From 4a88879869cecc6125f8077c1163a46c61eee79f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Antonio Papa <antoniogpapa@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 08:28:45 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Allows a snapshot to have a list as a unique_key

---
 core/dbt/artifacts/resources/v1/snapshot.py | 2 +-
 core/dbt/contracts/graph/model_config.py    | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/dbt/artifacts/resources/v1/snapshot.py b/core/dbt/artifacts/resources/v1/snapshot.py
index 3eceb9bb1d2..4c9cbea27c5 100644
--- a/core/dbt/artifacts/resources/v1/snapshot.py
+++ b/core/dbt/artifacts/resources/v1/snapshot.py
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
 class SnapshotConfig(NodeConfig):
     materialized: str = "snapshot"
     strategy: Optional[str] = None
-    unique_key: Optional[str] = None
     target_schema: Optional[str] = None
     target_database: Optional[str] = None
     updated_at: Optional[str] = None
     # Not using Optional because of serialization issues with a Union of str and List[str]
+    unique_key: Union[str, List[str], None] = None
     check_cols: Union[str, List[str], None] = None
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/core/dbt/contracts/graph/model_config.py b/core/dbt/contracts/graph/model_config.py
index b45c313327c..8181f8b34bd 100644
--- a/core/dbt/contracts/graph/model_config.py
+++ b/core/dbt/contracts/graph/model_config.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from dataclasses import field, dataclass
-from typing import Any, List, Optional, Dict, Type
+from typing import Any, List, Optional, Dict, Type, Union
 
 from dbt.artifacts.resources import (
     ExposureConfig,
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class UnitTestNodeConfig(NodeConfig):
 @dataclass
 class EmptySnapshotConfig(NodeConfig):
     materialized: str = "snapshot"
-    unique_key: Optional[str] = None  # override NodeConfig unique_key definition
+    unique_key: Union[str, List[str], None] = None  # override NodeConfig unique_key definition
 
 
 RESOURCE_TYPES: Dict[NodeType, Type[BaseConfig]] = {

From b25f28f7afb2e5e99485e478c9d5ea11e67082fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Antonio Papa <antoniogpapa@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 08:29:37 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Adds changie

---
 .changes/unreleased/Features-20240422-082925.yaml | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changes/unreleased/Features-20240422-082925.yaml

diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240422-082925.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240422-082925.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b2e029fcf38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240422-082925.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Features
+body: Allows snapshots to take a list as a unique_key
+time: 2024-04-22T08:29:25.458309-04:00
+custom:
+  Author: agpapa
+  Issue: "9992"