Bidirectional proj deps

website/docs/best-practices/how-we-mesh/mesh-3-structures.md

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Since the launch of dbt Mesh, the most common pattern we've seen is one where pr
 
 Users may need to contribute models across multiple projects and this is fine. There will be some friction doing this, versus a single repo, but this is _useful_ friction, especially if upstreaming a change from a “spoke” to a “hub.” This should be treated like making an API change, one that the other team will be living with for some time to come. You should be concerned if your teammates find they need to make a coordinated change across multiple projects very frequently (every week), or as a key prerequisite for ~20%+ of their work.
 
-### Cycle detection <Lifecycle status="beta"/>
+### Cycle detection
 
 import CycleDetection from '/snippets/_mesh-cycle-detection.md';
 

website/docs/docs/dbt-versions/release-notes.md

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Release notes are grouped by month for both multi-tenant and virtual private clo
 
 ## October 2024
 
+- **New:** With dbt Mesh, you can now enable bidirectional dependencies across your projects. Previously, dbt enforced dependencies to only go in one direction. dbt checks for cycles across projects and raises errors if any are detected. For details, refer to [Cycle detection](/docs/collaborate/govern/project-dependencies#cycle-detection). There's also the [Intro to dbt Mesh](/best-practices/how-we-mesh/mesh-1-intro) guide to help you learn more about best practices. 
 - **Enhancement**: In dbt Cloud Versionless, snapshots defined in SQL files can now use `config` defined in `schema.yml` YAML files. This update resolves the previous limitation that required snapshot properties to be defined exclusively in `dbt_project.yml` and/or a `config()` block within the SQL file. This enhancement will be included in the upcoming dbt Core v1.9 release.
 - **New:** dbt Explorer now includes trust signal icons, which is currently available as a [Preview](/docs/dbt-versions/product-lifecycles#dbt-cloud). Trust signals offer a quick, at-a-glance view of data health when browsing your dbt models in Explorer. These icons indicate whether a model is **Healthy**, **Caution**, **Degraded**, or **Unknown**. For accurate health data, ensure the resource is up-to-date and has had a recent job run. Refer to [Trust signals](/docs/collaborate/explore-projects#trust-signals-for-resources) for more information. 
 - **New:** Auto exposures are now available in Preview in dbt Cloud. Auto-exposures helps users understand how their models are used in downstream analytics tools to inform investments and reduce incidents. It imports and auto-generates exposures based on Tableau dashboards, with user-defined curation. To learn more, refer to [Auto exposures](/docs/collaborate/auto-exposures).

website/snippets/_mesh-cycle-detection.md

@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
-Currently, the default behavior for "project" dependencies enforces that these relationships only go in one direction, meaning that the `jaffle_finance` project could not add a new model that depends, on any public models produced by the `jaffle_marketing` project. dbt will check for cycles across projects and raise errors if any are detected.
+You can enable bidirectional dependencies across projects so these relationships can go in either direction, meaning that the `jaffle_finance` project can add a new model that depends on any public models produced by the `jaffle_marketing` project, so long as the new dependency doesn't introduce any node-level cycles. dbt checks for cycles across projects and raises errors if any are detected.
 
-However, many teams may want to be able to share data assets back and forth between teams. _We've added support for enabling bidirectional dependencies across projects, currently in beta_. 
-
-To enable this in your account, set the environment variable `DBT_CLOUD_PROJECT_CYCLES_ALLOWED` to `TRUE` in all your dbt Cloud environments. This allows you to create bidirectional dependencies between projects, so long as the new dependency does not introduce any node-level cycles.
 
 When setting up projects that depend on each other, it's important to do so in a stepwise fashion. Each project must run and produce public models before the original producer project can take a dependency on the original consumer project. For example, the order of operations would be as follows for a simple two-project setup:
 
 1. The `project_a` project runs in a deployment environment and produces public models.
 2. The `project_b` project adds `project_a` as a dependency.
 3. The `project_b` project runs in a deployment environment and produces public models.
 4. The `project_a` project adds `project_b` as a dependency.
-
-If you enable this feature and experience any issues, please reach out to [dbt Cloud support](mailto:[email protected]).