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<details><summary>1.81.0</summary>

##
[1.81.0](v1.80.0...v1.81.0)
(2026-03-11)


### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES

* [vectorsearch] Removed field DenseScannParams from SearchHint
* [vectorsearch] Removed obsolete field `vertex` from message
`.google.cloud.vectorsearch.v1.Ranker`
* [vectorsearch] Removed obsolete field `vertex` from message
`.google.cloud.vectorsearch.v1.Ranker`
* [auditmanager] Update existing packaging option
`cloud.google.com/go/auditmanager/apiv1/auditmanagerpb;auditmanagerpb`
for `go_package`

### Features

* [aiplatform] A new field `inference_generation_config` is added to
message `.google.cloud.aiplatform.v1beta1.EvaluationConfig`
([6c3721b](6c3721b))
* [aiplatform] add AskContexts and AsyncRetrieveContexts APIs to
VertexRagService
([6b658dc](6b658dc))
* [aiplatform] add AskContexts and AsyncRetrieveContexts APIs to
VertexRagService
([6b658dc](6b658dc))
* [aiplatform] Add custom session id field to create session v1beta1
([6b658dc](6b658dc))
* [alloydb] Add a new field to support Dataplex integration
configuration
([6b658dc](6b658dc))
* [ces] update public libraries for CES v1beta
([6b658dc](6b658dc))
* [compute] Update Compute Engine v1 API to revision 20260213
([6b658dc](6b658dc))
* [document-ai] Added a field for enabling image and table annotation
for layout parser processor
([6b658dc](6b658dc))
* [gdchardwaremanagement] Add `OFFLINE` state to Zone resources
([6b658dc](6b658dc))
* [gkehub] A new field `kubernetes_api_server_version` is added to
message `.google.cloud.gkehub.configmanagement.v1beta.MembershipState`
([6b658dc](6b658dc))
* [maps-routing] add a new Waypoint source to accept a token that
identifies a Navigation Point obtained from the `SearchDestinations`
method of the Geocoding API
([6b658dc](6b658dc))
* [network-management] Add API fields related to GKE Pods and Network
Policies
([6c3721b](6c3721b))
* [storagebatchoperations] add new transformation
`update_object_custom_context`
([6c3721b](6c3721b))
* add email and skip-kokoro flags to release bot
([#12050](#12050))
([12e2e94](12e2e94))
* **jdbc:** centralize connection properties from `BigQueryConnection`
and `DataSource`
([#4116](#4116))
([d3b8bde](d3b8bde))


### Bug Fixes

* [auditmanager] Update existing packaging option
`cloud.google.com/go/auditmanager/apiv1/auditmanagerpb;auditmanagerpb`
for `go_package`
([6c3721b](6c3721b))
* [vectorsearch] Removed field DenseScannParams from SearchHint
([6b658dc](6b658dc))
* [vectorsearch] Removed obsolete field `vertex` from message
`.google.cloud.vectorsearch.v1.Ranker`
([6c3721b](6c3721b))
* [vectorsearch] Removed obsolete field `vertex` from message
`.google.cloud.vectorsearch.v1.Ranker`
([6c3721b](6c3721b))
* Configure defualt keep alive pings for BQ Storage Read API RPCs
([#12037](#12037))
([a808bbe](a808bbe))
* **jdbc:** various perf improvements
([#4114](#4114))
([0137e4b](0137e4b))


### Documentation

* [errorreporting] update the reference link for ErrorGroupStats
([6b658dc](6b658dc))
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This update adds the `-skip-kokoro` and `-email` flags to the
release_manager_merge_bot.go script.

- `-skip-kokoro`: Boolean flag to disable applying kokoro:run and
kokoro:force-run labels to retrying tests on failure.
- `-email`: String flag to provide an email address. When specified, the
bot will use the internal `sendgmr` tool to notify the user upon success
or failure of the PR merge process.