No warning before modifying a model that will break downstream dependencies
Author: dragonsaheadCreated Jun 30, 2026Updated Sep 17, 2026
LabelsType:BugPriority:P2Querying/ModelsSemantic Layer/Models.Auto triaged.Team/Graphy
Describe the bug
If you make a model, make questions out of it and then modify the model, you don't get a warning if you're going to break questions that will use the model/field that you modify
To Reproduce
- create a model from the orders table
- x-ray it, save the x-ray
- modify the model now, remove the created at field, save
- see that your saved dashboard from the x-ray broke (and most questions out of it, but you never got any warning
Expected behavior
We should tell the user that it's going to break downstream dependencies (as we track these)
Logs
NA
Information about your Metabase installation
v63
Severity
P1
Additional context
NA
Source: metabase/metabase