From 5aacd09ffdcfb373c0d1b9788666aef9090a663c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Shaver <60105315+matthewshaver@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 20:21:11 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Unit tests don't support recursive SQL (#5364)

## What are you changing in this pull request and why?

Closes https://github.com/dbt-labs/docs.getdbt.com/issues/5353

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Co-authored-by: Leona B. Campbell <3880403+runleonarun@users.noreply.github.com>
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 website/docs/docs/build/unit-tests.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/website/docs/docs/build/unit-tests.md b/website/docs/docs/build/unit-tests.md
index 59e9f3adce5..7156ff3bc48 100644
--- a/website/docs/docs/build/unit-tests.md
+++ b/website/docs/docs/build/unit-tests.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Now, we are introducing a new type of test to dbt - unit tests. In software prog
 ## Before you begin
 
 - We currently only support unit testing SQL models.
+- We currently don't support unit testing models that use recursive SQL. 
 - We currently only support adding unit tests to models in your _current_ project.
 - If your model has multiple versions, by default the unit test will run on *all* versions of your model. Read [unit testing versioned models](#unit-testing-versioned-models) for more information.
 - Unit tests must be defined in a YML file in your `models/` directory.