From c6ff3abecd390788f2d29fd7d5d2338fa1ab8bb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emily Rockman <emily.rockman@dbtlabs.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2023 13:23:09 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] remove top level meta attribute (#8766)

---
 .changes/unreleased/Features-20230929-170945.yaml           | 2 +-
 core/dbt/contracts/graph/nodes.py                           | 1 -
 core/dbt/contracts/graph/unparsed.py                        | 1 -
 core/dbt/parser/schema_yaml_readers.py                      | 6 ------
 schemas/dbt/manifest/v11.json                               | 6 ------
 .../semantic_models/test_semantic_model_configs.py          | 1 -
 6 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Features-20230929-170945.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20230929-170945.yaml
index 3497b2f5246..92a2ce484d1 100644
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Features-20230929-170945.yaml
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20230929-170945.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 kind: Features
-body: Add meta attribute to SemanticModels
+body: Add meta attribute to SemanticModels config
 time: 2023-09-29T17:09:45.0354-05:00
 custom:
   Author: emmyoop
diff --git a/core/dbt/contracts/graph/nodes.py b/core/dbt/contracts/graph/nodes.py
index 57a6043e49d..065a60a6d33 100644
--- a/core/dbt/contracts/graph/nodes.py
+++ b/core/dbt/contracts/graph/nodes.py
@@ -1583,7 +1583,6 @@ class SemanticModel(GraphNode):
     refs: List[RefArgs] = field(default_factory=list)
     created_at: float = field(default_factory=lambda: time.time())
     config: SemanticModelConfig = field(default_factory=SemanticModelConfig)
-    meta: Dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
     unrendered_config: Dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
     primary_entity: Optional[str] = None
     group: Optional[str] = None
diff --git a/core/dbt/contracts/graph/unparsed.py b/core/dbt/contracts/graph/unparsed.py
index df8149982f5..d06b13faa03 100644
--- a/core/dbt/contracts/graph/unparsed.py
+++ b/core/dbt/contracts/graph/unparsed.py
@@ -712,7 +712,6 @@ class UnparsedSemanticModel(dbtClassMixin):
     name: str
     model: str  # looks like "ref(...)"
     config: Dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
-    meta: Dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
     description: Optional[str] = None
     label: Optional[str] = None
     defaults: Optional[Defaults] = None
diff --git a/core/dbt/parser/schema_yaml_readers.py b/core/dbt/parser/schema_yaml_readers.py
index 2e357bbbe8e..167175b4dcd 100644
--- a/core/dbt/parser/schema_yaml_readers.py
+++ b/core/dbt/parser/schema_yaml_readers.py
@@ -596,14 +596,8 @@ def parse_semantic_model(self, unparsed: UnparsedSemanticModel):
             config=config,
             unrendered_config=unrendered_config,
             group=config.group,
-            meta=unparsed.meta,
         )
 
-        # If we have meta in the config, copy to node level, for backwards
-        # compatibility with earlier node-only config.
-        if "meta" in config and config["meta"]:
-            parsed.meta = config["meta"]
-
         ctx = generate_parse_semantic_models(
             parsed,
             self.root_project,
diff --git a/schemas/dbt/manifest/v11.json b/schemas/dbt/manifest/v11.json
index 18047ef5135..aafbab125d3 100644
--- a/schemas/dbt/manifest/v11.json
+++ b/schemas/dbt/manifest/v11.json
@@ -5641,12 +5641,6 @@
         "config": {
           "$ref": "#/$defs/SemanticModelConfig"
         },
-        "meta": {
-          "type": "object",
-          "propertyNames": {
-            "type": "string"
-          }
-        },
         "unrendered_config": {
           "type": "object",
           "propertyNames": {
diff --git a/tests/functional/semantic_models/test_semantic_model_configs.py b/tests/functional/semantic_models/test_semantic_model_configs.py
index 5938b1040c3..bd74ad95edd 100644
--- a/tests/functional/semantic_models/test_semantic_model_configs.py
+++ b/tests/functional/semantic_models/test_semantic_model_configs.py
@@ -225,5 +225,4 @@ def test_meta_config(self, project):
         assert sm_id in manifest.semantic_models
         sm_node = manifest.semantic_models[sm_id]
         meta_expected = {"my_meta": "testing", "my_other_meta": "testing more"}
-        assert sm_node.meta == meta_expected
         assert sm_node.config.meta == meta_expected