chore(protobuf-4.x-rc): release 6.106.0-rc1 (#4251)

* chore(protobuf-4.x-rc): release 6.106.0-rc1

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chore(main): release 6.105.0 (#4267)

* chore(main): release 6.105.0

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chore(main): release 6.104.0 (#4237)

* chore(main): release 6.104.0

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chore(main): release 6.103.0 (#4224)

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## [6.103.0](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/compare/v6.102.1...v6.103.0) (2025-11-17)


### Features

* Add grpc.xds.resource_type label to xDS client metrics ([#4222](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/4222)) ([97bed3c](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/97bed3cf1a9df542acc4685c2ce4dbfa629b2cd3))
* Exposing AutoscalingConfig in InstancePartition ([22edecf](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/22edecf8518844860c3cb47883544efd36cbc311))


### Bug Fixes

* Add env var to allow disabling directpath bound token ([#4189](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/4189)) ([0ca9541](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/0ca95412c778e3478cb66e4bea124396326c6056))
* Allow DML THEN RETURN with retryAbortsInternally=false ([#4225](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/4225)) ([f49cc47](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/f49cc47e663836696ef151738510e68324e139dc))
* **deps:** Update the Java code generator (gapic-generator-java) to 2.64.1 ([22edecf](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/22edecf8518844860c3cb47883544efd36cbc311))
* Remove URL encoding in project name ([#4188](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/4188)) ([abba0c1](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/abba0c1730ea792407bea073ea65da55128cd764))


### Dependencies

* Update actions/checkout action to v5 ([#4166](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/4166)) ([50a56f7](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/50a56f7d47541dd581f7b425df36a080ecc11a74))
* Update all tracing and telemetry dependencies ([#4230](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/4230)) ([d60124c](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/d60124cbe317d4c2489ea35de81943cfd2b8f697))
* Update dependency com.google.api.grpc:proto-google-cloud-trace-v1 to v2.79.0 ([#4172](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/4172)) ([3a329fd](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/3a329fdb2fc68ff9d19717b534dd667f931d51fd))
* Update dependency com.google.auto.value:auto-value-annotations to v1.11.1 ([#4216](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/4216)) ([84150c7](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/84150c73bbed2a6d58408ae0b8bd59709fc751db))
* Update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-trace to v2.79.0 ([#4174](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/4174)) ([3e93ca0](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/3e93ca077b94ad06867e3c9fdfe19527855423a2))
* Update dependency com.google.cloud:sdk-platform-java-config to v3.54.1 ([#4193](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/4193)) ([ad235cf](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/ad235cfc9041f52c2f7b76f67eeaa6c03c5840aa))
* Update dependency commons-cli:commons-cli to v1.11.0 ([#4218](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/4218)) ([33449ba](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/33449baf64a3d5b78fff323737ffeb28c8a9461b))
* Update dependency commons-io:commons-io to v2.21.0 ([#4198](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/4198)) ([1f31169](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/1f3116947069ac11c948b510e6a9a7a8a6aa6061))
* Update dependency net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy to v1.18.1 ([#4214](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/4214)) ([0c1d843](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/0c1d843ad42f213d4d9ec2d98a12e21e991ac010))
* Update dependency net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy-agent to v1.18.1 ([#4215](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/4215)) ([76ce01b](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/76ce01b99e5c1274e9103c27ebc6bbdf482bebcd))
* Update opentelemetry.version to v1.56.0 ([#4167](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/4167)) ([a24f219](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/a24f21930978583a0b8d7d39130fa0fc3fec7b2d))

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chore(main): release 6.102.1 (#4162)

* chore(main): release 6.102.1

* chore: generate libraries at Thu Oct 23 17:08:00 UTC 2025

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chore(main): release 6.102.0 (#4096)

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chore(main): release 6.101.1 (#4093)

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chore(main): release 6.101.0 (#4090)

* chore(main): release 6.101.0

* chore: generate libraries at Fri Sep 26 15:17:23 UTC 2025

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chore(main): release 6.100.0 (#4042)

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## [6.100.0](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/compare/v6.99.0...v6.100.0) (2025-09-11)


### Features

* Read_lock_mode support for connections ([#4031](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/4031)) ([261abb4](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/261abb4b9c5ff00fac2d816a31926b23264657c4))


### Bug Fixes

* **deps:** Update the Java code generator (gapic-generator-java) to 2.62.1 ([e9773a7](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/e9773a7aa27a414d56093b4e09e0f197a07b5980))
* Disable afe_connectivity_error_count metric ([#4041](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/4041)) ([f89c1c0](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/f89c1c0517ba6b895f405b0085b8df41aac952be))
* Skip session delete in case of multiplexed sessions ([#4029](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/4029)) ([8bcb09d](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/8bcb09d141fe986c92ccacbaa9a45302c5c8e79d))


### Dependencies

* Update dependency com.google.cloud:sdk-platform-java-config to v3.52.1 ([#4034](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/4034)) ([13bfa7c](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/13bfa7c68c7ea887e679fb5504dceb85cbb43cb9))


### Documentation

* A comment for field `ranges` in message `.google.spanner.v1.KeySet` is changed ([e9773a7](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/e9773a7aa27a414d56093b4e09e0f197a07b5980))

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chore(main): release 6.99.0 (#4025)

* chore(main): release 6.99.0

* chore: generate libraries at Tue Aug 26 16:41:05 UTC 2025

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