v2.30.0

Updated Libraries

• AI Platform API - new EvaluationServiceClient
• Dialogflow ES API - new EncryptionSpecServiceClient and GeneratorsClient

AI Platform API

• doc(aiplatform): add Vertex AI samples (#14703)

KMS

• AutokeyClient::ListKeyHandles(...) signature has changed to return an
  iterable type. Our telemetry indicates that there are no C++ applications
  using this API, and therefore we do not consider this a breaking change.
  (#14726)

OpenTelemetry

• feat(otel): release GCM exporter (#14693)

Pub/Sub

• feat(mixin): add manual changes for pubsub and generate mixin code (#14756)
• docs(pubsub): Add ingestion from GCS topic creation sample (#14749)

Spanner

• docs(spanner): Add samples for backup schedule feature APIs (#14720)
• docs(spanner): create a few code snippets as examples for using Spanner Graph using cpp (#14660)

Storage

• The gRPC plugin is now GA. The Using the gRPC plugin
  guide describes this feature in more detail. When using GCS from Google
  Compute Engine (GCE) this plugin can enable higher total throughput.
• feat(storage): Add ability to restore soft deleted objects (#14710)

Common Libraries

• fix(rest): promote buffer curl reads from to member variable (#14732)
• fix: respect GOOGLE_CLOUD_QUOTA_PROJECT (#14684)

Google APIs interface definitions

• This release is based on definitions as of 2024-09-24T10:34:24-07:00