session):
+
+    dbt.config(
+        submission_method="serverless",
+        materialized="table"
+    )
+
+    df = pd.DataFrame(
+        [
+            {"column_name": {"name": "hello", "my_list": ["h", "e", "l", "l", "o"]}},
+        ]
+    )
+
+    return df
+"""
+
+
+MULTI_RECORD = """
+import pandas as pd
+
+def model(dbt, session):
+
+    dbt.config(
+        submission_method="serverless",
+        materialized="table",
+    )
+
+    df = pd.DataFrame(
+        [
+            {"column_name": [{"name": "hello", "my_list": ["h", "e", "l", "l", "o"]}]},
+        ]
+    )
+
+    return df
+"""
+
+
+ORC_FORMAT = """
+import pandas as pd
+
+def model(dbt, session):
+
+    dbt.config(
+        submission_method="serverless",
+        materialized="table",
+        intermediate_format="orc",
+    )
+
+    df = pd.DataFrame(
+        [
+            {"column_name": [{"name": "hello", "my_list": ["h", "e", "l", "l", "o"]}]},
+        ]
+    )
+
+    return df
+"""
+
+
+ENABLE_LIST_INFERENCE = """
+import pandas as pd
+
+def model(dbt, session):
+
+    dbt.config(
+        submission_method="serverless",
+        materialized="table",
+        enable_list_inference="true",
+    )
+
+    df = pd.DataFrame(
+        [
+            {"column_name": [{"name": "hello", "my_list": ["h", "e", "l", "l", "o"]}]},
+        ]
+    )
+
+    return df
+"""
+
+
+ENABLE_LIST_INFERENCE_PARQUET_FORMAT = """
+import pandas as pd
+
+def model(dbt, session):
+
+    dbt.config(
+        submission_method="serverless",
+        materialized="table",
+        enable_list_inference="true",
+        intermediate_format="parquet",
+    )
+
+    df = pd.DataFrame(
+        [
+            {"column_name": [{"name": "hello", "my_list": ["h", "e", "l", "l", "o"]}]},
+        ]
+    )
+
+    return df
+"""
+
+
+DISABLE_LIST_INFERENCE_ORC_FORMAT = """
+import pandas as pd
+
+def model(dbt, session):
+
+    dbt.config(
+        submission_method="serverless",
+        materialized="table",
+        enable_list_inference="false",
+        intermediate_format="orc",
+    )
+
+    df = pd.DataFrame(
+        [
+            {"column_name": [{"name": "hello", "my_list": ["h", "e", "l", "l", "o"]}]},
+        ]
+    )
+
+    return df
+
+"""
diff --git a/tests/functional/python_model_tests/test_list_inference.py b/tests/functional/python_model_tests/test_list_inference.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..143a61e88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/python_model_tests/test_list_inference.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+"""
+This test case addresses this regression: https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1047
+
+As the comments point out, the issue appears when the settings are:
+    - list inference: off
+    - intermediate format: parquet
+
+Adjusting either of these alleviates the issue.
+
+When the regression was first reported, `files.MULTI_RECORD` failed while the other models passed.
+"""
+from dbt.tests.util import run_dbt_and_capture
+import pytest
+
+from tests.functional.python_model_tests import files
+
+
+class TestPythonListInference:
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def models(self):
+        return {
+            # this is what worked prior to this issue
+            "single_record.py": files.SINGLE_RECORD,
+            # this is the model that initially failed for this issue
+            "multi_record.py": files.MULTI_RECORD,
+            # these are explicit versions of the default settings
+            "enable_list_inference.py": files.ENABLE_LIST_INFERENCE,
+            "enable_list_inference_parquet_format.py": files.ENABLE_LIST_INFERENCE_PARQUET_FORMAT,
+            # orc format also resolves the issue, regardless of list inference
+            "orc_format.py": files.ORC_FORMAT,
+            "disable_list_inference_orc_format.py": files.DISABLE_LIST_INFERENCE_ORC_FORMAT,
+        }
+
+    def test_models_success(self, project, models):
+        result, output = run_dbt_and_capture(["run"])
+        assert len(result) == len(models)
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_job_timeout.py b/tests/functional/test_job_timeout.py
index be559e816..57172e133 100644
--- a/tests/functional/test_job_timeout.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_job_timeout.py
@@ -59,4 +59,5 @@ def profiles_config_update(self, dbt_profile_target):
 
     def test_job_timeout(self, project):
         result = run_dbt(["run"], expect_pass=False)  # project setup will fail
-        assert f"Query exceeded configured timeout of {_SHORT_TIMEOUT}s" in result[0].message
+        expected_error = f"Operation did not complete within the designated timeout of {_SHORT_TIMEOUT} seconds."
+        assert expected_error in result[0].message
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_bigquery_adapter.py b/tests/unit/test_bigquery_adapter.py
index 34abd0caf..19d9dbd08 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_bigquery_adapter.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_bigquery_adapter.py
@@ -20,10 +20,9 @@
 from dbt.adapters.bigquery.connections import _sanitize_label, _VALIDATE_LABEL_LENGTH_LIMIT
 from dbt_common.clients import agate_helper
 import dbt_common.exceptions
-from dbt.context.manifest import generate_query_header_context
+from dbt.context.query_header import generate_query_header_context
 from dbt.contracts.files import FileHash
 from dbt.contracts.graph.manifest import ManifestStateCheck
-from dbt.logger import GLOBAL_LOGGER as logger  # noqa
 from dbt.context.providers import RuntimeConfigObject, generate_runtime_macro_context
 
 from google.cloud.bigquery import AccessEntry
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_bigquery_connection_manager.py b/tests/unit/test_bigquery_connection_manager.py
index 6bb89ed36..9dc8fe219 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_bigquery_connection_manager.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_bigquery_connection_manager.py
@@ -1,19 +1,14 @@
-import time
 import json
-import pytest
 import unittest
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from requests.exceptions import ConnectionError
 from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock, Mock, ANY
 
 import dbt.adapters
-import dbt_common.dataclass_schema
 
 from dbt.adapters.bigquery import BigQueryCredentials
 from dbt.adapters.bigquery import BigQueryRelation
 from dbt.adapters.bigquery.connections import BigQueryConnectionManager
-import dbt_common.exceptions
-from dbt.logger import GLOBAL_LOGGER as logger  # noqa
 
 
 class TestBigQueryConnectionManager(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -123,26 +118,6 @@ def test_query_and_results(self, mock_bq):
             query="sql", job_config=mock_bq.QueryJobConfig(), timeout=15
         )
 
-    @patch("dbt.adapters.bigquery.impl.google.cloud.bigquery")
-    def test_query_and_results_timeout(self, mock_bq):
-        self.mock_client.query = Mock(
-            return_value=Mock(result=lambda *args, **kwargs: time.sleep(4))
-        )
-        with pytest.raises(dbt_common.exceptions.DbtRuntimeError) as exc:
-            self.connections._query_and_results(
-                self.mock_client,
-                "sql",
-                {"job_param_1": "blah"},
-                job_creation_timeout=15,
-                job_execution_timeout=1,
-            )
-
-        mock_bq.QueryJobConfig.assert_called_once()
-        self.mock_client.query.assert_called_once_with(
-            query="sql", job_config=mock_bq.QueryJobConfig(), timeout=15
-        )
-        assert "Query exceeded configured timeout of 1s" in str(exc.value)
-
     def test_copy_bq_table_appends(self):
         self._copy_table(write_disposition=dbt.adapters.bigquery.impl.WRITE_APPEND)
         args, kwargs = self.mock_client.copy_table.call_args
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_renamed_relations.py b/tests/unit/test_renamed_relations.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e787e6a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_renamed_relations.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+from dbt.adapters.bigquery.relation import BigQueryRelation
+from dbt.adapters.contracts.relation import RelationType
+
+
+def test_renameable_relation():
+    relation = BigQueryRelation.create(
+        database="my_db",
+        schema="my_schema",
+        identifier="my_table",
+        type=RelationType.Table,
+    )
+    assert relation.renameable_relations == frozenset(
+        {
+            RelationType.Table,
+        }
+    )