Remove redundant init_aaow method from zonal_file

Author: suni72

gcsfs/zb_hns_utils.py

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 from io import BytesIO
 
+from google.cloud.storage._experimental.asyncio.async_appendable_object_writer import (
+    AsyncAppendableObjectWriter,
+)
+
 
 async def download_range(offset, length, mrd):
     """

gcsfs/zonal_file.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     AsyncMultiRangeDownloader,
 )
 
+from gcsfs import zb_hns_utils
 from gcsfs.core import GCSFile
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("gcsfs.zonal_file")
@@ -28,7 +29,11 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
             )
         elif "w" in self.mode:
             self.aaow = asyn.sync(
-                self.gcsfs.loop, self._init_aaow, self.bucket, self.key
+                self.gcsfs.loop,
+                zb_hns_utils.init_aaow,
+                self.gcsfs.grpc_client,
+                self.bucket,
+                self.key,
             )
         else:
             raise NotImplementedError(
@@ -55,17 +60,6 @@ def _fetch_range(self, start, end):
                 return b""
             raise
 
-    async def _init_aaow(
-        self, bucket_name, object_name, generation=None
-    ):
-        """
-        Initializes the AsyncAppendableObjectWriter.
-        """
-
-        return await zb_hns_utils.init_aaow(
-            self.gcsfs.grpc_client, bucket_name, object_name, generation
-        )
-
     def write(self, data):
         """
         Writes data using AsyncAppendableObjectWriter.

requirements.txt

@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ decorator>4.1.2
 fsspec==2025.10.0
 google-auth>=1.2
 google-auth-oauthlib
-git+https://github.com/googleapis/python-storage.git@bidi-writes-6#egg=google-cloud-storage
+google-cloud-storage
 google-cloud-storage-control
 requests