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# Paradime State: build only what changed

> Paradime State makes dbt run and dbt build skip or clone unchanged models on dbt™ 2.0, in Bolt and the Code IDE, so every run builds only what changed.

*September 28, 2026*

`dbt run` and `dbt build` can now skip what hasn't changed. With Paradime State on, each model, seed, snapshot, and test is compared with its last successful build before anything runs. If neither its code nor its upstream data has changed, it's skipped and costs no warehouse compute. A table that a Bolt schedule has already built from the same logic is cloned instead of rebuilt, so a development run in the Code IDE doesn't redo what production already has.

* **Turn it on with one variable.** On dbt™ `2.0-latest`, set `PARADIME_STATE_ENABLED` to `1` in **Settings** > **Environment Variables**: for every environment, for one Bolt environment, or only for your own Code IDE. Nothing in your project needs to change.
* **See what it saved.** Every state-aware run ends with a summary of what it built, skipped, and cloned, and an estimate of the compute saved. In the Code IDE, `paradime-state explain` shows why each node was skipped, cloned, or built.
* **Tune it with dbt™ State configs.** `lag_tolerance`, `require_fresh_data_from`, `pre_clone`, and `evaluate_volatile_sql` work as `state` configs, so a project set up for dbt™ State carries over.
* **Where it works.** Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, Redshift, DuckDB, and MotherDuck, in Bolt schedules and the Code IDE terminal.

Schedules that select with `state:` methods, such as most Turbo CI jobs, should keep it off. See [Paradime State](/guides/paradime-state/index), [Turn on Paradime State](/guides/paradime-state/turn-on-paradime-state), and the [configuration reference](/guides/paradime-state/configuration-reference). Shipped in Paradime v6.15.0.


## Related topics

- [Changelog](/changelog/overview.md)
- [Paradime State](/guides/paradime-state/index.md)
- [Bolt CI/CD for dbt™ pull requests and deploys](/products/bolt/ci-cd/index.md)
- [Paradime State configuration reference](/guides/paradime-state/configuration-reference.md)
- [Defer to Production](/products/code-ide/run-and-preview/defer-to-production.md)