[Bug] Unable to parse dict error in logs if email property on a group is not specified

[aranke]

Is this a new bug in dbt-core?

• I believe this is a new bug in dbt-core
• I have searched the existing issues, and I could not find an existing issue for this bug

Current Behavior

We see a log error (attached) if:

1. If the email property on a group is not specified
2. If a generic test attached to a model that belongs to a group such as in 1 fails or warns.

Expected Behavior

The log error should not be present, since groups don't require both name and email per docs: https://docs.getdbt.com/docs/build/groups#declaring-a-group

Steps To Reproduce

❯ git diff
diff --git a/models/customers.sql b/models/customers.sql
index 016a004..ccfa4c6 100644
--- a/models/customers.sql
+++ b/models/customers.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+{{ config(group = 'finance') }}
+
 with customers as (
 
     select * from {{ ref('stg_customers') }}
diff --git a/models/schema.yml b/models/schema.yml
index 381349c..de0d296 100644
--- a/models/schema.yml
+++ b/models/schema.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 version: 2
 
+groups:
+  - name: finance
+    owner:
+      name: finance
+      slack: finance-data
+      github: finance-data-team
+
 models:
   - name: customers
     description: This table has basic information about a customer, as well as some derived facts based on a customer's orders
@@ -10,6 +17,8 @@ models:
         tests:
           - unique
           - not_null
+          - accepted_values:
+                values: [1, 2]
 
       - name: first_name
         description: Customer's first name. PII.

dbt --debug build

Relevant log output

19:29:37  Completed with 1 error and 0 warnings:
19:29:37  
19:29:37  [RunResultFailure]: Unable to parse dict {'resource_type': <NodeType.Test: 'test'>, 'node_name': 'accepted_values_customers_customer_id__1__2', 'path': 'models/schema.yml', 'node_info': {'node_path': 'accepted_values_customers_customer_id__1__2.sql', 'node_name': 'accepted_values_customers_customer_id__1__2', 'unique_id': 'test.jaffle_shop.accepted_values_customers_customer_id__1__2.ce4cfb337b', 'resource_type': 'test', 'materialized': 'test', 'node_status': 'None', 'node_started_at': None, 'node_finished_at': None, 'meta': {}, 'node_relation': {'database': 'jaffle_shop', 'schema': 'main_dbt_test__audit', 'alias': 'accepted_values_customers_customer_id__1__2', 'relation_name': None}}, 'group': {'name': 'finance', 'package_name': 'jaffle_shop', 'owner': {'email': None, 'name': 'finance', 'slack': 'finance-data', 'github': 'finance-data-team'}}}
19:29:37  Failure in   ()

Environment

• OS: macOS Sonoma
• Python: 3.12.2
• dbt: main

Which database adapter are you using with dbt?

No response

Additional Context

This change was introduced in this PR: #10535

[amwidi77]

Thanks for working on the resolution! When should we expect to see the fix in dbt cloud versionless?

[amwidi77]

@aranke Thanks for working on the resolution! When should we expect to see the fix in dbt cloud? I am still seeing the issue in my dbt cloud instance. We are on versionless.