Merge branch 'main' into fix/spanner-interval-test

Author: prathmeshcc

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,11 +4,39 @@
 breaking changes in the upcoming 3.x release. This release is scheduled for
 2024-12 or 2025-01.
 
-## v2.44.0 - TBD
+## v2.45.0 - TBD
+
+## v2.44.0 - 2025-12
 
 ### [BigQueryControl](google/cloud/bigquerycontrol/README.md)
 - !fix(bigquerycontrol): PatchRoutine RPC has been removed.
 
+### [Bigtable](/google/cloud/bigtable/README.md)
+
+- Support for ([GoogleSQL](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/googlesql-overview)) has been added to the Bigtable library. Please see the new ([bigtable::Client](https://docs.cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1Client)) class for more details. 
+
+### [Spanner](/google/cloud/spanner/README.md)
+
+- fix(spanner): Do not compare iterators from different containers ([#15665](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-cpp/pull/15665))
+
+### [Storage](/google/cloud/storage/README.md)
+
+- fix(storage): always use latest write handle for fast resume in gRPC BidiWriteObject ([#15795](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-cpp/pull/15795))
+- feat(storage): add support for partial list bucket ([#15763](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-cpp/pull/15763))
+- fix(storage): Add start appendable condition for bypassing full object checksum ([#15786](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-cpp/pull/15786))
+- feat(storage): add GrpcMetricsExcludedLabelsOption for gRPC metrics label filtering ([#15735](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-cpp/pull/15735))
+- fix(storage): enable fast resume for rapid object write streams by including write handle ([#15762](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-cpp/pull/15762))
+- feat(storage): add configurable metrics export timeout for GCS gRPC Client ([#15629](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-cpp/pull/15629))
+
+### [Common Libraries](/google/cloud/README.md)
+
+- feat(credentials): add support for creating ComputeEngine credentials explicitly ([#15789](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-cpp/pull/15789))
+- feat: Support scopes field in impersonated json ([#15675](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-cpp/pull/15675))
+
+### [Google APIs interface definitions](https://github.com/googleapis/googleapis)
+
+- This release is based on definitions as of [2025-11-27T07:02:42Z](https://github.com/googleapis/googleapis/tree/8cd3749f4b98f2eeeef511c16431979aeb3a6502)
+
 ## v2.43.0 - 2025-10
 
 ### [Storage](/google/cloud/storage/README.md)

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ set(PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-cpp/issues")
 
 project(
     google-cloud-cpp
-    VERSION 2.44.0
+    VERSION 2.45.0
     LANGUAGES CXX)
 set(PROJECT_VERSION_PRE_RELEASE "rc")
 

MODULE.bazel

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 module(
     name = "google_cloud_cpp",
-    version = "2.44.0-rc",  # Updated by CMake
+    version = "2.45.0-rc",  # Updated by CMake
     compatibility_level = 2,  # Updated by CMake
 )
 

README.md

@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ of what it's like to use one of these C++ libraries.
 
 ```cc
 #include "google/cloud/storage/client.h"
+#include "google/cloud/common_options.h"
+#include <cstdlib>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <string>
 
@@ -41,7 +43,17 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
 
   // Create a client to communicate with Google Cloud Storage. This client
   // uses the default configuration for authentication and project id.
-  auto client = google::cloud::storage::Client();
+  auto options = google::cloud::Options{};
+
+  // If the CURL_CA_BUNDLE environment variable is set, configure the client
+  // to use it. This is required for the Windows CI environment where standard
+  // system roots may not be sufficient or accessible by the hermetic build.
+  auto const* ca_bundle = std::getenv("CURL_CA_BUNDLE");
+  if (ca_bundle != nullptr) {
+    options.set<google::cloud::CARootsFilePathOption>(ca_bundle);
+  }
+
+  auto client = google::cloud::storage::Client(options);
 
   auto writer = client.WriteObject(bucket_name, "quickstart.txt");
   writer << "Hello World!";