chore: librarian release pull request: 20260212T105312Z

[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 release incorporates critical bug fixes related to timeout handling and retry mechanisms, along with an enhancement to data frame and arrow conversion methods by introducing a timeout parameter. Additionally, documentation has been improved to provide clearer guidance on the scope of certain job operations.

Highlights

• BigQuery Library Release: This pull request prepares the release of the google-cloud-bigquery library, bumping its version to 3.40.1.
• Bug Fixes: Two bug fixes are included: one addressing timeout/retry behavior for hanging servers and another adding a timeout parameter to to_dataframe and to_arrow methods.
• Documentation Update: Documentation was updated to clarify that specific jobs.query and jobs.getQueryResults operations are affected by certain changes.

Changelog

• .librarian/state.yaml
  • Updated the google-cloud-bigquery library version from 3.40.0 to 3.40.1.
• CHANGELOG.md
  • Added a new section for version 3.40.1, detailing bug fixes and documentation improvements.
  • Included bug fixes for timeout/retry logic and the addition of a timeout parameter to to_dataframe and to_arrow methods.
  • Documented a clarification regarding the affected jobs.query and jobs.getQueryResults operations.
• google/cloud/bigquery/version.py
  • Updated the internal __version__ string to 3.40.1.

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Code Review

This pull request is an automated release for version 3.40.1 of the google-cloud-bigquery package. The changes include updating the version in the configuration and source code, and adding a new entry to the changelog. The changes look correct for a patch release. I have one minor suggestion to improve the formatting of the changelog for consistency.