Merge branch 'master' into go_release_v1.77.0

Author: easwars

.gemini/config.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+have_fun: false
+memory_config:
+  disabled: false
+code_review:
+  disable: false
+  comment_severity_threshold: MEDIUM
+  max_review_comments: -1
+  pull_request_opened:
+    help: false
+    summary: false
+    code_review: false
+    include_drafts: false
+ignore_patterns: []

.gitattributes

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ src/python/grpcio/grpc_core_dependencies.py linguist-generated=true
 src/ruby/ext/grpc/rb_grpc_imports.generated.h linguist-generated=true
 src/ruby/ext/grpc/rb_grpc_imports.generated.c linguist-generated=true
 include/grpc/module.modulemap linguist-generated=true
-tools/distrib/python/xds_protos/** linguist-generated=true
+py_xds_protos/** linguist-generated=true
 tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.c++ linguist-generated=true
 tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.c++.internal linguist-generated=true
 tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core linguist-generated=true

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report_objc.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name: Report a gRPC ObjC bug
 about: Create a report to help us improve
 labels: kind/bug, priority/P2, lang/ObjC
-assignees: dennycd
+assignees: pawbhard
 
 ---
 

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report_php.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name: Report a gRPC PHP bug
 about: Create a report to help us improve
 labels: kind/bug, priority/P2, lang/php
-assignees: stanley-cheung
+assignees: pawbhard
 
 ---
 

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request_objc.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name: Request a gRPC ObjC feature
 about: Suggest an idea for this project
 labels: kind/enhancement, priority/P2, lang/ObjC
-assignees: dennycd
+assignees: pawbhard
 
 ---
 

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request_php.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name: Request a gRPC PHP feature
 about: Suggest an idea for this project
 labels: kind/enhancement, priority/P2, lang/php
-assignees: stanley-cheung
+assignees: pawbhard
 
 ---
 

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/question.md

@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ labels: kind/question, priority/P3, untriaged
 PLEASE DO NOT POST A QUESTION HERE.
 This form is for bug reports and feature requests ONLY!
 
-For general questions and troubleshooting, please ask/look for answers at StackOverflow, with "grpc" tag: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/grpc
-
 For questions that specifically need to be answered by gRPC team members, please ask/look for answers at grpc.io mailing list: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/grpc-io
 
 This issue will be closed down once seen by the repo managers.

.github/workflows/pr-auto-fix.yaml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           format: YYYYWWd
       - name: Cache bazel
-        uses: actions/cache@0057852bfaa89a56745cba8c7296529d2fc39830 # v4.3.0
+        uses: actions/cache@cdf6c1fa76f9f475f3d7449005a359c84ca0f306 # v5.0.3
         env:
           cache-name: bazel-cache
         with:
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
       # Cancel current runs if they're still running
       # (saves processing on fast pushes)
       - name: Cancel Previous Runs
-        uses: styfle/cancel-workflow-action@85880fa0301c86cca9da44039ee3bb12d3bedbfa # 0.12.1
+        uses: styfle/cancel-workflow-action@3155a141048f8f89c06b4cdae32e7853e97536bc # 0.13.0
         with:
           access_token: ${{ github.token }}
       # Allow opt-out for some users
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
           pip install pyyaml mako virtualenv absl-py
           pip list
       - name: Check out repository code
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
         with:
           submodules: True
       - name: Get the upstream code
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
         run: ANDROID_NDK_HOME= ${{ github.workspace }}/tools/distrib/sanitize.sh
       # Report back with a PR if things are broken
       - name: Create Pull Request
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@271a8d0340265f705b14b6d32b9829c1cb33d45e # v7.0.8
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@c0f553fe549906ede9cf27b5156039d195d2ece0 # v8.1.0
         with:
           delete-branch: true
           branch-suffix: short-commit-hash

.github/workflows/pr-check-bzlmod-deps.yaml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Set up Python 3.13
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:

.github/workflows/publish-to-bcr.yaml

@@ -20,9 +20,14 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   publish:
-    uses: bazel-contrib/publish-to-bcr/.github/workflows/publish.yaml@v1.0.0
+    uses: bazel-contrib/publish-to-bcr/.github/workflows/publish.yaml@v1.1.0
     with:
       attest: false
+      # Mark the created PR as ready for review, since it can't be marked ready by gRPC maintainers and subsequently
+      # can't be auto-merged by BCR reviewer bot.
+      #
+      # See https://github.com/bazel-contrib/publish-to-bcr/blob/748dc7186bc60d0e24a81ee30aba8aa543794767/.github/workflows/publish.yaml#L76
+      draft: false
       tag_name: ${{ inputs.tag_name }}
       # GitHub repository which is a fork of the upstream where the Pull Request will be opened.
       registry_fork: grpc/bazel-central-registry