Exam dbt-Analytics-Engineering Topic 3 Question 123 Discussion

Actual exam question for dbt Labs's dbt-Analytics-Engineering exam
Question #: 123
Topic #: 3
Which two are true for a dbt retry command?
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by benmauricius at Jan 20, 2026, 08:24 AM

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benmauricius
2026-01-20 08:24:44
Selected Answer: BD
How dbt retry actually works (per documentation)
🧩 1. It re‑executes the last dbt command starting from the point of failure
dbt retry uses the run_results.json artifact generated by the previous invocation.
That file contains the list of nodes that were executed and which ones failed.

🧩 2. It only works if the previous run executed at least one node
If dbt never reached execution — for example:
syntax error in a model, missing dependency, warehouse connection failure, compilation error before DAG execution

— then no run_results.json is produced, and dbt retry has nothing to work with.

🧩 3. It does not rerun upstream dependencies
It resumes from the failed node(s), not from the beginning of the DAG.

🧩 4. It does not reuse selectors
Selectors are irrelevant. dbt retry relies solely on the recorded failed nodes in run_results.json.
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