From 2c7541b9742c6bd2f4e75ecffc0d591bbb547b6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Scott Gigante <scottgigante@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2024 18:00:11 +1030
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Fire skipped events at debug level

Closes https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/8774
---
 core/dbt/task/printer.py | 17 +++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/dbt/task/printer.py b/core/dbt/task/printer.py
index a05e4089676..6e8ed419375 100644
--- a/core/dbt/task/printer.py
+++ b/core/dbt/task/printer.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 )
 from dbt.common.events.functions import fire_event
 from dbt.common.events.types import Formatting
+from dbt.events.base_types import EventLevel
 from dbt.events.types import (
     RunResultWarning,
     RunResultWarningMessage,
@@ -75,11 +76,10 @@ def print_run_status_line(results) -> None:
 
 
 def print_run_result_error(result, newline: bool = True, is_warning: bool = False) -> None:
-    if newline:
-        with TextOnly():
-            fire_event(Formatting(""))
-
     if result.status == NodeStatus.Fail or (is_warning and result.status == NodeStatus.Warn):
+        if newline:
+            with TextOnly():
+                fire_event(Formatting(""))
         if is_warning:
             fire_event(
                 RunResultWarning(
@@ -115,7 +115,16 @@ def print_run_result_error(result, newline: bool = True, is_warning: bool = Fals
                 fire_event(Formatting(""))
             fire_event(CheckNodeTestFailure(relation_name=result.node.relation_name))
 
+    elif result.status == NodeStatus.Skipped and result.message is not None:
+        if newline:
+            with TextOnly():
+                fire_event(Formatting(""), level=EventLevel.DEBUG)
+        fire_event(RunResultError(msg=result.message), level=EventLevel.DEBUG)
+
     elif result.message is not None:
+        if newline:
+            with TextOnly():
+                fire_event(Formatting(""))
         fire_event(RunResultError(msg=result.message))
 
 

From edbd4c54060df1aa085b137d73105904a01102ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Scott Gigante <scottgigante@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2024 18:08:06 +1030
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] add changelog entry

---
 .changes/unreleased/Fixes-20240113-073615.yaml | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changes/unreleased/Fixes-20240113-073615.yaml

diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20240113-073615.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20240113-073615.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3472fa4292d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20240113-073615.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Fixes
+body: Convert "Skipping model due to fail_fast" message to DEBUG level
+time: 2024-01-13T07:36:15.836294-00:00
+custom:
+  Author: scottgigante
+  Issue: "8774"