chore: librarian release pull request: 20260212T101436Z

[chalmerlowe]

PR created by the Librarian CLI to initialize a release. Merging this PR will auto trigger a release.

Librarian Version: v0.8.0
Language Image: us-central1-docker.pkg.dev/cloud-sdk-librarian-prod/images-prod/python-librarian-generator@sha256:c8612d3fffb3f6a32353b2d1abd16b61e87811866f7ec9d65b59b02eb452a620

google-cloud-bigquery: 3.40.1

3.40.1 (2026-02-12)

Bug Fixes

• updates timeout/retry code to respect hanging server (fix: updates timeout/retry code to respect hanging server #2408) (24d45d0d)

• add timeout parameter to to_dataframe and to_arrow met… (fix: add timeout parameter to to_dataframe and to_arrow met… #2354) (4f67ba20)

Documentation

• clarify that only jobs.query and jobs.getQueryResults are affec… (docs: clarify that only jobs.query and jobs.getQueryResults are affec… #2349) (73228432)

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Summary of Changes

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This pull request automates the release process for the google-cloud-bigquery library, bumping its version to 3.40.1. The update incorporates several bug fixes, primarily enhancing timeout and retry mechanisms, and includes a minor documentation clarification. Merging this PR will trigger the official release of the new library version.

Highlights

• Release Automation: This pull request was automatically generated by the Librarian CLI to initiate a release for the google-cloud-bigquery library.
• Version Update: The google-cloud-bigquery library is being updated to version 3.40.1.
• Bug Fixes: Version 3.40.1 includes updates to timeout/retry code to handle hanging servers and adds a timeout parameter to to_dataframe and to_arrow methods.
• Documentation: Documentation has been clarified regarding which jobs methods are affected by certain changes.

Changelog

• .librarian/state.yaml
  • Updated the google-cloud-bigquery library version to 3.40.1.
• CHANGELOG.md
  • Added a new changelog entry for version 3.40.1.
  • Included details for bug fixes related to timeout/retry and to_dataframe/to_arrow methods.
  • Documented a clarification for jobs.query and jobs.getQueryResults.
• google/cloud/bigquery/version.py
  • Updated the __version__ string to 3.40.1.

Activity

• The pull request was created by the Librarian CLI to initialize a release.
• Merging this PR is intended to auto-trigger a release for google-cloud-bigquery version 3.40.1.

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Code Review

This pull request contains automated changes for a new release of the google-cloud-bigquery package, version 3.40.1. The changes include updating the version number in google/cloud/bigquery/version.py and .librarian/state.yaml, as well as adding the corresponding release notes to CHANGELOG.md. The changes are consistent and appear correct for an automated release.