[Bug] persist_docs not working for seeds

[dpguthrie]

Is this a new bug in dbt-bigquery?

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

Current Behavior

The descriptions for the seed and columns are not being persisted to BQ when using the appropriate config.

seeds:
  [<resource-path>](https://docs.getdbt.com/reference/resource-configs/resource-path):
    +persist_docs:
      relation: true
      columns: true

Expected Behavior

The descriptions are populated at the object and column level for the seed in my dbt project.

Steps To Reproduce

1. Use the yaml below to persist_docs for seeds

seeds:
  [<resource-path>](https://docs.getdbt.com/reference/resource-configs/resource-path):
    +persist_docs:
      relation: true
      columns: true

2. Run dbt seed
3. View descriptions in BQ for that seed

This may have something to do with the size of the seed though. From @mikealfare "It might also have something to do with the fact that tables are sharded in BQ, and we only pull the column descriptions from the most recent shard (because they can change)."

Relevant log output

No response

Environment

- OS:
- Python:
- dbt-core:
- dbt-bigquery:

Additional Context

No response

[jtcohen6]

It looks like we persist top-level descriptions for seeds, but not column-level descriptions:

dbt-bigquery/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/materializations/seed.sql

Lines 20 to 23 in b7bb0bc

	{% if config.persist_relation_docs() and 'description' in model %}
	{{ adapter.update_table_description(model['database'], model['schema'], model['alias'], model['description']) }}
	{% endif %}

I'm not sure why that is - this implementation goes way back:

• On bigquery, persist docs for seeds as well as tables/views dbt-core#2601

[dpguthrie]

@jtcohen6 that's interesting, I was able to persist my column descriptions:

[dpguthrie]

@jtcohen6 @amychen1776 My customer is asking if we're able to prioritize this at all?