chore(main): release google-cloud-bigtable 2.42.0 (#18144)

🤖 I have created a release *beep* *boop*
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##
[2.42.0](google-cloud-bigtable-v2.41.0...google-cloud-bigtable-v2.42.0)
(2026-08-19)


### Features

* **bigtable:** client side metrics handlers
([#16760](#16760))
([43b786c](43b786c))
* **bigtable:** initialize internal data client in classic client
([#18080](#18080))
([92008e2](92008e2))


### Bug Fixes

* **bigtable:** data client should acknowledge all mutations in batch
([#18124](#18124))
([e7f6a34](e7f6a34))
* **bigtable:** report swallowed batch flush errors and unacknowledged
entries
([#18122](#18122))
([2fe5bdc](2fe5bdc))
* **bigtable:** standardize client side metrics
([#17899](#17899))
([a69e2cb](a69e2cb))
* **bigtable:** surface batcher flush errors and disable timer
([#18145](#18145))
([fac536e](fac536e))
* bump grpcio to 1.59.0; require Python 3.10+
([#17351](#17351))
([a53487a](a53487a))

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Author: quirogas

.release-please-bulk-manifest.json

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
   "packages/google-cloud-bigquery-migration": "0.15.0",
   "packages/google-cloud-bigquery-reservation": "1.25.0",
   "packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage": "2.40.0",
-  "packages/google-cloud-bigtable": "2.41.0",
+  "packages/google-cloud-bigtable": "2.42.0",
   "packages/google-cloud-billing": "1.20.0",
   "packages/google-cloud-billing-budgets": "1.21.0",
   "packages/google-cloud-binary-authorization": "1.19.1",

librarian.yaml

@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ libraries:
       metadata_name_override: bigquerystorage
       default_version: v1
   - name: google-cloud-bigtable
-    version: 2.41.0
+    version: 2.42.0
     apis:
       - path: google/bigtable/v2
       - path: google/bigtable/admin/v2

packages/google-cloud-bigtable/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,23 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-bigtable/#history
 
+## [2.42.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/compare/google-cloud-bigtable-v2.41.0...google-cloud-bigtable-v2.42.0) (2026-08-19)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **bigtable:** client side metrics handlers ([#16760](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/16760)) ([43b786c](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/43b786c2c5f5f42d5caa3fa596a7368be09fd3a3))
+* **bigtable:** initialize internal data client in classic client ([#18080](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/18080)) ([92008e2](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/92008e2788f086790f1976198fa43a1f902eef25))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **bigtable:** data client should acknowledge all mutations in batch ([#18124](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/18124)) ([e7f6a34](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/e7f6a34309fac7640b8f74c56108bec48b7bf711))
+* **bigtable:** report swallowed batch flush errors and unacknowledged entries ([#18122](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/18122)) ([2fe5bdc](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/2fe5bdccd0fc964edc3427e25f86a4eab3c8267b))
+* **bigtable:** standardize client side metrics ([#17899](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17899)) ([a69e2cb](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/a69e2cbc939320fef18eb61daa8c248edf325c5b))
+* **bigtable:** surface batcher flush errors and disable timer ([#18145](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/18145)) ([fac536e](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/fac536ea024f8f7a52e00fcc003d0fce1945b1f9))
+* bump grpcio to 1.59.0; require Python 3.10+ ([#17351](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17351)) ([a53487a](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/a53487a009c21912ea6c99fe3a5e0e52a26b31ef))
+
 ## [2.41.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/compare/google-cloud-bigtable-v2.40.0...google-cloud-bigtable-v2.41.0) (2026-07-16)
 
 

packages/google-cloud-bigtable/google/cloud/bigtable/gapic_version.py

@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "2.41.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "2.42.0"  # {x-release-please-version}

packages/google-cloud-bigtable/google/cloud/bigtable_admin/gapic_version.py

@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "2.41.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "2.42.0"  # {x-release-please-version}

packages/google-cloud-bigtable/google/cloud/bigtable_admin_v2/gapic_version.py

@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "2.41.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "2.42.0"  # {x-release-please-version}

packages/google-cloud-bigtable/google/cloud/bigtable_v2/gapic_version.py

@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "2.41.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "2.42.0"  # {x-release-please-version}

packages/google-cloud-bigtable/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.bigtable.admin.v2.json

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     ],
     "language": "PYTHON",
     "name": "google-cloud-bigtable",
-    "version": "2.41.0"
+    "version": "2.42.0"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {