# Getting Source Freshness in Databricks Using DBT Core

**URL:** <https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/getting-source-freshness-in-databricks-using-dbt-core/12712>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** dbt-core\
**Created:** [April 2, 2024, 5:16pm UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/getting-source-freshness-in-databricks-using-dbt-core/12712 "2024-04-02T17:16:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![japhyf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discourse.getdbt.com/japhyf/32/5804_2.png) [@japhyf](https://discourse.getdbt.com/u/japhyf)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 5:16pm UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/getting-source-freshness-in-databricks-using-dbt-core/12712/1 "2024-04-02T17:16:45Z")

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## I am running dbt source freshness in a workflow and seeing accurate errors/warns in the STDOUT but the sources.json file is never being populated with those warnings. I have tried using the --output flag to tell the command where to put the file and just don’t find it being created. Any help is greatly appreciated.

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**Author:** ![Pettercred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/49beb7/32.png) [@Pettercred](https://discourse.getdbt.com/u/Pettercred)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 8:45am UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/getting-source-freshness-in-databricks-using-dbt-core/12712/2 "2025-03-07T08:45:38Z")

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Sitting in a similar situation, how did you manage?