Spanner now supports the protocol buffer data type in GoogleSQL

## Feature Spanner now supports the protocol buffer data type in GoogleSQL. For more information, see [Work with protocol buffers in GoogleSQL](https://cloud.google.com/spanner/docs/reference/standard-sql/protocol-buffers). ## Library A monthly digest of client library updates from across the [Cloud SDK](https://cloud.google.com/sdk). ### Go ### Changes for [spanner/admin/database/apiv1](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/tree/main/spanner/admin/database/apiv1) #### [1.61.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/spanner/v1.60.0...spanner/v1.61.0) (2024-04-30) ##### Features * **spanner/admin/instance:** Adding `EXPECTED_FULFILLMENT_PERIOD` to the indicate instance creation times (with `FULFILLMENT_PERIOD_NORMAL` or `FULFILLMENT_PERIOD_EXTENDED` ENUM) with the extended instance creation time triggered by On-Demand Capacity... ([#9693](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/9693)) ([aa93790](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/aa93790132ba830b4c97d217ef02764e2fb1b8ea)) * **spanner/executor:** Add SessionPoolOptions, SpannerOptions protos in executor protos ([2cdc40a](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/2cdc40a0b4288f5ab5f2b2b8f5c1d6453a9c81ec)) * **spanner:** Add support for change streams transaction exclusion option ([#9779](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/9779)) ([979ce94](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/979ce94758442b1224a78a4f3b1f5d592ab51660)) * **spanner:** Support MultiEndpoint ([#9565](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/9565)) ([0ac0d26](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/0ac0d265abedf946b05294ef874a892b2c5d6067)) ##### Bug Fixes * **spanner/test/opentelemetry/test:** Bump x/net to v0.24.0 ([ba31ed5](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/ba31ed5fda2c9664f2e1cf972469295e63deb5b4)) * **spanner:** Bump x/net to v0.24.0 ([ba31ed5](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/ba31ed5fda2c9664f2e1cf972469295e63deb5b4)) * **spanner:** Fix uint8 conversion ([9221c7f](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/9221c7fa12cef9d5fb7ddc92f41f1d6204971c7b)) #### [1.62.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/spanner/v1.61.0...spanner/v1.62.0) (2024-05-15) ##### Features * **spanner/admin/database:** Add support for multi region encryption config ([3e25053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/3e250530567ee81ed4f51a3856c5940dbec35289)) * **spanner/executor:** Add QueryCancellationAction message in executor protos ([292e812](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/292e81231b957ae7ac243b47b8926564cee35920)) * **spanner:** Add `RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED` to the list of retryable error codes ([1d757c6](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/1d757c66478963d6cbbef13fee939632c742759c)) * **spanner:** Add support for Proto Columns ([#9315](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/9315)) ([3ffbbbe](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/3ffbbbe50225684f4211c6dbe3ca25acb3d02b8e)) ##### Bug Fixes * **spanner:** Add ARRAY keywords to keywords ([#10079](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/10079)) ([8e675cd](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/8e675cd0ccf12c6912209aa5c56092db3716c40d)) * **spanner:** Handle unused errors ([#10067](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/10067)) ([a0c097c](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/a0c097c724b609cfa428e69f89075f02a3782a7b)) * **spanner:** Remove json-iterator dependency ([#10099](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/10099)) ([3917cca](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/3917ccac57c403b3b4d07514ac10a66a86e298c0)), refs [#9380](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/9380) * **spanner:** Update staleness bound ([#10118](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/10118)) ([c07f1e4](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/c07f1e47c06387b696abb1edbfa339b391ec1fd5)) #### [1.63.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/spanner/v1.62.0...spanner/v1.63.0) (2024-05-24) ##### Features * **spanner:** Fix schema naming ([#10194](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/10194)) ([215e0c8](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/215e0c8125ea05246c834984bde1ca698c7dde4c)) * **spanner:** Update go mod to use latest grpc lib ([#10218](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/10218)) ([adf91f9](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/adf91f9fd37faa39ec7c6f9200273220f65d2a82)) ### Java ### Changes for [google-cloud-spanner](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner) #### [6.65.1](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/compare/v6.65.0...v6.65.1) (2024-04-30) ##### Dependencies * Update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-monitoring to v3.43.0 ([#3066](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/3066)) ([97b0a93](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/97b0a93469ea1b0f0c9a3413e2364951c2d667d1)) ##### Documentation * Add a sample for max commit delays ([#2941](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/2941)) ([d3b5097](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/d3b50976f8a6687a6dac2f483ae133c026b81cac)) #### [6.66.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/compare/v6.65.1...v6.66.0) (2024-05-03) ##### Features * Allow DDL with autocommit=false ([#3057](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/3057)) ([22833ac](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/22833acf9f073271ce0ee10f2b496f3a1d39566a)) * Include stack trace of checked out sessions in exception ([#3092](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/3092)) ([ba6a0f6](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/ba6a0f644b6caa4d2f3aa130c6061341b70957dd)) ##### Bug Fixes * Multiplexed session metrics were not included in refactor move ([#3088](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/3088)) ([f3589c4](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/f3589c430b0e84933a91008bb306c26089788357)) ##### Dependencies * Update dependency com.google.cloud:sdk-platform-java-config to v3.30.0 ([#3082](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/3082)) ([ddfc98e](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/ddfc98e240fb47ef51075ba4461bf9a98aa25ce0)) #### [6.67.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/compare/v6.66.0...v6.67.0) (2024-05-22) ##### Features * Add tracing for batchUpdate, executeUpdate, and connections ([#3097](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/3097)) ([45cdcfc](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/45cdcfcde02aa7976b017a90f81c2ccd28658c8f)) ##### Performance Improvements * Minor optimizations to the standard query path ([#3101](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/3101)) ([ec820a1](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/ec820a16e2b3cb1a12a15231491b75cd73afaa13)) ##### Dependencies * Update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-monitoring to v3.44.0 ([#3099](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/3099)) ([da44e93](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/da44e932a39ac0124b63914f8ea926998c10ea2e)) * Update dependency com.google.cloud:sdk-platform-java-config to v3.30.1 ([#3116](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/3116)) ([d205a73](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/d205a73714786a609673012b771e7a0722b3e1f2)) ([d205a73](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/d205a73714786a609673012b771e7a0722b3e1f2)) ### Node.js ### Changes for [@google-cloud/spanner](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner) #### [7.8.0](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/compare/v7.7.0...v7.8.0) (2024-05-24) ##### Features * Add `RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED` to the list of retryable error codes ([#2032](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/issues/2032)) ([a4623c5](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/commit/a4623c560c16fa1f37a06cb57a5e47a1d6759d27)) * Add support for multi region encryption config ([81fa610](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/commit/81fa610895fe709cbb7429896493a67407a6343c)) * Add support for Proto columns ([#1991](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/issues/1991)) ([ae59c7f](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/commit/ae59c7f957660e08cd5965b5e67694fa1ccc0057)) * **spanner:** Add support for change streams transaction exclusion option ([#2049](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/issues/2049)) ([d95cab5](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/commit/d95cab5abe50cdb56cbc1d6d935aee29526e1096)) ##### Bug Fixes * **deps:** Update dependency google-gax to v4.3.3 ([#2038](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/issues/2038)) ([d86c1b0](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/commit/d86c1b0c21c7c95e3110221b3ca6ff9ff3b4a088)) * Drop table statement ([#2036](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/issues/2036)) ([f31d7b2](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/commit/f31d7b205d74d4a783f0d5159dd5b62efe968fe6)) ### Python ### Changes for [google-cloud-spanner](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner) #### [3.46.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/compare/v3.45.0...v3.46.0) (2024-05-02) ##### Features * **spanner:** Adding EXPECTED\_FULFILLMENT\_PERIOD to the indicate instance creation times (with FULFILLMENT\_PERIOD\_NORMAL or FULFILLMENT\_PERIOD\_EXTENDED ENUM) with the extended instance creation time triggered by On-Demand Capacity Feature ([293ecda](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/commit/293ecdad78b51f248f8d5c023bdba3bac998ea5c)) ##### Documentation * Remove duplicate paramter description ([#1052](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/issues/1052)) ([1164743](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/commit/116474318d42a6f1ea0f9c2f82707e5dde281159))