chore: release main

Author: release-please[bot]

.release-please-bulk-manifest.json

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   "packages/google-ai-generativelanguage": "0.12.0",
   "packages/google-analytics-admin": "0.30.1",
   "packages/google-analytics-data": "0.23.0",
-  "packages/google-api-core": "2.35.0",
+  "packages/google-api-core": "2.36.0",
   "packages/google-apps-card": "0.7.0",
   "packages/google-apps-chat": "0.10.5",
   "packages/google-apps-events-subscriptions": "0.6.0",
@@ -280,5 +280,5 @@
   "packages/pandas-gbq": "0.35.2",
   "packages/proto-plus": "1.28.4",
   "packages/sqlalchemy-bigquery": "1.17.2",
-  "packages/sqlalchemy-spanner": "1.20.0"
+  "packages/sqlalchemy-spanner": "1.20.1"
 }

librarian.yaml

@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ libraries:
       metadata_name_override: analyticsdata
       default_version: v1beta
   - name: google-api-core
-    version: 2.35.0
+    version: 2.36.0
     python:
       library_type: CORE
   - name: google-apps-card
@@ -2633,6 +2633,6 @@ libraries:
     python:
       library_type: INTEGRATION
   - name: sqlalchemy-spanner
-    version: 1.20.0
+    version: 1.20.1
     python:
       library_type: INTEGRATION

packages/google-api-core/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-api-core/#history
 
+## [2.36.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/compare/google-api-core-v2.35.0...google-api-core-v2.36.0) (2026-08-26)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **api-core:** add tracer_provider to ClientOptions for OTel support ([#18139](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/18139)) ([9ffebc2](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/9ffebc2f499379031c27122fb9cd0fbdf503d48b))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **api-core:** move http encoding into transcode method ([#18218](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/18218)) ([082a99a](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/082a99a2c4a3e8d5df28eaeab9b2c710dd4296d5))
+
 ## [2.35.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/compare/google-api-core-v2.34.0...google-api-core-v2.35.0) (2026-08-21)
 
 

packages/google-api-core/google/api_core/version.py

@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "2.35.0"
+__version__ = "2.36.0"

packages/sqlalchemy-spanner/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/sqlalchemy-spanner/#history
 
+## [1.20.1](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/compare/sqlalchemy-spanner-v1.20.0...sqlalchemy-spanner-v1.20.1) (2026-08-26)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **sqlalchemy-spanner:** robust session-isolated test databases and clean lifecycle management ([#18179](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/18179)) ([3e0bda4](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/3e0bda467955f634013e1b3849b298d436fce952))
+
 ## [1.20.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/compare/sqlalchemy-spanner-v1.19.0...sqlalchemy-spanner-v1.20.0) (2026-08-21)
 
 

packages/sqlalchemy-spanner/google/cloud/sqlalchemy_spanner/version.py

@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 # license that can be found in the LICENSE file or at
 # https://developers.google.com/open-source/licenses/bsd
 
-__version__ = "1.20.0"
+__version__ = "1.20.1"