From 0623e523fdfad8fc3843d107b6704caa01f4211e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "release-please[bot]"
 <55107282+release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2024 11:30:30 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release 3.51.0

---
 .release-please-manifest.json                  |  2 +-
 CHANGELOG.md                                   | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../spanner_admin_database_v1/gapic_version.py |  2 +-
 .../spanner_admin_instance_v1/gapic_version.py |  2 +-
 google/cloud/spanner_v1/gapic_version.py       |  2 +-
 ...adata_google.spanner.admin.database.v1.json |  2 +-
 ...adata_google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.json |  2 +-
 .../snippet_metadata_google.spanner.v1.json    |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 7c20592b72..b4ec2efce5 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "3.50.1"
+    ".": "3.51.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 43229596ba..ed8fae08f6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,24 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-spanner/#history
 
+## [3.51.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/compare/v3.50.1...v3.51.0) (2024-12-04)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add connection variable for ignoring transaction warnings ([#1249](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/issues/1249)) ([eeb7836](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/commit/eeb7836b6350aa9626dfb733208e6827d38bb9c9))
+* **spanner:** Implement custom tracer_provider injection for opentelemetry traces ([#1229](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/issues/1229)) ([6869ed6](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/commit/6869ed651e41d7a8af046884bc6c792a4177f766))
+
+
+### Performance Improvements
+
+* Optimize ResultSet decoding ([#1244](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/issues/1244)) ([ccae6e0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/commit/ccae6e0287ba6cf3c14f15a907b2106b11ef1fdc))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* **samples:** Add samples for Cloud Spanner Default Backup Schedules ([#1238](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/issues/1238)) ([054a186](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/commit/054a18658eedc5d4dbecb7508baa3f3d67f5b815))
+
 ## [3.50.1](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/compare/v3.50.0...v3.50.1) (2024-11-14)
 
 
diff --git a/google/cloud/spanner_admin_database_v1/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/spanner_admin_database_v1/gapic_version.py
index 873057e050..99e11c0cb5 100644
--- a/google/cloud/spanner_admin_database_v1/gapic_version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/spanner_admin_database_v1/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "3.50.1"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "3.51.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/google/cloud/spanner_admin_instance_v1/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/spanner_admin_instance_v1/gapic_version.py
index 873057e050..99e11c0cb5 100644
--- a/google/cloud/spanner_admin_instance_v1/gapic_version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/spanner_admin_instance_v1/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "3.50.1"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "3.51.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/google/cloud/spanner_v1/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/spanner_v1/gapic_version.py
index 873057e050..99e11c0cb5 100644
--- a/google/cloud/spanner_v1/gapic_version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/spanner_v1/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "3.50.1"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "3.51.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.admin.database.v1.json b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.admin.database.v1.json
index 9324f2056b..7c35814b17 100644
--- a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.admin.database.v1.json
+++ b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.admin.database.v1.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     ],
     "language": "PYTHON",
     "name": "google-cloud-spanner-admin-database",
-    "version": "3.50.1"
+    "version": "3.51.0"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {
diff --git a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.json b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.json
index 7f64769236..261a7d44f3 100644
--- a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.json
+++ b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     ],
     "language": "PYTHON",
     "name": "google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance",
-    "version": "3.50.1"
+    "version": "3.51.0"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {
diff --git a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.v1.json b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.v1.json
index 431109d19e..ddb4419273 100644
--- a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.v1.json
+++ b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.v1.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     ],
     "language": "PYTHON",
     "name": "google-cloud-spanner",
-    "version": "3.50.1"
+    "version": "3.51.0"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {