From 0c7f6a6d6e6e68d275ae40c66ec9b8d1c27e70e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Chudnovsky <vchudnov@google.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 14:02:48 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 01/11] feat: check Python and dependency versions in generated
 GAPICs

---
 .../%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2     | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2 b/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2
index 8ee1670431..3727fa1f98 100644
--- a/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2
+++ b/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2
@@ -7,6 +7,17 @@ from {{package_path}} import gapic_version as package_version
 
 __version__ = package_version.__version__
 
+
+import google.api_core
+
+{# How do we get the name of the PyPI path into this template? We
+   want the string arguments below to be something like
+   "google-cloud-foo (google.cloud.foo)", where the name outside the
+   parentheses is the PyPI package name, and the the name inside the
+   parentheses is the qualified Python package name installed. #}
+api_core.check_python_version("{package_path}")
+api_core.check_dependency_versions("{package_path}")
+
 {#  Import subpackages. -#}
 {% for subpackage, _ in api.subpackages|dictsort %}
 from . import {{ subpackage }}

From 63ccd410bf8d55cef308ce3795939203e42318a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Chudnovsky <vchudnov@google.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 15:14:04 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 02/11] fix import

---
 gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2 | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2 b/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2
index 3727fa1f98..8e0a9ec473 100644
--- a/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2
+++ b/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from {{package_path}} import gapic_version as package_version
 __version__ = package_version.__version__
 
 
-import google.api_core
+import google.api_core as api_core
 
 {# How do we get the name of the PyPI path into this template? We
    want the string arguments below to be something like

From 91f20d49add94b781d3671823ab17ea689ba5c35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Chudnovsky <vchudnov@google.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2025 13:23:13 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 03/11] Update goldens

---
 .../templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2 | 4 ++--
 .../goldens/asset/google/cloud/asset_v1/__init__.py         | 6 ++++++
 .../credentials/google/iam/credentials_v1/__init__.py       | 6 ++++++
 .../goldens/eventarc/google/cloud/eventarc_v1/__init__.py   | 6 ++++++
 .../goldens/logging/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py     | 6 ++++++
 .../logging_internal/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py    | 6 ++++++
 .../goldens/redis/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py         | 6 ++++++
 .../redis_selective/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py       | 6 ++++++
 8 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2 b/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2
index 8e0a9ec473..5f9332bf4e 100644
--- a/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2
+++ b/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ import google.api_core as api_core
    "google-cloud-foo (google.cloud.foo)", where the name outside the
    parentheses is the PyPI package name, and the the name inside the
    parentheses is the qualified Python package name installed. #}
-api_core.check_python_version("{package_path}")
-api_core.check_dependency_versions("{package_path}")
+api_core.check_python_version("{{package_path}}")
+api_core.check_dependency_versions("{{package_path}}")
 
 {#  Import subpackages. -#}
 {% for subpackage, _ in api.subpackages|dictsort %}
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/asset/google/cloud/asset_v1/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/asset/google/cloud/asset_v1/__init__.py
index 03ee9ec521..3288e11f2d 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/asset/google/cloud/asset_v1/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/asset/google/cloud/asset_v1/__init__.py
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@
 __version__ = package_version.__version__
 
 
+import google.api_core as api_core
+
+api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.asset_v1")
+api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.asset_v1")
+
+
 from .services.asset_service import AssetServiceClient
 from .services.asset_service import AssetServiceAsyncClient
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/credentials/google/iam/credentials_v1/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/credentials/google/iam/credentials_v1/__init__.py
index 2be4471eb8..18cbdd3d1e 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/credentials/google/iam/credentials_v1/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/credentials/google/iam/credentials_v1/__init__.py
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@
 __version__ = package_version.__version__
 
 
+import google.api_core as api_core
+
+api_core.check_python_version("google.iam.credentials_v1")
+api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.iam.credentials_v1")
+
+
 from .services.iam_credentials import IAMCredentialsClient
 from .services.iam_credentials import IAMCredentialsAsyncClient
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/eventarc/google/cloud/eventarc_v1/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/eventarc/google/cloud/eventarc_v1/__init__.py
index a343867284..9072d37a2e 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/eventarc/google/cloud/eventarc_v1/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/eventarc/google/cloud/eventarc_v1/__init__.py
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@
 __version__ = package_version.__version__
 
 
+import google.api_core as api_core
+
+api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.eventarc_v1")
+api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.eventarc_v1")
+
+
 from .services.eventarc import EventarcClient
 from .services.eventarc import EventarcAsyncClient
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/logging/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/logging/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
index e8b59e0bb5..54d86bfede 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/logging/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/logging/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@
 __version__ = package_version.__version__
 
 
+import google.api_core as api_core
+
+api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.logging_v2")
+api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.logging_v2")
+
+
 from .services.config_service_v2 import ConfigServiceV2Client
 from .services.config_service_v2 import ConfigServiceV2AsyncClient
 from .services.logging_service_v2 import LoggingServiceV2Client
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/logging_internal/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/logging_internal/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
index 3e0f9c2155..caddceb3c8 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/logging_internal/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/logging_internal/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@
 __version__ = package_version.__version__
 
 
+import google.api_core as api_core
+
+api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.logging_v2")
+api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.logging_v2")
+
+
 from .services.config_service_v2 import BaseConfigServiceV2Client
 from .services.config_service_v2 import BaseConfigServiceV2AsyncClient
 from .services.logging_service_v2 import LoggingServiceV2Client
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/redis/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/redis/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
index af3d250ccd..f08c081fa3 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/redis/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/redis/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@
 __version__ = package_version.__version__
 
 
+import google.api_core as api_core
+
+api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.redis_v1")
+api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.redis_v1")
+
+
 from .services.cloud_redis import CloudRedisClient
 from .services.cloud_redis import CloudRedisAsyncClient
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/redis_selective/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/redis_selective/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
index 760fe80f6c..de6f95b7e1 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/redis_selective/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/redis_selective/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@
 __version__ = package_version.__version__
 
 
+import google.api_core as api_core
+
+api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.redis_v1")
+api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.redis_v1")
+
+
 from .services.cloud_redis import CloudRedisClient
 from .services.cloud_redis import CloudRedisAsyncClient
 

From 4489b456c06a72ab595e5ca77028770b089d206f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Chudnovsky <vchudnov@google.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2025 16:36:38 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 04/11] allow Python, dependency versions checks without
 upgrading api_core

The preferred method is still to sue the code in api_core, but we have
a (repetitive) fallback in case users haven't installed the new version that
implements that functionality.
---
 .../%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2        | 61 ++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 54 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2 b/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2
index 5f9332bf4e..ec236902fd 100644
--- a/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2
+++ b/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2
@@ -10,14 +10,61 @@ __version__ = package_version.__version__
 
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
-{# How do we get the name of the PyPI path into this template? We
-   want the string arguments below to be something like
-   "google-cloud-foo (google.cloud.foo)", where the name outside the
-   parentheses is the PyPI package name, and the the name inside the
-   parentheses is the qualified Python package name installed. #}
-api_core.check_python_version("{{package_path}}")
-api_core.check_dependency_versions("{{package_path}}")
+try:
+  api_core.check_python_version("{{package_path}}")
+  api_core.check_dependency_versions("{{package_path}}")
+except AttributeError:
+{# TODO: Remove this try-catch when we require api-core at a version that
+   supports the changes in https://github.com/googleapis/python-api-core/pull/832
 
+    In the meantime, please ensure the functionality here mirrors the
+    equivalent functionality in api_core, in those two functions above.  
+-#}
+  # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
+  # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
+
+  import logging
+
+  _py_version_str = sys.version.split()[0]
+  _package_label = "{{package_path}}"
+  if sys.version_info < (3, 9):
+    logging.warning("You are using a non-supported Python version " +
+            f"({_py_version_str}).  Google will not post any further " +
+            f"updates to {_package_label} supporting this Python version. " +
+            "Please upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
+            f"least to Python 3.9, and then update {_package_label}.")
+  if sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 9):
+    logging.warning(f"You are using a Python version ({_py_version_str}) " +
+            f"which Google will stop supporting in {_package_label} when " +
+            "it reaches its end of life (October 2025). Please " +
+            "upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
+            "least Python 3.10, before then, and " +
+            f"then update {_package_label}. "
+
+  import pkg_resources
+  from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
+
+  def _get_version(dependency_name):
+    version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
+    return parse_version(version_string)
+
+  _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
+  _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
+  _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
+  if _version_used < parse_version(_next_supported_version):
+    logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
+            f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
+            f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
+            f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
+            f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
+            "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
+            f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
+            f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
+            "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
+            f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
+            f"{_dependency_package}."
+      
+  
 {#  Import subpackages. -#}
 {% for subpackage, _ in api.subpackages|dictsort %}
 from . import {{ subpackage }}

From 953b81da06816b410b6e69a3d049221cdd586ca1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Chudnovsky <vchudnov@google.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2025 19:15:53 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 05/11] Update goldens; allow for not found dependencies

---
 .../%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2        | 39 +++++++-------
 .../asset/google/cloud/asset_v1/__init__.py   | 53 ++++++++++++++++++-
 .../google/iam/credentials_v1/__init__.py     | 53 ++++++++++++++++++-
 .../google/cloud/eventarc_v1/__init__.py      | 53 ++++++++++++++++++-
 .../google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py       | 53 ++++++++++++++++++-
 .../google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py       | 53 ++++++++++++++++++-
 .../redis/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py   | 53 ++++++++++++++++++-
 .../google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py         | 53 ++++++++++++++++++-
 8 files changed, 378 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2 b/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2
index ec236902fd..9edbfa3ec8 100644
--- a/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2
+++ b/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2
@@ -19,11 +19,12 @@ except AttributeError:
 
     In the meantime, please ensure the functionality here mirrors the
     equivalent functionality in api_core, in those two functions above.  
--#}
+#}
   # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
   # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
 
   import logging
+  import sys
 
   _py_version_str = sys.version.split()[0]
   _package_label = "{{package_path}}"
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ except AttributeError:
             "it reaches its end of life (October 2025). Please " +
             "upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
             "least Python 3.10, before then, and " +
-            f"then update {_package_label}. "
+            f"then update {_package_label}.")
 
   import pkg_resources
   from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
@@ -48,22 +49,24 @@ except AttributeError:
     version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
     return parse_version(version_string)
 
-  _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
-  _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
-  _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
-  if _version_used < parse_version(_next_supported_version):
-    logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
-            f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
-            f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
-            f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
-            f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
-            "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
-            f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
-            f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
-            "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
-            f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
-            f"{_dependency_package}."
-      
+  try:
+    _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
+    _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
+    _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
+    if _version_used < parse_version(_next_supported_version):
+      logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
+              f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
+              f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
+              f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
+              f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
+              "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
+              f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
+              f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
+              "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
+              f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
+              f"{_dependency_package}.")
+  except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+    pass
   
 {#  Import subpackages. -#}
 {% for subpackage, _ in api.subpackages|dictsort %}
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/asset/google/cloud/asset_v1/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/asset/google/cloud/asset_v1/__init__.py
index 3288e11f2d..8a090afdb3 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/asset/google/cloud/asset_v1/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/asset/google/cloud/asset_v1/__init__.py
@@ -20,8 +20,57 @@
 
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
-api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.asset_v1")
-api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.asset_v1")
+try:
+  api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.asset_v1")
+  api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.asset_v1")
+except AttributeError:
+  # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
+  # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
+
+  import logging
+  import sys
+
+  _py_version_str = sys.version.split()[0]
+  _package_label = "google.cloud.asset_v1"
+  if sys.version_info < (3, 9):
+    logging.warning("You are using a non-supported Python version " +
+            f"({_py_version_str}).  Google will not post any further " +
+            f"updates to {_package_label} supporting this Python version. " +
+            "Please upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
+            f"least to Python 3.9, and then update {_package_label}.")
+  if sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 9):
+    logging.warning(f"You are using a Python version ({_py_version_str}) " +
+            f"which Google will stop supporting in {_package_label} when " +
+            "it reaches its end of life (October 2025). Please " +
+            "upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
+            "least Python 3.10, before then, and " +
+            f"then update {_package_label}.")
+
+  import pkg_resources
+  from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
+
+  def _get_version(dependency_name):
+    version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
+    return parse_version(version_string)
+
+  try:
+    _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
+    _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
+    _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
+    if _version_used < parse_version(_next_supported_version):
+      logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
+              f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
+              f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
+              f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
+              f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
+              "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
+              f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
+              f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
+              "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
+              f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
+              f"{_dependency_package}.")
+  except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+    pass
 
 
 from .services.asset_service import AssetServiceClient
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/credentials/google/iam/credentials_v1/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/credentials/google/iam/credentials_v1/__init__.py
index 18cbdd3d1e..5ef5a4db75 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/credentials/google/iam/credentials_v1/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/credentials/google/iam/credentials_v1/__init__.py
@@ -20,8 +20,57 @@
 
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
-api_core.check_python_version("google.iam.credentials_v1")
-api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.iam.credentials_v1")
+try:
+  api_core.check_python_version("google.iam.credentials_v1")
+  api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.iam.credentials_v1")
+except AttributeError:
+  # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
+  # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
+
+  import logging
+  import sys
+
+  _py_version_str = sys.version.split()[0]
+  _package_label = "google.iam.credentials_v1"
+  if sys.version_info < (3, 9):
+    logging.warning("You are using a non-supported Python version " +
+            f"({_py_version_str}).  Google will not post any further " +
+            f"updates to {_package_label} supporting this Python version. " +
+            "Please upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
+            f"least to Python 3.9, and then update {_package_label}.")
+  if sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 9):
+    logging.warning(f"You are using a Python version ({_py_version_str}) " +
+            f"which Google will stop supporting in {_package_label} when " +
+            "it reaches its end of life (October 2025). Please " +
+            "upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
+            "least Python 3.10, before then, and " +
+            f"then update {_package_label}.")
+
+  import pkg_resources
+  from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
+
+  def _get_version(dependency_name):
+    version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
+    return parse_version(version_string)
+
+  try:
+    _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
+    _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
+    _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
+    if _version_used < parse_version(_next_supported_version):
+      logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
+              f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
+              f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
+              f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
+              f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
+              "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
+              f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
+              f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
+              "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
+              f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
+              f"{_dependency_package}.")
+  except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+    pass
 
 
 from .services.iam_credentials import IAMCredentialsClient
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/eventarc/google/cloud/eventarc_v1/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/eventarc/google/cloud/eventarc_v1/__init__.py
index 9072d37a2e..93170704e5 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/eventarc/google/cloud/eventarc_v1/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/eventarc/google/cloud/eventarc_v1/__init__.py
@@ -20,8 +20,57 @@
 
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
-api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.eventarc_v1")
-api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.eventarc_v1")
+try:
+  api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.eventarc_v1")
+  api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.eventarc_v1")
+except AttributeError:
+  # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
+  # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
+
+  import logging
+  import sys
+
+  _py_version_str = sys.version.split()[0]
+  _package_label = "google.cloud.eventarc_v1"
+  if sys.version_info < (3, 9):
+    logging.warning("You are using a non-supported Python version " +
+            f"({_py_version_str}).  Google will not post any further " +
+            f"updates to {_package_label} supporting this Python version. " +
+            "Please upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
+            f"least to Python 3.9, and then update {_package_label}.")
+  if sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 9):
+    logging.warning(f"You are using a Python version ({_py_version_str}) " +
+            f"which Google will stop supporting in {_package_label} when " +
+            "it reaches its end of life (October 2025). Please " +
+            "upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
+            "least Python 3.10, before then, and " +
+            f"then update {_package_label}.")
+
+  import pkg_resources
+  from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
+
+  def _get_version(dependency_name):
+    version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
+    return parse_version(version_string)
+
+  try:
+    _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
+    _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
+    _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
+    if _version_used < parse_version(_next_supported_version):
+      logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
+              f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
+              f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
+              f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
+              f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
+              "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
+              f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
+              f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
+              "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
+              f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
+              f"{_dependency_package}.")
+  except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+    pass
 
 
 from .services.eventarc import EventarcClient
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/logging/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/logging/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
index 54d86bfede..14158339b6 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/logging/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/logging/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
@@ -20,8 +20,57 @@
 
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
-api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.logging_v2")
-api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.logging_v2")
+try:
+  api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.logging_v2")
+  api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.logging_v2")
+except AttributeError:
+  # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
+  # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
+
+  import logging
+  import sys
+
+  _py_version_str = sys.version.split()[0]
+  _package_label = "google.cloud.logging_v2"
+  if sys.version_info < (3, 9):
+    logging.warning("You are using a non-supported Python version " +
+            f"({_py_version_str}).  Google will not post any further " +
+            f"updates to {_package_label} supporting this Python version. " +
+            "Please upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
+            f"least to Python 3.9, and then update {_package_label}.")
+  if sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 9):
+    logging.warning(f"You are using a Python version ({_py_version_str}) " +
+            f"which Google will stop supporting in {_package_label} when " +
+            "it reaches its end of life (October 2025). Please " +
+            "upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
+            "least Python 3.10, before then, and " +
+            f"then update {_package_label}.")
+
+  import pkg_resources
+  from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
+
+  def _get_version(dependency_name):
+    version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
+    return parse_version(version_string)
+
+  try:
+    _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
+    _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
+    _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
+    if _version_used < parse_version(_next_supported_version):
+      logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
+              f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
+              f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
+              f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
+              f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
+              "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
+              f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
+              f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
+              "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
+              f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
+              f"{_dependency_package}.")
+  except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+    pass
 
 
 from .services.config_service_v2 import ConfigServiceV2Client
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/logging_internal/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/logging_internal/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
index caddceb3c8..899c74782d 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/logging_internal/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/logging_internal/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
@@ -20,8 +20,57 @@
 
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
-api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.logging_v2")
-api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.logging_v2")
+try:
+  api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.logging_v2")
+  api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.logging_v2")
+except AttributeError:
+  # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
+  # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
+
+  import logging
+  import sys
+
+  _py_version_str = sys.version.split()[0]
+  _package_label = "google.cloud.logging_v2"
+  if sys.version_info < (3, 9):
+    logging.warning("You are using a non-supported Python version " +
+            f"({_py_version_str}).  Google will not post any further " +
+            f"updates to {_package_label} supporting this Python version. " +
+            "Please upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
+            f"least to Python 3.9, and then update {_package_label}.")
+  if sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 9):
+    logging.warning(f"You are using a Python version ({_py_version_str}) " +
+            f"which Google will stop supporting in {_package_label} when " +
+            "it reaches its end of life (October 2025). Please " +
+            "upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
+            "least Python 3.10, before then, and " +
+            f"then update {_package_label}.")
+
+  import pkg_resources
+  from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
+
+  def _get_version(dependency_name):
+    version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
+    return parse_version(version_string)
+
+  try:
+    _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
+    _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
+    _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
+    if _version_used < parse_version(_next_supported_version):
+      logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
+              f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
+              f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
+              f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
+              f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
+              "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
+              f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
+              f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
+              "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
+              f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
+              f"{_dependency_package}.")
+  except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+    pass
 
 
 from .services.config_service_v2 import BaseConfigServiceV2Client
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/redis/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/redis/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
index f08c081fa3..d3d6503473 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/redis/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/redis/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
@@ -20,8 +20,57 @@
 
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
-api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.redis_v1")
-api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.redis_v1")
+try:
+  api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.redis_v1")
+  api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.redis_v1")
+except AttributeError:
+  # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
+  # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
+
+  import logging
+  import sys
+
+  _py_version_str = sys.version.split()[0]
+  _package_label = "google.cloud.redis_v1"
+  if sys.version_info < (3, 9):
+    logging.warning("You are using a non-supported Python version " +
+            f"({_py_version_str}).  Google will not post any further " +
+            f"updates to {_package_label} supporting this Python version. " +
+            "Please upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
+            f"least to Python 3.9, and then update {_package_label}.")
+  if sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 9):
+    logging.warning(f"You are using a Python version ({_py_version_str}) " +
+            f"which Google will stop supporting in {_package_label} when " +
+            "it reaches its end of life (October 2025). Please " +
+            "upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
+            "least Python 3.10, before then, and " +
+            f"then update {_package_label}.")
+
+  import pkg_resources
+  from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
+
+  def _get_version(dependency_name):
+    version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
+    return parse_version(version_string)
+
+  try:
+    _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
+    _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
+    _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
+    if _version_used < parse_version(_next_supported_version):
+      logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
+              f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
+              f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
+              f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
+              f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
+              "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
+              f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
+              f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
+              "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
+              f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
+              f"{_dependency_package}.")
+  except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+    pass
 
 
 from .services.cloud_redis import CloudRedisClient
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/redis_selective/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/redis_selective/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
index de6f95b7e1..6e69a90ac0 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/redis_selective/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/redis_selective/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
@@ -20,8 +20,57 @@
 
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
-api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.redis_v1")
-api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.redis_v1")
+try:
+  api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.redis_v1")
+  api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.redis_v1")
+except AttributeError:
+  # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
+  # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
+
+  import logging
+  import sys
+
+  _py_version_str = sys.version.split()[0]
+  _package_label = "google.cloud.redis_v1"
+  if sys.version_info < (3, 9):
+    logging.warning("You are using a non-supported Python version " +
+            f"({_py_version_str}).  Google will not post any further " +
+            f"updates to {_package_label} supporting this Python version. " +
+            "Please upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
+            f"least to Python 3.9, and then update {_package_label}.")
+  if sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 9):
+    logging.warning(f"You are using a Python version ({_py_version_str}) " +
+            f"which Google will stop supporting in {_package_label} when " +
+            "it reaches its end of life (October 2025). Please " +
+            "upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
+            "least Python 3.10, before then, and " +
+            f"then update {_package_label}.")
+
+  import pkg_resources
+  from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
+
+  def _get_version(dependency_name):
+    version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
+    return parse_version(version_string)
+
+  try:
+    _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
+    _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
+    _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
+    if _version_used < parse_version(_next_supported_version):
+      logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
+              f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
+              f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
+              f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
+              f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
+              "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
+              f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
+              f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
+              "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
+              f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
+              f"{_dependency_package}.")
+  except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+    pass
 
 
 from .services.cloud_redis import CloudRedisClient

From 84987b943f1c60460c8e4adef1f6a834613133d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Chudnovsky <vchudnov@google.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2025 21:32:09 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 06/11] Update code & integration tests to work on all Python
 versions

---
 .../%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2        | 58 +++++++++++--------
 noxfile.py                                    |  8 +++
 .../asset/google/cloud/asset_v1/__init__.py   | 56 +++++++++++-------
 .../google/iam/credentials_v1/__init__.py     | 56 +++++++++++-------
 .../google/cloud/eventarc_v1/__init__.py      | 56 +++++++++++-------
 .../google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py       | 56 +++++++++++-------
 .../google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py       | 56 +++++++++++-------
 .../redis/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py   | 56 +++++++++++-------
 .../google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py         | 56 +++++++++++-------
 9 files changed, 281 insertions(+), 177 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2 b/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2
index 9edbfa3ec8..5492cc9e2d 100644
--- a/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2
+++ b/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2
@@ -42,31 +42,43 @@ except AttributeError:
             "least Python 3.10, before then, and " +
             f"then update {_package_label}.")
 
-  import pkg_resources
   from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
 
-  def _get_version(dependency_name):
-    version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
-    return parse_version(version_string)
-
-  try:
-    _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
-    _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
-    _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
-    if _version_used < parse_version(_next_supported_version):
-      logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
-              f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
-              f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
-              f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
-              f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
-              "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
-              f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
-              f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
-              "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
-              f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
-              f"{_dependency_package}.")
-  except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
-    pass
+  if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
+    import pkg_resources
+    def _get_version(dependency_name):
+      try:
+        version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
+        return parse_version(version_string)
+      except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+        return None
+  else:
+    from importlib import metadata
+  
+    def _get_version(dependency_name):
+      try:
+        version_string = metadata.version("requests")
+        parsed_version = parse_version(version_string)
+        return parsed_version.release
+      except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
+        return None
+  
+  _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
+  _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
+  _next_supported_version_tuple = (4, 25, 8)
+  _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
+  if _version_used and _version_used < _next_supported_version_tuple:
+    logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
+            f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
+            f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
+            f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
+            f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
+            "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
+            f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
+            f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
+            "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
+            f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
+            f"{_dependency_package}.")
   
 {#  Import subpackages. -#}
 {% for subpackage, _ in api.subpackages|dictsort %}
diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index 2d688e139b..870949fcc5 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ def unit(session):
         "pyfakefs",
         "grpcio-status",
         "proto-plus",
+        "setuptools",  # TODO: Remove when not needed in __init__.py.j2
+        "packaging",  # TODO: Remove when not needed in __init__.py.j2
     )
     session.install("-e", ".")
     session.run(
@@ -481,6 +483,8 @@ def run_showcase_unit_tests(session, fail_under=100, rest_async_io_enabled=False
         "pytest-xdist",
         "asyncmock; python_version < '3.8'",
         "pytest-asyncio",
+        "setuptools",  # TODO: Remove when not needed in __init__.py.j2
+        "packaging",  # TODO: Remove when not needed in __init__.py.j2
     )
     # Run the tests.
     # NOTE: async rest is not supported against the minimum supported version of google-api-core.
@@ -595,6 +599,8 @@ def showcase_mypy(
         "types-protobuf",
         "types-requests",
         "types-dataclasses",
+        "setuptools",  # TODO: Remove when not needed in __init__.py.j2
+        "packaging",  # TODO: Remove when not needed in __init__.py.j2
     )
 
     with showcase_library(session, templates=templates, other_opts=other_opts) as lib:
@@ -725,6 +731,8 @@ def mypy(session):
         "types-PyYAML",
         "types-dataclasses",
         "click==8.1.3",
+        "setuptools",  # TODO: Remove when not needed in __init__.py.j2
+        "packaging",  # TODO: Remove when not needed in __init__.py.j2
     )
     session.install(".")
     session.run("mypy", "-p", "gapic")
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/asset/google/cloud/asset_v1/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/asset/google/cloud/asset_v1/__init__.py
index 8a090afdb3..cf6b765ee9 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/asset/google/cloud/asset_v1/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/asset/google/cloud/asset_v1/__init__.py
@@ -46,31 +46,43 @@
             "least Python 3.10, before then, and " +
             f"then update {_package_label}.")
 
-  import pkg_resources
   from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
 
-  def _get_version(dependency_name):
-    version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
-    return parse_version(version_string)
+  if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
+    import pkg_resources
+    def _get_version(dependency_name):
+      try:
+        version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
+        return parse_version(version_string)
+      except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+        return None
+  else:
+    from importlib import metadata
 
-  try:
-    _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
-    _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
-    _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
-    if _version_used < parse_version(_next_supported_version):
-      logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
-              f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
-              f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
-              f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
-              f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
-              "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
-              f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
-              f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
-              "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
-              f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
-              f"{_dependency_package}.")
-  except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
-    pass
+    def _get_version(dependency_name):
+      try:
+        version_string = metadata.version("requests")
+        parsed_version = parse_version(version_string)
+        return parsed_version.release
+      except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
+        return None
+
+  _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
+  _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
+  _next_supported_version_tuple = (4, 25, 8)
+  _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
+  if _version_used and _version_used < _next_supported_version_tuple:
+    logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
+            f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
+            f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
+            f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
+            f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
+            "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
+            f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
+            f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
+            "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
+            f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
+            f"{_dependency_package}.")
 
 
 from .services.asset_service import AssetServiceClient
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/credentials/google/iam/credentials_v1/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/credentials/google/iam/credentials_v1/__init__.py
index 5ef5a4db75..98349907a0 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/credentials/google/iam/credentials_v1/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/credentials/google/iam/credentials_v1/__init__.py
@@ -46,31 +46,43 @@
             "least Python 3.10, before then, and " +
             f"then update {_package_label}.")
 
-  import pkg_resources
   from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
 
-  def _get_version(dependency_name):
-    version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
-    return parse_version(version_string)
+  if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
+    import pkg_resources
+    def _get_version(dependency_name):
+      try:
+        version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
+        return parse_version(version_string)
+      except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+        return None
+  else:
+    from importlib import metadata
 
-  try:
-    _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
-    _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
-    _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
-    if _version_used < parse_version(_next_supported_version):
-      logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
-              f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
-              f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
-              f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
-              f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
-              "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
-              f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
-              f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
-              "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
-              f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
-              f"{_dependency_package}.")
-  except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
-    pass
+    def _get_version(dependency_name):
+      try:
+        version_string = metadata.version("requests")
+        parsed_version = parse_version(version_string)
+        return parsed_version.release
+      except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
+        return None
+
+  _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
+  _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
+  _next_supported_version_tuple = (4, 25, 8)
+  _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
+  if _version_used and _version_used < _next_supported_version_tuple:
+    logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
+            f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
+            f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
+            f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
+            f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
+            "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
+            f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
+            f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
+            "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
+            f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
+            f"{_dependency_package}.")
 
 
 from .services.iam_credentials import IAMCredentialsClient
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/eventarc/google/cloud/eventarc_v1/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/eventarc/google/cloud/eventarc_v1/__init__.py
index 93170704e5..6deb432abe 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/eventarc/google/cloud/eventarc_v1/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/eventarc/google/cloud/eventarc_v1/__init__.py
@@ -46,31 +46,43 @@
             "least Python 3.10, before then, and " +
             f"then update {_package_label}.")
 
-  import pkg_resources
   from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
 
-  def _get_version(dependency_name):
-    version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
-    return parse_version(version_string)
+  if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
+    import pkg_resources
+    def _get_version(dependency_name):
+      try:
+        version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
+        return parse_version(version_string)
+      except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+        return None
+  else:
+    from importlib import metadata
 
-  try:
-    _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
-    _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
-    _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
-    if _version_used < parse_version(_next_supported_version):
-      logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
-              f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
-              f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
-              f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
-              f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
-              "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
-              f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
-              f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
-              "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
-              f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
-              f"{_dependency_package}.")
-  except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
-    pass
+    def _get_version(dependency_name):
+      try:
+        version_string = metadata.version("requests")
+        parsed_version = parse_version(version_string)
+        return parsed_version.release
+      except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
+        return None
+
+  _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
+  _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
+  _next_supported_version_tuple = (4, 25, 8)
+  _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
+  if _version_used and _version_used < _next_supported_version_tuple:
+    logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
+            f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
+            f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
+            f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
+            f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
+            "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
+            f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
+            f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
+            "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
+            f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
+            f"{_dependency_package}.")
 
 
 from .services.eventarc import EventarcClient
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/logging/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/logging/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
index 14158339b6..c286dff4cf 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/logging/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/logging/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
@@ -46,31 +46,43 @@
             "least Python 3.10, before then, and " +
             f"then update {_package_label}.")
 
-  import pkg_resources
   from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
 
-  def _get_version(dependency_name):
-    version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
-    return parse_version(version_string)
+  if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
+    import pkg_resources
+    def _get_version(dependency_name):
+      try:
+        version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
+        return parse_version(version_string)
+      except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+        return None
+  else:
+    from importlib import metadata
 
-  try:
-    _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
-    _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
-    _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
-    if _version_used < parse_version(_next_supported_version):
-      logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
-              f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
-              f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
-              f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
-              f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
-              "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
-              f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
-              f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
-              "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
-              f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
-              f"{_dependency_package}.")
-  except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
-    pass
+    def _get_version(dependency_name):
+      try:
+        version_string = metadata.version("requests")
+        parsed_version = parse_version(version_string)
+        return parsed_version.release
+      except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
+        return None
+
+  _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
+  _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
+  _next_supported_version_tuple = (4, 25, 8)
+  _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
+  if _version_used and _version_used < _next_supported_version_tuple:
+    logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
+            f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
+            f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
+            f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
+            f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
+            "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
+            f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
+            f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
+            "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
+            f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
+            f"{_dependency_package}.")
 
 
 from .services.config_service_v2 import ConfigServiceV2Client
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/logging_internal/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/logging_internal/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
index 899c74782d..f32009e695 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/logging_internal/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/logging_internal/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
@@ -46,31 +46,43 @@
             "least Python 3.10, before then, and " +
             f"then update {_package_label}.")
 
-  import pkg_resources
   from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
 
-  def _get_version(dependency_name):
-    version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
-    return parse_version(version_string)
+  if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
+    import pkg_resources
+    def _get_version(dependency_name):
+      try:
+        version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
+        return parse_version(version_string)
+      except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+        return None
+  else:
+    from importlib import metadata
 
-  try:
-    _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
-    _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
-    _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
-    if _version_used < parse_version(_next_supported_version):
-      logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
-              f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
-              f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
-              f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
-              f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
-              "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
-              f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
-              f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
-              "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
-              f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
-              f"{_dependency_package}.")
-  except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
-    pass
+    def _get_version(dependency_name):
+      try:
+        version_string = metadata.version("requests")
+        parsed_version = parse_version(version_string)
+        return parsed_version.release
+      except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
+        return None
+
+  _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
+  _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
+  _next_supported_version_tuple = (4, 25, 8)
+  _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
+  if _version_used and _version_used < _next_supported_version_tuple:
+    logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
+            f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
+            f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
+            f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
+            f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
+            "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
+            f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
+            f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
+            "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
+            f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
+            f"{_dependency_package}.")
 
 
 from .services.config_service_v2 import BaseConfigServiceV2Client
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/redis/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/redis/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
index d3d6503473..c57d143587 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/redis/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/redis/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
@@ -46,31 +46,43 @@
             "least Python 3.10, before then, and " +
             f"then update {_package_label}.")
 
-  import pkg_resources
   from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
 
-  def _get_version(dependency_name):
-    version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
-    return parse_version(version_string)
+  if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
+    import pkg_resources
+    def _get_version(dependency_name):
+      try:
+        version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
+        return parse_version(version_string)
+      except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+        return None
+  else:
+    from importlib import metadata
 
-  try:
-    _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
-    _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
-    _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
-    if _version_used < parse_version(_next_supported_version):
-      logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
-              f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
-              f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
-              f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
-              f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
-              "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
-              f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
-              f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
-              "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
-              f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
-              f"{_dependency_package}.")
-  except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
-    pass
+    def _get_version(dependency_name):
+      try:
+        version_string = metadata.version("requests")
+        parsed_version = parse_version(version_string)
+        return parsed_version.release
+      except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
+        return None
+
+  _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
+  _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
+  _next_supported_version_tuple = (4, 25, 8)
+  _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
+  if _version_used and _version_used < _next_supported_version_tuple:
+    logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
+            f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
+            f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
+            f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
+            f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
+            "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
+            f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
+            f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
+            "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
+            f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
+            f"{_dependency_package}.")
 
 
 from .services.cloud_redis import CloudRedisClient
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/redis_selective/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/redis_selective/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
index 6e69a90ac0..68fab62221 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/redis_selective/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/redis_selective/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
@@ -46,31 +46,43 @@
             "least Python 3.10, before then, and " +
             f"then update {_package_label}.")
 
-  import pkg_resources
   from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
 
-  def _get_version(dependency_name):
-    version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
-    return parse_version(version_string)
+  if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
+    import pkg_resources
+    def _get_version(dependency_name):
+      try:
+        version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
+        return parse_version(version_string)
+      except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+        return None
+  else:
+    from importlib import metadata
 
-  try:
-    _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
-    _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
-    _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
-    if _version_used < parse_version(_next_supported_version):
-      logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
-              f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
-              f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
-              f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
-              f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
-              "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
-              f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
-              f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
-              "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
-              f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
-              f"{_dependency_package}.")
-  except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
-    pass
+    def _get_version(dependency_name):
+      try:
+        version_string = metadata.version("requests")
+        parsed_version = parse_version(version_string)
+        return parsed_version.release
+      except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
+        return None
+
+  _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
+  _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
+  _next_supported_version_tuple = (4, 25, 8)
+  _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
+  if _version_used and _version_used < _next_supported_version_tuple:
+    logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
+            f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
+            f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
+            f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
+            f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
+            "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
+            f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
+            f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
+            "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
+            f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
+            f"{_dependency_package}.")
 
 
 from .services.cloud_redis import CloudRedisClient

From 8645eadf31bbcc88fe9fbbf96c3148e737e4c7f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Chudnovsky <vchudnov@google.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 15:31:28 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 07/11] fix import errors

---
 .../%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2        | 131 +++++++++---------
 .../asset/google/cloud/asset_v1/__init__.py   | 115 +++++++--------
 .../google/iam/credentials_v1/__init__.py     | 115 +++++++--------
 .../google/cloud/eventarc_v1/__init__.py      | 115 +++++++--------
 .../google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py       | 115 +++++++--------
 .../google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py       | 115 +++++++--------
 .../redis/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py   | 115 +++++++--------
 .../google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py         | 115 +++++++--------
 8 files changed, 472 insertions(+), 464 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2 b/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2
index 5492cc9e2d..f2ee6b20c9 100644
--- a/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2
+++ b/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2
@@ -10,76 +10,77 @@ __version__ = package_version.__version__
 
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
-try:
-  api_core.check_python_version("{{package_path}}")
-  api_core.check_dependency_versions("{{package_path}}")
-except AttributeError:
+if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):
+    api_core.check_python_version("{{package_path}}")
+    api_core.check_dependency_versions("{{package_path}}")
+else:
 {# TODO: Remove this try-catch when we require api-core at a version that
    supports the changes in https://github.com/googleapis/python-api-core/pull/832
 
     In the meantime, please ensure the functionality here mirrors the
-    equivalent functionality in api_core, in those two functions above.  
+    equivalent functionality in api_core, in those two functions above.
 #}
-  # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
-  # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
-
-  import logging
-  import sys
-
-  _py_version_str = sys.version.split()[0]
-  _package_label = "{{package_path}}"
-  if sys.version_info < (3, 9):
-    logging.warning("You are using a non-supported Python version " +
-            f"({_py_version_str}).  Google will not post any further " +
-            f"updates to {_package_label} supporting this Python version. " +
-            "Please upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
-            f"least to Python 3.9, and then update {_package_label}.")
-  if sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 9):
-    logging.warning(f"You are using a Python version ({_py_version_str}) " +
-            f"which Google will stop supporting in {_package_label} when " +
-            "it reaches its end of life (October 2025). Please " +
-            "upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
-            "least Python 3.10, before then, and " +
-            f"then update {_package_label}.")
-
-  from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
-
-  if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
-    import pkg_resources
-    def _get_version(dependency_name):
-      try:
-        version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
-        return parse_version(version_string)
-      except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
-        return None
-  else:
-    from importlib import metadata
-  
-    def _get_version(dependency_name):
-      try:
-        version_string = metadata.version("requests")
-        parsed_version = parse_version(version_string)
-        return parsed_version.release
-      except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
-        return None
-  
-  _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
-  _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
-  _next_supported_version_tuple = (4, 25, 8)
-  _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
-  if _version_used and _version_used < _next_supported_version_tuple:
-    logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
-            f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
-            f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
-            f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
-            f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
-            "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
-            f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
-            f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
-            "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
-            f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
-            f"{_dependency_package}.")
-  
+    # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
+    # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
+
+    import logging
+    import sys
+
+    _py_version_str = sys.version.split()[0]
+    _package_label = "{{package_path}}"
+    if sys.version_info < (3, 9):
+        logging.warning("You are using a non-supported Python version " +
+                f"({_py_version_str}).  Google will not post any further " +
+                f"updates to {_package_label} supporting this Python version. " +
+                "Please upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
+                f"least to Python 3.9, and then update {_package_label}.")
+    if sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 9):
+        logging.warning(f"You are using a Python version ({_py_version_str}) " +
+                f"which Google will stop supporting in {_package_label} when " +
+                "it reaches its end of life (October 2025). Please " +
+                "upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
+                "least Python 3.10, before then, and " +
+                f"then update {_package_label}.")
+
+    from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
+
+    if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
+        import pkg_resources
+
+        def _get_version(dependency_name):
+          try:
+            version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
+            return parse_version(version_string)
+          except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+            return None
+    else:
+        from importlib import metadata
+
+        def _get_version(dependency_name):
+            try:
+                version_string = metadata.version("requests")
+                parsed_version = parse_version(version_string)
+                return parsed_version.release
+            except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
+                return None
+
+    _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
+    _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
+    _next_supported_version_tuple = (4, 25, 8)
+    _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
+    if _version_used and _version_used < _next_supported_version_tuple:
+        logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
+                  f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
+                  f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
+                  f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
+                  f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
+                  "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
+                  f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
+                  f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
+                  "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
+                  f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
+                  f"{_dependency_package}.")
+
 {#  Import subpackages. -#}
 {% for subpackage, _ in api.subpackages|dictsort %}
 from . import {{ subpackage }}
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/asset/google/cloud/asset_v1/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/asset/google/cloud/asset_v1/__init__.py
index cf6b765ee9..86c8ea11dc 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/asset/google/cloud/asset_v1/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/asset/google/cloud/asset_v1/__init__.py
@@ -20,69 +20,70 @@
 
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
-try:
-  api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.asset_v1")
-  api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.asset_v1")
-except AttributeError:
-  # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
-  # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
+if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):
+    api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.asset_v1")
+    api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.asset_v1")
+else:
+    # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
+    # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
 
-  import logging
-  import sys
+    import logging
+    import sys
 
-  _py_version_str = sys.version.split()[0]
-  _package_label = "google.cloud.asset_v1"
-  if sys.version_info < (3, 9):
-    logging.warning("You are using a non-supported Python version " +
-            f"({_py_version_str}).  Google will not post any further " +
-            f"updates to {_package_label} supporting this Python version. " +
-            "Please upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
-            f"least to Python 3.9, and then update {_package_label}.")
-  if sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 9):
-    logging.warning(f"You are using a Python version ({_py_version_str}) " +
-            f"which Google will stop supporting in {_package_label} when " +
-            "it reaches its end of life (October 2025). Please " +
-            "upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
-            "least Python 3.10, before then, and " +
-            f"then update {_package_label}.")
+    _py_version_str = sys.version.split()[0]
+    _package_label = "google.cloud.asset_v1"
+    if sys.version_info < (3, 9):
+        logging.warning("You are using a non-supported Python version " +
+                f"({_py_version_str}).  Google will not post any further " +
+                f"updates to {_package_label} supporting this Python version. " +
+                "Please upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
+                f"least to Python 3.9, and then update {_package_label}.")
+    if sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 9):
+        logging.warning(f"You are using a Python version ({_py_version_str}) " +
+                f"which Google will stop supporting in {_package_label} when " +
+                "it reaches its end of life (October 2025). Please " +
+                "upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
+                "least Python 3.10, before then, and " +
+                f"then update {_package_label}.")
 
-  from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
+    from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
 
-  if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
-    import pkg_resources
-    def _get_version(dependency_name):
-      try:
-        version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
-        return parse_version(version_string)
-      except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
-        return None
-  else:
-    from importlib import metadata
+    if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
+        import pkg_resources
 
-    def _get_version(dependency_name):
-      try:
-        version_string = metadata.version("requests")
-        parsed_version = parse_version(version_string)
-        return parsed_version.release
-      except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
-        return None
+        def _get_version(dependency_name):
+          try:
+            version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
+            return parse_version(version_string)
+          except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+            return None
+    else:
+        from importlib import metadata
 
-  _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
-  _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
-  _next_supported_version_tuple = (4, 25, 8)
-  _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
-  if _version_used and _version_used < _next_supported_version_tuple:
-    logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
-            f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
-            f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
-            f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
-            f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
-            "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
-            f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
-            f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
-            "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
-            f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
-            f"{_dependency_package}.")
+        def _get_version(dependency_name):
+            try:
+                version_string = metadata.version("requests")
+                parsed_version = parse_version(version_string)
+                return parsed_version.release
+            except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
+                return None
+
+    _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
+    _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
+    _next_supported_version_tuple = (4, 25, 8)
+    _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
+    if _version_used and _version_used < _next_supported_version_tuple:
+        logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
+                  f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
+                  f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
+                  f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
+                  f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
+                  "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
+                  f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
+                  f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
+                  "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
+                  f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
+                  f"{_dependency_package}.")
 
 
 from .services.asset_service import AssetServiceClient
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/credentials/google/iam/credentials_v1/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/credentials/google/iam/credentials_v1/__init__.py
index 98349907a0..ea849952bb 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/credentials/google/iam/credentials_v1/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/credentials/google/iam/credentials_v1/__init__.py
@@ -20,69 +20,70 @@
 
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
-try:
-  api_core.check_python_version("google.iam.credentials_v1")
-  api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.iam.credentials_v1")
-except AttributeError:
-  # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
-  # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
+if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):
+    api_core.check_python_version("google.iam.credentials_v1")
+    api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.iam.credentials_v1")
+else:
+    # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
+    # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
 
-  import logging
-  import sys
+    import logging
+    import sys
 
-  _py_version_str = sys.version.split()[0]
-  _package_label = "google.iam.credentials_v1"
-  if sys.version_info < (3, 9):
-    logging.warning("You are using a non-supported Python version " +
-            f"({_py_version_str}).  Google will not post any further " +
-            f"updates to {_package_label} supporting this Python version. " +
-            "Please upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
-            f"least to Python 3.9, and then update {_package_label}.")
-  if sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 9):
-    logging.warning(f"You are using a Python version ({_py_version_str}) " +
-            f"which Google will stop supporting in {_package_label} when " +
-            "it reaches its end of life (October 2025). Please " +
-            "upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
-            "least Python 3.10, before then, and " +
-            f"then update {_package_label}.")
+    _py_version_str = sys.version.split()[0]
+    _package_label = "google.iam.credentials_v1"
+    if sys.version_info < (3, 9):
+        logging.warning("You are using a non-supported Python version " +
+                f"({_py_version_str}).  Google will not post any further " +
+                f"updates to {_package_label} supporting this Python version. " +
+                "Please upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
+                f"least to Python 3.9, and then update {_package_label}.")
+    if sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 9):
+        logging.warning(f"You are using a Python version ({_py_version_str}) " +
+                f"which Google will stop supporting in {_package_label} when " +
+                "it reaches its end of life (October 2025). Please " +
+                "upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
+                "least Python 3.10, before then, and " +
+                f"then update {_package_label}.")
 
-  from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
+    from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
 
-  if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
-    import pkg_resources
-    def _get_version(dependency_name):
-      try:
-        version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
-        return parse_version(version_string)
-      except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
-        return None
-  else:
-    from importlib import metadata
+    if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
+        import pkg_resources
 
-    def _get_version(dependency_name):
-      try:
-        version_string = metadata.version("requests")
-        parsed_version = parse_version(version_string)
-        return parsed_version.release
-      except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
-        return None
+        def _get_version(dependency_name):
+          try:
+            version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
+            return parse_version(version_string)
+          except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+            return None
+    else:
+        from importlib import metadata
 
-  _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
-  _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
-  _next_supported_version_tuple = (4, 25, 8)
-  _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
-  if _version_used and _version_used < _next_supported_version_tuple:
-    logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
-            f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
-            f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
-            f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
-            f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
-            "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
-            f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
-            f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
-            "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
-            f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
-            f"{_dependency_package}.")
+        def _get_version(dependency_name):
+            try:
+                version_string = metadata.version("requests")
+                parsed_version = parse_version(version_string)
+                return parsed_version.release
+            except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
+                return None
+
+    _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
+    _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
+    _next_supported_version_tuple = (4, 25, 8)
+    _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
+    if _version_used and _version_used < _next_supported_version_tuple:
+        logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
+                  f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
+                  f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
+                  f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
+                  f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
+                  "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
+                  f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
+                  f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
+                  "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
+                  f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
+                  f"{_dependency_package}.")
 
 
 from .services.iam_credentials import IAMCredentialsClient
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/eventarc/google/cloud/eventarc_v1/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/eventarc/google/cloud/eventarc_v1/__init__.py
index 6deb432abe..96d465502c 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/eventarc/google/cloud/eventarc_v1/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/eventarc/google/cloud/eventarc_v1/__init__.py
@@ -20,69 +20,70 @@
 
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
-try:
-  api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.eventarc_v1")
-  api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.eventarc_v1")
-except AttributeError:
-  # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
-  # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
+if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):
+    api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.eventarc_v1")
+    api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.eventarc_v1")
+else:
+    # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
+    # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
 
-  import logging
-  import sys
+    import logging
+    import sys
 
-  _py_version_str = sys.version.split()[0]
-  _package_label = "google.cloud.eventarc_v1"
-  if sys.version_info < (3, 9):
-    logging.warning("You are using a non-supported Python version " +
-            f"({_py_version_str}).  Google will not post any further " +
-            f"updates to {_package_label} supporting this Python version. " +
-            "Please upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
-            f"least to Python 3.9, and then update {_package_label}.")
-  if sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 9):
-    logging.warning(f"You are using a Python version ({_py_version_str}) " +
-            f"which Google will stop supporting in {_package_label} when " +
-            "it reaches its end of life (October 2025). Please " +
-            "upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
-            "least Python 3.10, before then, and " +
-            f"then update {_package_label}.")
+    _py_version_str = sys.version.split()[0]
+    _package_label = "google.cloud.eventarc_v1"
+    if sys.version_info < (3, 9):
+        logging.warning("You are using a non-supported Python version " +
+                f"({_py_version_str}).  Google will not post any further " +
+                f"updates to {_package_label} supporting this Python version. " +
+                "Please upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
+                f"least to Python 3.9, and then update {_package_label}.")
+    if sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 9):
+        logging.warning(f"You are using a Python version ({_py_version_str}) " +
+                f"which Google will stop supporting in {_package_label} when " +
+                "it reaches its end of life (October 2025). Please " +
+                "upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
+                "least Python 3.10, before then, and " +
+                f"then update {_package_label}.")
 
-  from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
+    from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
 
-  if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
-    import pkg_resources
-    def _get_version(dependency_name):
-      try:
-        version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
-        return parse_version(version_string)
-      except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
-        return None
-  else:
-    from importlib import metadata
+    if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
+        import pkg_resources
 
-    def _get_version(dependency_name):
-      try:
-        version_string = metadata.version("requests")
-        parsed_version = parse_version(version_string)
-        return parsed_version.release
-      except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
-        return None
+        def _get_version(dependency_name):
+          try:
+            version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
+            return parse_version(version_string)
+          except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+            return None
+    else:
+        from importlib import metadata
 
-  _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
-  _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
-  _next_supported_version_tuple = (4, 25, 8)
-  _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
-  if _version_used and _version_used < _next_supported_version_tuple:
-    logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
-            f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
-            f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
-            f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
-            f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
-            "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
-            f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
-            f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
-            "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
-            f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
-            f"{_dependency_package}.")
+        def _get_version(dependency_name):
+            try:
+                version_string = metadata.version("requests")
+                parsed_version = parse_version(version_string)
+                return parsed_version.release
+            except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
+                return None
+
+    _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
+    _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
+    _next_supported_version_tuple = (4, 25, 8)
+    _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
+    if _version_used and _version_used < _next_supported_version_tuple:
+        logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
+                  f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
+                  f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
+                  f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
+                  f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
+                  "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
+                  f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
+                  f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
+                  "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
+                  f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
+                  f"{_dependency_package}.")
 
 
 from .services.eventarc import EventarcClient
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/logging/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/logging/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
index c286dff4cf..7db3e0f508 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/logging/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/logging/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
@@ -20,69 +20,70 @@
 
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
-try:
-  api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.logging_v2")
-  api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.logging_v2")
-except AttributeError:
-  # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
-  # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
+if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):
+    api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.logging_v2")
+    api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.logging_v2")
+else:
+    # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
+    # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
 
-  import logging
-  import sys
+    import logging
+    import sys
 
-  _py_version_str = sys.version.split()[0]
-  _package_label = "google.cloud.logging_v2"
-  if sys.version_info < (3, 9):
-    logging.warning("You are using a non-supported Python version " +
-            f"({_py_version_str}).  Google will not post any further " +
-            f"updates to {_package_label} supporting this Python version. " +
-            "Please upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
-            f"least to Python 3.9, and then update {_package_label}.")
-  if sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 9):
-    logging.warning(f"You are using a Python version ({_py_version_str}) " +
-            f"which Google will stop supporting in {_package_label} when " +
-            "it reaches its end of life (October 2025). Please " +
-            "upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
-            "least Python 3.10, before then, and " +
-            f"then update {_package_label}.")
+    _py_version_str = sys.version.split()[0]
+    _package_label = "google.cloud.logging_v2"
+    if sys.version_info < (3, 9):
+        logging.warning("You are using a non-supported Python version " +
+                f"({_py_version_str}).  Google will not post any further " +
+                f"updates to {_package_label} supporting this Python version. " +
+                "Please upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
+                f"least to Python 3.9, and then update {_package_label}.")
+    if sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 9):
+        logging.warning(f"You are using a Python version ({_py_version_str}) " +
+                f"which Google will stop supporting in {_package_label} when " +
+                "it reaches its end of life (October 2025). Please " +
+                "upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
+                "least Python 3.10, before then, and " +
+                f"then update {_package_label}.")
 
-  from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
+    from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
 
-  if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
-    import pkg_resources
-    def _get_version(dependency_name):
-      try:
-        version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
-        return parse_version(version_string)
-      except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
-        return None
-  else:
-    from importlib import metadata
+    if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
+        import pkg_resources
 
-    def _get_version(dependency_name):
-      try:
-        version_string = metadata.version("requests")
-        parsed_version = parse_version(version_string)
-        return parsed_version.release
-      except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
-        return None
+        def _get_version(dependency_name):
+          try:
+            version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
+            return parse_version(version_string)
+          except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+            return None
+    else:
+        from importlib import metadata
 
-  _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
-  _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
-  _next_supported_version_tuple = (4, 25, 8)
-  _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
-  if _version_used and _version_used < _next_supported_version_tuple:
-    logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
-            f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
-            f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
-            f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
-            f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
-            "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
-            f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
-            f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
-            "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
-            f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
-            f"{_dependency_package}.")
+        def _get_version(dependency_name):
+            try:
+                version_string = metadata.version("requests")
+                parsed_version = parse_version(version_string)
+                return parsed_version.release
+            except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
+                return None
+
+    _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
+    _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
+    _next_supported_version_tuple = (4, 25, 8)
+    _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
+    if _version_used and _version_used < _next_supported_version_tuple:
+        logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
+                  f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
+                  f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
+                  f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
+                  f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
+                  "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
+                  f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
+                  f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
+                  "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
+                  f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
+                  f"{_dependency_package}.")
 
 
 from .services.config_service_v2 import ConfigServiceV2Client
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/logging_internal/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/logging_internal/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
index f32009e695..1ee14142b3 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/logging_internal/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/logging_internal/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
@@ -20,69 +20,70 @@
 
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
-try:
-  api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.logging_v2")
-  api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.logging_v2")
-except AttributeError:
-  # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
-  # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
+if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):
+    api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.logging_v2")
+    api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.logging_v2")
+else:
+    # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
+    # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
 
-  import logging
-  import sys
+    import logging
+    import sys
 
-  _py_version_str = sys.version.split()[0]
-  _package_label = "google.cloud.logging_v2"
-  if sys.version_info < (3, 9):
-    logging.warning("You are using a non-supported Python version " +
-            f"({_py_version_str}).  Google will not post any further " +
-            f"updates to {_package_label} supporting this Python version. " +
-            "Please upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
-            f"least to Python 3.9, and then update {_package_label}.")
-  if sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 9):
-    logging.warning(f"You are using a Python version ({_py_version_str}) " +
-            f"which Google will stop supporting in {_package_label} when " +
-            "it reaches its end of life (October 2025). Please " +
-            "upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
-            "least Python 3.10, before then, and " +
-            f"then update {_package_label}.")
+    _py_version_str = sys.version.split()[0]
+    _package_label = "google.cloud.logging_v2"
+    if sys.version_info < (3, 9):
+        logging.warning("You are using a non-supported Python version " +
+                f"({_py_version_str}).  Google will not post any further " +
+                f"updates to {_package_label} supporting this Python version. " +
+                "Please upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
+                f"least to Python 3.9, and then update {_package_label}.")
+    if sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 9):
+        logging.warning(f"You are using a Python version ({_py_version_str}) " +
+                f"which Google will stop supporting in {_package_label} when " +
+                "it reaches its end of life (October 2025). Please " +
+                "upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
+                "least Python 3.10, before then, and " +
+                f"then update {_package_label}.")
 
-  from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
+    from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
 
-  if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
-    import pkg_resources
-    def _get_version(dependency_name):
-      try:
-        version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
-        return parse_version(version_string)
-      except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
-        return None
-  else:
-    from importlib import metadata
+    if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
+        import pkg_resources
 
-    def _get_version(dependency_name):
-      try:
-        version_string = metadata.version("requests")
-        parsed_version = parse_version(version_string)
-        return parsed_version.release
-      except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
-        return None
+        def _get_version(dependency_name):
+          try:
+            version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
+            return parse_version(version_string)
+          except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+            return None
+    else:
+        from importlib import metadata
 
-  _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
-  _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
-  _next_supported_version_tuple = (4, 25, 8)
-  _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
-  if _version_used and _version_used < _next_supported_version_tuple:
-    logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
-            f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
-            f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
-            f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
-            f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
-            "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
-            f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
-            f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
-            "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
-            f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
-            f"{_dependency_package}.")
+        def _get_version(dependency_name):
+            try:
+                version_string = metadata.version("requests")
+                parsed_version = parse_version(version_string)
+                return parsed_version.release
+            except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
+                return None
+
+    _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
+    _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
+    _next_supported_version_tuple = (4, 25, 8)
+    _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
+    if _version_used and _version_used < _next_supported_version_tuple:
+        logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
+                  f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
+                  f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
+                  f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
+                  f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
+                  "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
+                  f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
+                  f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
+                  "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
+                  f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
+                  f"{_dependency_package}.")
 
 
 from .services.config_service_v2 import BaseConfigServiceV2Client
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/redis/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/redis/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
index c57d143587..679807e7c3 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/redis/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/redis/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
@@ -20,69 +20,70 @@
 
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
-try:
-  api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.redis_v1")
-  api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.redis_v1")
-except AttributeError:
-  # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
-  # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
+if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):
+    api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.redis_v1")
+    api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.redis_v1")
+else:
+    # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
+    # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
 
-  import logging
-  import sys
+    import logging
+    import sys
 
-  _py_version_str = sys.version.split()[0]
-  _package_label = "google.cloud.redis_v1"
-  if sys.version_info < (3, 9):
-    logging.warning("You are using a non-supported Python version " +
-            f"({_py_version_str}).  Google will not post any further " +
-            f"updates to {_package_label} supporting this Python version. " +
-            "Please upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
-            f"least to Python 3.9, and then update {_package_label}.")
-  if sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 9):
-    logging.warning(f"You are using a Python version ({_py_version_str}) " +
-            f"which Google will stop supporting in {_package_label} when " +
-            "it reaches its end of life (October 2025). Please " +
-            "upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
-            "least Python 3.10, before then, and " +
-            f"then update {_package_label}.")
+    _py_version_str = sys.version.split()[0]
+    _package_label = "google.cloud.redis_v1"
+    if sys.version_info < (3, 9):
+        logging.warning("You are using a non-supported Python version " +
+                f"({_py_version_str}).  Google will not post any further " +
+                f"updates to {_package_label} supporting this Python version. " +
+                "Please upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
+                f"least to Python 3.9, and then update {_package_label}.")
+    if sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 9):
+        logging.warning(f"You are using a Python version ({_py_version_str}) " +
+                f"which Google will stop supporting in {_package_label} when " +
+                "it reaches its end of life (October 2025). Please " +
+                "upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
+                "least Python 3.10, before then, and " +
+                f"then update {_package_label}.")
 
-  from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
+    from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
 
-  if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
-    import pkg_resources
-    def _get_version(dependency_name):
-      try:
-        version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
-        return parse_version(version_string)
-      except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
-        return None
-  else:
-    from importlib import metadata
+    if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
+        import pkg_resources
 
-    def _get_version(dependency_name):
-      try:
-        version_string = metadata.version("requests")
-        parsed_version = parse_version(version_string)
-        return parsed_version.release
-      except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
-        return None
+        def _get_version(dependency_name):
+          try:
+            version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
+            return parse_version(version_string)
+          except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+            return None
+    else:
+        from importlib import metadata
 
-  _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
-  _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
-  _next_supported_version_tuple = (4, 25, 8)
-  _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
-  if _version_used and _version_used < _next_supported_version_tuple:
-    logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
-            f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
-            f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
-            f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
-            f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
-            "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
-            f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
-            f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
-            "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
-            f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
-            f"{_dependency_package}.")
+        def _get_version(dependency_name):
+            try:
+                version_string = metadata.version("requests")
+                parsed_version = parse_version(version_string)
+                return parsed_version.release
+            except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
+                return None
+
+    _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
+    _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
+    _next_supported_version_tuple = (4, 25, 8)
+    _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
+    if _version_used and _version_used < _next_supported_version_tuple:
+        logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
+                  f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
+                  f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
+                  f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
+                  f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
+                  "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
+                  f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
+                  f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
+                  "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
+                  f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
+                  f"{_dependency_package}.")
 
 
 from .services.cloud_redis import CloudRedisClient
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/redis_selective/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/redis_selective/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
index 68fab62221..1fbdd3e368 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/redis_selective/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/redis_selective/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
@@ -20,69 +20,70 @@
 
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
-try:
-  api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.redis_v1")
-  api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.redis_v1")
-except AttributeError:
-  # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
-  # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
+if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):
+    api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.redis_v1")
+    api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.redis_v1")
+else:
+    # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
+    # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
 
-  import logging
-  import sys
+    import logging
+    import sys
 
-  _py_version_str = sys.version.split()[0]
-  _package_label = "google.cloud.redis_v1"
-  if sys.version_info < (3, 9):
-    logging.warning("You are using a non-supported Python version " +
-            f"({_py_version_str}).  Google will not post any further " +
-            f"updates to {_package_label} supporting this Python version. " +
-            "Please upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
-            f"least to Python 3.9, and then update {_package_label}.")
-  if sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 9):
-    logging.warning(f"You are using a Python version ({_py_version_str}) " +
-            f"which Google will stop supporting in {_package_label} when " +
-            "it reaches its end of life (October 2025). Please " +
-            "upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
-            "least Python 3.10, before then, and " +
-            f"then update {_package_label}.")
+    _py_version_str = sys.version.split()[0]
+    _package_label = "google.cloud.redis_v1"
+    if sys.version_info < (3, 9):
+        logging.warning("You are using a non-supported Python version " +
+                f"({_py_version_str}).  Google will not post any further " +
+                f"updates to {_package_label} supporting this Python version. " +
+                "Please upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
+                f"least to Python 3.9, and then update {_package_label}.")
+    if sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 9):
+        logging.warning(f"You are using a Python version ({_py_version_str}) " +
+                f"which Google will stop supporting in {_package_label} when " +
+                "it reaches its end of life (October 2025). Please " +
+                "upgrade to the latest Python version, or at " +
+                "least Python 3.10, before then, and " +
+                f"then update {_package_label}.")
 
-  from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
+    from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
 
-  if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
-    import pkg_resources
-    def _get_version(dependency_name):
-      try:
-        version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
-        return parse_version(version_string)
-      except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
-        return None
-  else:
-    from importlib import metadata
+    if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
+        import pkg_resources
 
-    def _get_version(dependency_name):
-      try:
-        version_string = metadata.version("requests")
-        parsed_version = parse_version(version_string)
-        return parsed_version.release
-      except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
-        return None
+        def _get_version(dependency_name):
+          try:
+            version_string = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dependency_name).version
+            return parse_version(version_string)
+          except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+            return None
+    else:
+        from importlib import metadata
 
-  _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
-  _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
-  _next_supported_version_tuple = (4, 25, 8)
-  _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
-  if _version_used and _version_used < _next_supported_version_tuple:
-    logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
-            f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
-            f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
-            f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
-            f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
-            "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
-            f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
-            f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
-            "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
-            f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
-            f"{_dependency_package}.")
+        def _get_version(dependency_name):
+            try:
+                version_string = metadata.version("requests")
+                parsed_version = parse_version(version_string)
+                return parsed_version.release
+            except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
+                return None
+
+    _dependency_package = "google.protobuf"
+    _next_supported_version = "4.25.8"
+    _next_supported_version_tuple = (4, 25, 8)
+    _version_used = _get_version(_dependency_package)
+    if _version_used and _version_used < _next_supported_version_tuple:
+        logging.warning(f"DEPRECATION: Package {_package_label} depends on " +
+                  f"{_dependency_package}, currently installed at version " +
+                  f"{_version_used.__str__}. Future updates to " +
+                  f"{_package_label} will require {_dependency_package} at " +
+                  f"version {_next_supported_version} or higher. Please ensure " +
+                  "that either (a) your Python environment doesn't pin the " +
+                  f"version of {_dependency_package}, so that updates to " +
+                  f"{_package_label} can require the higher version, or " +
+                  "(b) you manually update your Python environment to use at " +
+                  f"least version {_next_supported_version} of " +
+                  f"{_dependency_package}.")
 
 
 from .services.cloud_redis import CloudRedisClient

From 830559aa339496026ec2e973fd153b82e629494f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Chudnovsky <vchudnov@google.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2025 10:55:06 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 08/11] Install `packaging` package

---
 gapic/templates/setup.py.j2                         | 1 +
 tests/integration/goldens/asset/setup.py            | 1 +
 tests/integration/goldens/credentials/setup.py      | 1 +
 tests/integration/goldens/eventarc/setup.py         | 1 +
 tests/integration/goldens/logging/setup.py          | 1 +
 tests/integration/goldens/logging_internal/setup.py | 1 +
 tests/integration/goldens/redis/setup.py            | 1 +
 tests/integration/goldens/redis_selective/setup.py  | 1 +
 8 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gapic/templates/setup.py.j2 b/gapic/templates/setup.py.j2
index 2f265dd994..79ffd1885a 100644
--- a/gapic/templates/setup.py.j2
+++ b/gapic/templates/setup.py.j2
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ dependencies = [
     # Exclude incompatible versions of `google-auth`
     # See https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/12364
     "google-auth >= 2.14.1, <3.0.0,!=2.24.0,!=2.25.0",
+    "packaging", # TODO: Remove once we require versions of api core that include this
     "proto-plus >= 1.22.3, <2.0.0",
     "proto-plus >= 1.25.0, <2.0.0; python_version >= '3.13'",
     {# Explicitly exclude protobuf versions mentioned in https://cloud.google.com/support/bulletins#GCP-2022-019 #}
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/asset/setup.py b/tests/integration/goldens/asset/setup.py
index 5d506dc2d9..2ae1de860b 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/asset/setup.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/asset/setup.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
     # Exclude incompatible versions of `google-auth`
     # See https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/12364
     "google-auth >= 2.14.1, <3.0.0,!=2.24.0,!=2.25.0",
+    "packaging", # TODO: Remove once we require versions of api core that include this
     "proto-plus >= 1.22.3, <2.0.0",
     "proto-plus >= 1.25.0, <2.0.0; python_version >= '3.13'",
     "protobuf>=3.20.2,<7.0.0,!=4.21.0,!=4.21.1,!=4.21.2,!=4.21.3,!=4.21.4,!=4.21.5",
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/credentials/setup.py b/tests/integration/goldens/credentials/setup.py
index 6ffe75b3ba..e1728860d3 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/credentials/setup.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/credentials/setup.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
     # Exclude incompatible versions of `google-auth`
     # See https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/12364
     "google-auth >= 2.14.1, <3.0.0,!=2.24.0,!=2.25.0",
+    "packaging", # TODO: Remove once we require versions of api core that include this
     "proto-plus >= 1.22.3, <2.0.0",
     "proto-plus >= 1.25.0, <2.0.0; python_version >= '3.13'",
     "protobuf>=3.20.2,<7.0.0,!=4.21.0,!=4.21.1,!=4.21.2,!=4.21.3,!=4.21.4,!=4.21.5",
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/eventarc/setup.py b/tests/integration/goldens/eventarc/setup.py
index 4cba69da02..50e26c8ca3 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/eventarc/setup.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/eventarc/setup.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
     # Exclude incompatible versions of `google-auth`
     # See https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/12364
     "google-auth >= 2.14.1, <3.0.0,!=2.24.0,!=2.25.0",
+    "packaging", # TODO: Remove once we require versions of api core that include this
     "proto-plus >= 1.22.3, <2.0.0",
     "proto-plus >= 1.25.0, <2.0.0; python_version >= '3.13'",
     "protobuf>=3.20.2,<7.0.0,!=4.21.0,!=4.21.1,!=4.21.2,!=4.21.3,!=4.21.4,!=4.21.5",
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/logging/setup.py b/tests/integration/goldens/logging/setup.py
index 23a3a12a2b..f991eec737 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/logging/setup.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/logging/setup.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
     # Exclude incompatible versions of `google-auth`
     # See https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/12364
     "google-auth >= 2.14.1, <3.0.0,!=2.24.0,!=2.25.0",
+    "packaging", # TODO: Remove once we require versions of api core that include this
     "proto-plus >= 1.22.3, <2.0.0",
     "proto-plus >= 1.25.0, <2.0.0; python_version >= '3.13'",
     "protobuf>=3.20.2,<7.0.0,!=4.21.0,!=4.21.1,!=4.21.2,!=4.21.3,!=4.21.4,!=4.21.5",
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/logging_internal/setup.py b/tests/integration/goldens/logging_internal/setup.py
index 23a3a12a2b..f991eec737 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/logging_internal/setup.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/logging_internal/setup.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
     # Exclude incompatible versions of `google-auth`
     # See https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/12364
     "google-auth >= 2.14.1, <3.0.0,!=2.24.0,!=2.25.0",
+    "packaging", # TODO: Remove once we require versions of api core that include this
     "proto-plus >= 1.22.3, <2.0.0",
     "proto-plus >= 1.25.0, <2.0.0; python_version >= '3.13'",
     "protobuf>=3.20.2,<7.0.0,!=4.21.0,!=4.21.1,!=4.21.2,!=4.21.3,!=4.21.4,!=4.21.5",
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/redis/setup.py b/tests/integration/goldens/redis/setup.py
index 54fece2f91..0d28f00404 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/redis/setup.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/redis/setup.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
     # Exclude incompatible versions of `google-auth`
     # See https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/12364
     "google-auth >= 2.14.1, <3.0.0,!=2.24.0,!=2.25.0",
+    "packaging", # TODO: Remove once we require versions of api core that include this
     "proto-plus >= 1.22.3, <2.0.0",
     "proto-plus >= 1.25.0, <2.0.0; python_version >= '3.13'",
     "protobuf>=3.20.2,<7.0.0,!=4.21.0,!=4.21.1,!=4.21.2,!=4.21.3,!=4.21.4,!=4.21.5",
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/redis_selective/setup.py b/tests/integration/goldens/redis_selective/setup.py
index 54fece2f91..0d28f00404 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/redis_selective/setup.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/redis_selective/setup.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
     # Exclude incompatible versions of `google-auth`
     # See https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/12364
     "google-auth >= 2.14.1, <3.0.0,!=2.24.0,!=2.25.0",
+    "packaging", # TODO: Remove once we require versions of api core that include this
     "proto-plus >= 1.22.3, <2.0.0",
     "proto-plus >= 1.25.0, <2.0.0; python_version >= '3.13'",
     "protobuf>=3.20.2,<7.0.0,!=4.21.0,!=4.21.1,!=4.21.2,!=4.21.3,!=4.21.4,!=4.21.5",

From b809fba381be24cfd22cba2ef07ed51be0ee4753 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Chudnovsky <vchudnov@google.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2025 11:30:47 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 09/11] fix: skip type warnings for imports not present in
 older api_core

---
 .../%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2          | 7 ++++---
 .../goldens/asset/google/cloud/asset_v1/__init__.py        | 4 ++--
 .../credentials/google/iam/credentials_v1/__init__.py      | 4 ++--
 .../goldens/eventarc/google/cloud/eventarc_v1/__init__.py  | 4 ++--
 .../goldens/logging/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py    | 4 ++--
 .../logging_internal/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py   | 4 ++--
 .../goldens/redis/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py        | 4 ++--
 .../redis_selective/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py      | 4 ++--
 8 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2 b/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2
index f2ee6b20c9..b0857255d3 100644
--- a/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2
+++ b/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ __version__ = package_version.__version__
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
 if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):
-    api_core.check_python_version("{{package_path}}")
-    api_core.check_dependency_versions("{{package_path}}")
+    {# TODO(api_core): remove `type:ignore` below when minimum version of api_core makes the else clause unnecessary. #}
+    api_core.check_python_version("{{package_path}}") # type: ignore
+    api_core.check_dependency_versions("{{package_path}}") # type: ignore
 else:
-{# TODO: Remove this try-catch when we require api-core at a version that
+{# TODO(api_core): Remove this try-catch when we require api-core at a version that
    supports the changes in https://github.com/googleapis/python-api-core/pull/832
 
     In the meantime, please ensure the functionality here mirrors the
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/asset/google/cloud/asset_v1/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/asset/google/cloud/asset_v1/__init__.py
index 86c8ea11dc..d34867257e 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/asset/google/cloud/asset_v1/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/asset/google/cloud/asset_v1/__init__.py
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
 if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):
-    api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.asset_v1")
-    api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.asset_v1")
+    api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.asset_v1") # type: ignore
+    api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.asset_v1") # type: ignore
 else:
     # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
     # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/credentials/google/iam/credentials_v1/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/credentials/google/iam/credentials_v1/__init__.py
index ea849952bb..b5da2f5bbb 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/credentials/google/iam/credentials_v1/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/credentials/google/iam/credentials_v1/__init__.py
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
 if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):
-    api_core.check_python_version("google.iam.credentials_v1")
-    api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.iam.credentials_v1")
+    api_core.check_python_version("google.iam.credentials_v1") # type: ignore
+    api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.iam.credentials_v1") # type: ignore
 else:
     # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
     # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/eventarc/google/cloud/eventarc_v1/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/eventarc/google/cloud/eventarc_v1/__init__.py
index 96d465502c..e585f1dcde 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/eventarc/google/cloud/eventarc_v1/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/eventarc/google/cloud/eventarc_v1/__init__.py
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
 if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):
-    api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.eventarc_v1")
-    api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.eventarc_v1")
+    api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.eventarc_v1") # type: ignore
+    api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.eventarc_v1") # type: ignore
 else:
     # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
     # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/logging/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/logging/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
index 7db3e0f508..5d2e82df53 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/logging/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/logging/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
 if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):
-    api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.logging_v2")
-    api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.logging_v2")
+    api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.logging_v2") # type: ignore
+    api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.logging_v2") # type: ignore
 else:
     # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
     # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/logging_internal/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/logging_internal/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
index 1ee14142b3..10737277e7 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/logging_internal/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/logging_internal/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
 if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):
-    api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.logging_v2")
-    api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.logging_v2")
+    api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.logging_v2") # type: ignore
+    api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.logging_v2") # type: ignore
 else:
     # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
     # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/redis/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/redis/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
index 679807e7c3..3e25b02dea 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/redis/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/redis/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
 if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):
-    api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.redis_v1")
-    api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.redis_v1")
+    api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.redis_v1") # type: ignore
+    api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.redis_v1") # type: ignore
 else:
     # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
     # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/redis_selective/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/redis_selective/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
index 1fbdd3e368..19d7ad41fd 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/redis_selective/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/redis_selective/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
 if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):
-    api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.redis_v1")
-    api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.redis_v1")
+    api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.redis_v1") # type: ignore
+    api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.redis_v1") # type: ignore
 else:
     # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
     # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.

From eb30d4f6b752e061f47f81d5ab9444751f158e84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Chudnovsky <vchudnov@google.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2025 12:34:51 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 10/11] fix: exclude the backwards-compatibility code fro
 mcoverage checks

---
 gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2 | 4 ++--
 .../goldens/asset/google/cloud/asset_v1/__init__.py           | 4 ++--
 .../goldens/credentials/google/iam/credentials_v1/__init__.py | 4 ++--
 .../goldens/eventarc/google/cloud/eventarc_v1/__init__.py     | 4 ++--
 .../goldens/logging/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py       | 4 ++--
 .../logging_internal/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py      | 4 ++--
 .../goldens/redis/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py           | 4 ++--
 .../goldens/redis_selective/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py | 4 ++--
 8 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2 b/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2
index b0857255d3..2994e85066 100644
--- a/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2
+++ b/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ __version__ = package_version.__version__
 
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
-if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):
+if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):   # pragma: no coverage
     {# TODO(api_core): remove `type:ignore` below when minimum version of api_core makes the else clause unnecessary. #}
     api_core.check_python_version("{{package_path}}") # type: ignore
     api_core.check_dependency_versions("{{package_path}}") # type: ignore
-else:
+else:   # pragma: no coverage
 {# TODO(api_core): Remove this try-catch when we require api-core at a version that
    supports the changes in https://github.com/googleapis/python-api-core/pull/832
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/asset/google/cloud/asset_v1/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/asset/google/cloud/asset_v1/__init__.py
index d34867257e..f98e3304a2 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/asset/google/cloud/asset_v1/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/asset/google/cloud/asset_v1/__init__.py
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
-if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):
+if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):   # pragma: no coverage
     api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.asset_v1") # type: ignore
     api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.asset_v1") # type: ignore
-else:
+else:   # pragma: no coverage
     # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
     # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/credentials/google/iam/credentials_v1/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/credentials/google/iam/credentials_v1/__init__.py
index b5da2f5bbb..5153a87607 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/credentials/google/iam/credentials_v1/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/credentials/google/iam/credentials_v1/__init__.py
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
-if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):
+if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):   # pragma: no coverage
     api_core.check_python_version("google.iam.credentials_v1") # type: ignore
     api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.iam.credentials_v1") # type: ignore
-else:
+else:   # pragma: no coverage
     # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
     # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/eventarc/google/cloud/eventarc_v1/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/eventarc/google/cloud/eventarc_v1/__init__.py
index e585f1dcde..b7f9a402c6 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/eventarc/google/cloud/eventarc_v1/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/eventarc/google/cloud/eventarc_v1/__init__.py
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
-if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):
+if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):   # pragma: no coverage
     api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.eventarc_v1") # type: ignore
     api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.eventarc_v1") # type: ignore
-else:
+else:   # pragma: no coverage
     # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
     # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/logging/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/logging/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
index 5d2e82df53..86d8d2cf83 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/logging/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/logging/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
-if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):
+if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):   # pragma: no coverage
     api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.logging_v2") # type: ignore
     api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.logging_v2") # type: ignore
-else:
+else:   # pragma: no coverage
     # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
     # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/logging_internal/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/logging_internal/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
index 10737277e7..109c095471 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/logging_internal/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/logging_internal/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
-if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):
+if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):   # pragma: no coverage
     api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.logging_v2") # type: ignore
     api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.logging_v2") # type: ignore
-else:
+else:   # pragma: no coverage
     # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
     # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/redis/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/redis/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
index 3e25b02dea..3ad00b5a69 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/redis/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/redis/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
-if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):
+if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):   # pragma: no coverage
     api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.redis_v1") # type: ignore
     api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.redis_v1") # type: ignore
-else:
+else:   # pragma: no coverage
     # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
     # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/redis_selective/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/redis_selective/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
index 19d7ad41fd..50904731d7 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/redis_selective/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/redis_selective/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
-if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):
+if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):   # pragma: no coverage
     api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.redis_v1") # type: ignore
     api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.redis_v1") # type: ignore
-else:
+else:   # pragma: no coverage
     # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
     # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
 

From aa6c36023aff0c95a948bd066124a64e2c8ab88b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Chudnovsky <vchudnov@google.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2025 13:27:29 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 11/11] fix: fix coverage skip pragmas

---
 gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2 | 4 ++--
 .../goldens/asset/google/cloud/asset_v1/__init__.py           | 4 ++--
 .../goldens/credentials/google/iam/credentials_v1/__init__.py | 4 ++--
 .../goldens/eventarc/google/cloud/eventarc_v1/__init__.py     | 4 ++--
 .../goldens/logging/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py       | 4 ++--
 .../logging_internal/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py      | 4 ++--
 .../goldens/redis/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py           | 4 ++--
 .../goldens/redis_selective/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py | 4 ++--
 8 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2 b/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2
index 2994e85066..ad0834acf5 100644
--- a/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2
+++ b/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/__init__.py.j2
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ __version__ = package_version.__version__
 
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
-if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):   # pragma: no coverage
+if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):   # pragma: NO COVER
     {# TODO(api_core): remove `type:ignore` below when minimum version of api_core makes the else clause unnecessary. #}
     api_core.check_python_version("{{package_path}}") # type: ignore
     api_core.check_dependency_versions("{{package_path}}") # type: ignore
-else:   # pragma: no coverage
+else:   # pragma: NO COVER
 {# TODO(api_core): Remove this try-catch when we require api-core at a version that
    supports the changes in https://github.com/googleapis/python-api-core/pull/832
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/asset/google/cloud/asset_v1/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/asset/google/cloud/asset_v1/__init__.py
index f98e3304a2..eef78ac984 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/asset/google/cloud/asset_v1/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/asset/google/cloud/asset_v1/__init__.py
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
-if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):   # pragma: no coverage
+if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):   # pragma: NO COVER
     api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.asset_v1") # type: ignore
     api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.asset_v1") # type: ignore
-else:   # pragma: no coverage
+else:   # pragma: NO COVER
     # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
     # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/credentials/google/iam/credentials_v1/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/credentials/google/iam/credentials_v1/__init__.py
index 5153a87607..effaaa43c8 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/credentials/google/iam/credentials_v1/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/credentials/google/iam/credentials_v1/__init__.py
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
-if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):   # pragma: no coverage
+if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):   # pragma: NO COVER
     api_core.check_python_version("google.iam.credentials_v1") # type: ignore
     api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.iam.credentials_v1") # type: ignore
-else:   # pragma: no coverage
+else:   # pragma: NO COVER
     # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
     # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/eventarc/google/cloud/eventarc_v1/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/eventarc/google/cloud/eventarc_v1/__init__.py
index b7f9a402c6..01f1418ddb 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/eventarc/google/cloud/eventarc_v1/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/eventarc/google/cloud/eventarc_v1/__init__.py
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
-if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):   # pragma: no coverage
+if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):   # pragma: NO COVER
     api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.eventarc_v1") # type: ignore
     api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.eventarc_v1") # type: ignore
-else:   # pragma: no coverage
+else:   # pragma: NO COVER
     # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
     # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/logging/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/logging/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
index 86d8d2cf83..577ef39057 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/logging/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/logging/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
-if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):   # pragma: no coverage
+if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):   # pragma: NO COVER
     api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.logging_v2") # type: ignore
     api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.logging_v2") # type: ignore
-else:   # pragma: no coverage
+else:   # pragma: NO COVER
     # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
     # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/logging_internal/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/logging_internal/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
index 109c095471..ef0c021397 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/logging_internal/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/logging_internal/google/cloud/logging_v2/__init__.py
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
-if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):   # pragma: no coverage
+if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):   # pragma: NO COVER
     api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.logging_v2") # type: ignore
     api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.logging_v2") # type: ignore
-else:   # pragma: no coverage
+else:   # pragma: NO COVER
     # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
     # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/redis/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/redis/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
index 3ad00b5a69..83c2d1e030 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/redis/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/redis/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
-if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):   # pragma: no coverage
+if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):   # pragma: NO COVER
     api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.redis_v1") # type: ignore
     api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.redis_v1") # type: ignore
-else:   # pragma: no coverage
+else:   # pragma: NO COVER
     # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
     # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/goldens/redis_selective/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py b/tests/integration/goldens/redis_selective/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
index 50904731d7..b88bef1b53 100755
--- a/tests/integration/goldens/redis_selective/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/goldens/redis_selective/google/cloud/redis_v1/__init__.py
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 
 import google.api_core as api_core
 
-if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):   # pragma: no coverage
+if hasattr(api_core, "check_python_version") and hasattr(api_core, "check_dependency_versions"):   # pragma: NO COVER
     api_core.check_python_version("google.cloud.redis_v1") # type: ignore
     api_core.check_dependency_versions("google.cloud.redis_v1") # type: ignore
-else:   # pragma: no coverage
+else:   # pragma: NO COVER
     # An older version of api_core is installed, which does not define the
     # functions above. We do equivalent checks manually.