From 2788a7989934a3f14f19a570b8704060cc7ad0cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "release-please[bot]"
 <55107282+release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 03:04:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release 2.26.0

---
 CHANGELOG.md            | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 google/genai/version.py |  2 +-
 pyproject.toml          |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8a0cfe0e6..92a000921 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,31 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.26.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/compare/v2.25.0...v2.26.0) (2026-09-30)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add gcs_metrics_uri for exporting tuning job metrics. ([b6535e8](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/b6535e822a6a984bec43056551b2788cd61509f0))
+* Add Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Gemini 3.8 Flash Lite TTS models to SDKs ([0cad6ca](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/0cad6ca7cfc4dce6f58784f546603d8cc8a5f921))
+* **genai-sdk:** Add environments dedicated module and from_environment support ([7672ff6](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/7672ff6a08b92d45f6718e1195845b818705bad6))
+* Include labels for LiveClientSetup ([4742c9a](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/4742c9a5c213a587add126a500a271824e2f0add))
+* Support labels for Gemini API GenerateContent ([81ffa26](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/81ffa26e829eec4c440133d68062a1a3a572f82e))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Build a model before reading its field annotations when pruning extra fields ([7845acd](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/7845acd5bbbaf36e20cc3687be621d402c06013b))
+* **cli:** Include auto-assigned flag shorthands in `--usage` schema ([2579b94](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/2579b948bc9c5da28efe07aab0df89195a3590be))
+* Reap aiohttp sessions and auth locks belonging to closed event loops ([6d01288](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/6d012889752f65c1a51d0ad6e5970fc97d19c4ca))
+* Use `CreateAgentInteraction` for `Trigger.interaction` and `TriggerCreateParams.interaction` ([046ccfb](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/046ccfb1beba06f229cfde689ac43283853eb7f4))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* Clarify Voice expire_time and store TTL behavior in GAOS SDK ([94b371d](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/94b371d7ee7b2241be32a1efb78e5fa8cfb791de))
+* **overlays:** Describe `environment` and `path` on GetEnvironmentFiles and pin environment ID in `environments` get/delete examples ([f15d148](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/f15d1482d74746d2d7b7bff5696b896da264a89d))
+* Regenerate docs for 1.2.0 ([938dd73](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/938dd7385caa68e1d9fff2ef2507fdbf1cd7eaab))
+
 ## [2.25.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/compare/v2.24.0...v2.25.0) (2026-09-22)
 
 
diff --git a/google/genai/version.py b/google/genai/version.py
index b89ff3a3d..8036d8af7 100644
--- a/google/genai/version.py
+++ b/google/genai/version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-__version__ = '2.25.0' # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = '2.26.0' # x-release-please-version
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 99aef3314..248ee0264 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "twine>=6.1.0", "packaging>=24.2", "pkginfo>=
 
 [project]
 name = "google-genai"
-version = "2.25.0"
+version = "2.26.0"
 description = "GenAI Python SDK"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "Apache-2.0"