Merge branch 'main' into fix-kokoro-windows-bazel-2

Author: jinseopkim0

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,7 +4,38 @@
 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
 

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
 )
 
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ python.toolchain(
 bazel_dep(name = "googleapis", version = "0.0.0", repo_name = "com_google_googleapis")
 archive_override(
     module_name = "googleapis",
-    integrity = "sha256-19J02RR+UvY5cqIGTGDPLmMGa2VaJG9+DQJ0Xkn8HTs=",
+    integrity = "sha256-FmS38nQIBSC65yV3DK1nVENNQ8dXKhlFJRLrqQJz8p0=",
     patch_strip = 1,
     patches = ["//bazel:googleapis.modules.patch"],
-    strip_prefix = "googleapis-659ea6e98acc7d58661ce2aa7b4cf76a7ef3fd42",
+    strip_prefix = "googleapis-8cd3749f4b98f2eeeef511c16431979aeb3a6502",
     urls = [
-        "https://github.com/googleapis/googleapis/archive/659ea6e98acc7d58661ce2aa7b4cf76a7ef3fd42.tar.gz",
+        "https://github.com/googleapis/googleapis/archive/8cd3749f4b98f2eeeef511c16431979aeb3a6502.tar.gz",
     ],
 )
 

bazel/workspace0.bzl

@@ -126,10 +126,10 @@ def gl_cpp_workspace0(name = None):
         http_archive,
         name = "com_google_googleapis",
         urls = [
-            "https://github.com/googleapis/googleapis/archive/659ea6e98acc7d58661ce2aa7b4cf76a7ef3fd42.tar.gz",
+            "https://github.com/googleapis/googleapis/archive/8cd3749f4b98f2eeeef511c16431979aeb3a6502.tar.gz",
         ],
-        sha256 = "d7d274d9147e52f63972a2064c60cf2e63066b655a246f7e0d02745e49fc1d3b",
-        strip_prefix = "googleapis-659ea6e98acc7d58661ce2aa7b4cf76a7ef3fd42",
+        sha256 = "1664b7f274080520bae725770cad6754434d43c7572a19452512eba90273f29d",
+        strip_prefix = "googleapis-8cd3749f4b98f2eeeef511c16431979aeb3a6502",
         build_file = Label("//bazel:googleapis.BUILD"),
         # Scaffolding for patching googleapis after download. For example:
         #   patches = ["googleapis.patch"]