Using `dbt_utils.star` in dbt model seems to break column lineage in sqlmesh ui

[anentropic]

I have a complicated-ish dbt model with several CTEs and incremental

I've been gradually narrowing down what causes column lineage in sqlmesh UI to break with this error:

web.server.exceptions.ApiException: Summary: Unable to get column lineage
Failed to render query for model 'analyticsng_gold_triage.followups'.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "~/dev/analytics-sqlmesh/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/web/server/api/endpoints/lineage.py", line 145, in column_lineage
    return create_lineage_adjacency_list(model_name, column_name, context)
  File "~/dev/analytics-sqlmesh/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/web/server/api/endpoints/lineage.py", line 65, in create_lineage_adjacency_list
    root = lineage(quote_column(column, model.dialect), model)
  File "~/dev/analytics-sqlmesh/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/sqlmesh/core/lineage.py", line 39, in lineage
    query = t.cast(exp.Query, model.render_query_or_raise().copy())
                              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "~/dev/analytics-sqlmesh/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/sqlmesh/core/model/definition.py", line 352, in render_query_or_raise
    raise SQLMeshError(f"Failed to render query for model '{self.name}'.")
sqlmesh.utils.errors.SQLMeshError: Failed to render query for model 'analyticsng_gold_triage.followups'.

and it seems that any use of dbt_utils.star is what causes it (from https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-utils)

in the full model if I just replace all the star macro calls with either plain * or paste in the expanded column names from dbt compiled sql then the error goes away and lineage works perfectly

and then if I simplify the model to just:

with source as (
    select
        {{ dbt_utils.star(ref('int_followups')) }}
    from {{ ref('int_followups') }}
)
select *
from source

it breaks, but:

with source as (
    select
        *
    from {{ ref('int_followups') }}
)
select *
from source

...works.

[anentropic]

https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-utils/blob/22855099135cd4de445bed45601f11cb1caabb24/macros/sql/star.sql

AFAICT it doesn't use any of the https://sqlmesh.readthedocs.io/en/stable/integrations/dbt/#unsupported-dbt-jinja-methods