diff --git a/release.json b/release.json
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+{
+    "name": "m153",
+    "libraries": [
+        ":firebase-components",
+        ":firebase-crashlytics",
+        ":firebase-crashlytics-ndk",
+        ":firebase-sessions",
+        ":firebase-crashlytics:ktx",
+        ":firebase-firestore",
+        ":firebase-firestore:ktx",
+        ":firebase-functions",
+        ":firebase-functions:ktx",
+        ":firebase-messaging",
+        ":firebase-messaging-directboot",
+        ":firebase-messaging:ktx",
+        ":firebase-vertexai"
+    ]
+}
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diff --git a/release_report.json b/release_report.json
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+{
+    "changesByLibraryName": {
+        "firebase-components": [
+            {
+                "commitId": "cc3bb8e9daf2ac615e9d62e6144443337f4c009e",
+                "prId": "6212",
+                "author": "David Motsonashvili",
+                "message": "Post release cleanup for m152 (#6212)\n\nSigned-off-by: David Motsonashvili <davidmotson@google.com>\r\nCo-authored-by: davidmotson <davidmotson@users.noreply.github.com>",
+                "commitLink": "https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/commit/cc3bb8e9daf2ac615e9d62e6144443337f4c009e",
+                "prLink": "https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/pull/6212"
+            }
+        ],
+        "firebase-crashlytics": [
+            {
+                "commitId": "3ec4d00241f8a52035e25e462e45c4673779911f",
+                "prId": "6224",
+                "author": "Matthew Robertson",
+                "message": "Add issue link to changelog entry (#6224)\n\n",
+                "commitLink": "https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/commit/3ec4d00241f8a52035e25e462e45c4673779911f",
+                "prLink": "https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/pull/6224"
+            },
+            {
+                "commitId": "4d6e112267814327da70b403113654d945436b90",
+                "prId": "6191",
+                "author": "Matthew Robertson",
+                "message": "Remove changes related to persistence issue (#6191)\n\nRevert changes related to persistence issue. These changes are still on\r\nthe `crashlytics-exception-handler` feature branch while we develop\r\nthere. `main` is now in a good state for the next release, including the\r\nODF and Session ID changes.",
+                "commitLink": "https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/commit/4d6e112267814327da70b403113654d945436b90",
+                "prLink": "https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/pull/6191"
+            }
+        ],
+        "firebase-crashlytics-ndk": [
+        ],
+        "firebase-sessions": [
+            {
+                "commitId": "b994bd488f350c9bf552b4ab0b91d517ea4a8e08",
+                "prId": "6226",
+                "author": "Matthew Robertson",
+                "message": "Fix sessions test app for target api 34 (#6226)\n\n",
+                "commitLink": "https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/commit/b994bd488f350c9bf552b4ab0b91d517ea4a8e08",
+                "prLink": "https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/pull/6226"
+            }
+        ],
+        "firebase-crashlytics/ktx": [
+        ],
+        "firebase-firestore": [
+            {
+                "commitId": "cc3bb8e9daf2ac615e9d62e6144443337f4c009e",
+                "prId": "6212",
+                "author": "David Motsonashvili",
+                "message": "Post release cleanup for m152 (#6212)\n\nSigned-off-by: David Motsonashvili <davidmotson@google.com>\r\nCo-authored-by: davidmotson <davidmotson@users.noreply.github.com>",
+                "commitLink": "https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/commit/cc3bb8e9daf2ac615e9d62e6144443337f4c009e",
+                "prLink": "https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/pull/6212"
+            },
+            {
+                "commitId": "f4e5bd01b2d692652e33f1ac16453394c7f61b91",
+                "prId": "6211",
+                "author": "wu-hui",
+                "message": "Address some documentation errors (#6211)\n\n",
+                "commitLink": "https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/commit/f4e5bd01b2d692652e33f1ac16453394c7f61b91",
+                "prLink": "https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/pull/6211"
+            }
+        ],
+        "firebase-firestore/ktx": [
+        ],
+        "firebase-functions": [
+            {
+                "commitId": "adab25c949d7f82b093cb11c3495b0266af6074e",
+                "prId": "5351",
+                "author": "emilypgoogle",
+                "message": "Functions migration to Kotlin (#5351)\n\ndone with automated tooling, to investigate the viability of quick\r\nmigrations pre API changes.",
+                "commitLink": "https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/commit/adab25c949d7f82b093cb11c3495b0266af6074e",
+                "prLink": "https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/pull/5351"
+            }
+        ],
+        "firebase-functions/ktx": [
+        ],
+        "firebase-messaging": [
+            {
+                "commitId": "cc3bb8e9daf2ac615e9d62e6144443337f4c009e",
+                "prId": "6212",
+                "author": "David Motsonashvili",
+                "message": "Post release cleanup for m152 (#6212)\n\nSigned-off-by: David Motsonashvili <davidmotson@google.com>\r\nCo-authored-by: davidmotson <davidmotson@users.noreply.github.com>",
+                "commitLink": "https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/commit/cc3bb8e9daf2ac615e9d62e6144443337f4c009e",
+                "prLink": "https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/pull/6212"
+            }
+        ],
+        "firebase-messaging-directboot": [
+            {
+                "commitId": "cc3bb8e9daf2ac615e9d62e6144443337f4c009e",
+                "prId": "6212",
+                "author": "David Motsonashvili",
+                "message": "Post release cleanup for m152 (#6212)\n\nSigned-off-by: David Motsonashvili <davidmotson@google.com>\r\nCo-authored-by: davidmotson <davidmotson@users.noreply.github.com>",
+                "commitLink": "https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/commit/cc3bb8e9daf2ac615e9d62e6144443337f4c009e",
+                "prLink": "https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/pull/6212"
+            }
+        ],
+        "firebase-messaging/ktx": [
+        ],
+        "firebase-vertexai": [
+            {
+                "commitId": "3afffc127b1f17a596ce94075bec82f7bd0268b7",
+                "prId": "6186",
+                "author": "emilypgoogle",
+                "message": "Merge GenAI Common into Vertex (#6186)\n\n",
+                "commitLink": "https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/commit/3afffc127b1f17a596ce94075bec82f7bd0268b7",
+                "prLink": "https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/pull/6186"
+            },
+            {
+                "commitId": "5fe51ebb554a9b141d65674be667935f01abd856",
+                "prId": "",
+                "author": "Rodrigo Lazo Paz",
+                "message": "Make citation metadata uri optional\n",
+                "commitLink": "https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/commit/5fe51ebb554a9b141d65674be667935f01abd856",
+                "prLink": "https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/pull/"
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    "changedLibrariesWithNoChangelog": [
+        ":firebase-appdistribution",
+        ":firebase-appdistribution-api",
+        ":firebase-appdistribution-api:ktx"
+    ]
+}
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diff --git a/release_report.md b/release_report.md
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+# Release Report
+## firebase-components
+      
+* Post release cleanup for m152 (#6212)   
+  [pr](https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/pull/6212) [commit](https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/commit/cc3bb8e9daf2ac615e9d62e6144443337f4c009e)  [David Motsonashvili]
+
+## firebase-crashlytics
+      
+* Add issue link to changelog entry (#6224)   
+  [pr](https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/pull/6224) [commit](https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/commit/3ec4d00241f8a52035e25e462e45c4673779911f)  [Matthew Robertson]
+
+* Remove changes related to persistence issue (#6191)   
+  [pr](https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/pull/6191) [commit](https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/commit/4d6e112267814327da70b403113654d945436b90)  [Matthew Robertson]
+
+## firebase-crashlytics-ndk
+      
+
+## firebase-sessions
+      
+* Fix sessions test app for target api 34 (#6226)   
+  [pr](https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/pull/6226) [commit](https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/commit/b994bd488f350c9bf552b4ab0b91d517ea4a8e08)  [Matthew Robertson]
+
+## firebase-crashlytics/ktx
+      
+
+## firebase-firestore
+      
+* Post release cleanup for m152 (#6212)   
+  [pr](https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/pull/6212) [commit](https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/commit/cc3bb8e9daf2ac615e9d62e6144443337f4c009e)  [David Motsonashvili]
+
+* Address some documentation errors (#6211)   
+  [pr](https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/pull/6211) [commit](https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/commit/f4e5bd01b2d692652e33f1ac16453394c7f61b91)  [wu-hui]
+
+## firebase-firestore/ktx
+      
+
+## firebase-functions
+      
+* Functions migration to Kotlin (#5351)   
+  [pr](https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/pull/5351) [commit](https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/commit/adab25c949d7f82b093cb11c3495b0266af6074e)  [emilypgoogle]
+
+## firebase-functions/ktx
+      
+
+## firebase-messaging
+      
+* Post release cleanup for m152 (#6212)   
+  [pr](https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/pull/6212) [commit](https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/commit/cc3bb8e9daf2ac615e9d62e6144443337f4c009e)  [David Motsonashvili]
+
+## firebase-messaging-directboot
+      
+* Post release cleanup for m152 (#6212)   
+  [pr](https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/pull/6212) [commit](https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/commit/cc3bb8e9daf2ac615e9d62e6144443337f4c009e)  [David Motsonashvili]
+
+## firebase-messaging/ktx
+      
+
+## firebase-vertexai
+      
+* Merge GenAI Common into Vertex (#6186)   
+  [pr](https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/pull/6186) [commit](https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/commit/3afffc127b1f17a596ce94075bec82f7bd0268b7)  [emilypgoogle]
+
+* Make citation metadata uri optional   
+  [pr](https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/pull/) [commit](https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/commit/5fe51ebb554a9b141d65674be667935f01abd856)  [Rodrigo Lazo Paz]
+
+
+## SDKs with changes, but no changelogs
+:firebase-appdistribution  
+:firebase-appdistribution-api  
+:firebase-appdistribution-api:ktx
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