From e925fd64b2e93d2ae3902781179fcb27e7030e07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "release-please[bot]"
 <55107282+release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2023 16:44:57 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release 6.44.0

---
 CHANGELOG.md                                  | 25 +++++++++++++++++++
 google-cloud-spanner-bom/pom.xml              | 20 +++++++--------
 google-cloud-spanner-executor/pom.xml         |  4 +--
 google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml                  |  4 +--
 .../pom.xml                                   |  4 +--
 .../pom.xml                                   |  4 +--
 grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1/pom.xml          |  4 +--
 pom.xml                                       | 16 ++++++------
 .../pom.xml                                   |  4 +--
 .../pom.xml                                   |  4 +--
 proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1/pom.xml         |  4 +--
 samples/snapshot/pom.xml                      |  2 +-
 versions.txt                                  | 16 ++++++------
 13 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ae49696384b..c2af2cc6e15 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,30 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [6.44.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/compare/v6.43.2...v6.44.0) (2023-07-21)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Enable leader aware routing by default. This update contains performance optimisations that will reduce the latency of read/write transactions that originate from a region other than the default leader region. ([55c93ac](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/55c93acfeb8c2a6e5cc2f99ca20d0b72fbe6f8a4))
+* Foreign key on delete cascade ([#2340](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/2340)) ([f659105](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/f6591053db1c38f0e13e35cba2087a68d3ab1b01))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Add imports used in sample files. ([#2532](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/2532)) ([9a6d3fc](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/9a6d3fcbaa8d44f2e08407252a69beca1e4525b1))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* Update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-monitoring to v3.22.0 ([#2525](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/2525)) ([be0db6f](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/be0db6f10509fe3e5f74aa6ca6569552e65cb87a))
+* Update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-trace to v2.21.0 ([#2526](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/2526)) ([2d95234](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/2d952347e0eb7db42387d8abb91d4b11d51cef9c))
+* Update dependency org.graalvm.sdk:graal-sdk to v22.3.3 ([#2533](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/2533)) ([0806b11](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/0806b116cc6650b353cee26c83929e7bcdcb1c34))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* Fixing errors  ([#2536](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/2536)) ([8aa407f](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/8aa407f3e1b4c6cf66b679e698992a6a5e3034c0))
+
 ## [6.43.2](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/compare/v6.43.1...v6.43.2) (2023-07-09)
 
 
diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-spanner-bom/pom.xml
index 0787b5199f4..9d9536b3695 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>6.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+  <version>6.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -53,48 +53,48 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner</artifactId>
-        <version>6.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+        <version>6.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-executor</artifactId>
-        <version>6.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner-executor:current} -->
+        <version>6.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner-executor:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner</artifactId>
         <type>test-jar</type>
-        <version>6.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+        <version>6.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>6.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
+        <version>6.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>6.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
+        <version>6.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>6.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
+        <version>6.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>6.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
+        <version>6.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>6.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
+        <version>6.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>6.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
+        <version>6.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner-executor/pom.xml b/google-cloud-spanner-executor/pom.xml
index 23f0817d3bc..c99b25ee462 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner-executor/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner-executor/pom.xml
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-executor</artifactId>
-  <version>6.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner-executor:current} -->
+  <version>6.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner-executor:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Spanner Executor</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>6.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+    <version>6.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml b/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml
index e5af6949771..922ec56c90b 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner</artifactId>
-  <version>6.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+  <version>6.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Spanner</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner</url>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>6.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+    <version>6.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-spanner</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1/pom.xml
index f2401d9082c..0c6049d9f8c 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>6.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
+  <version>6.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>6.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+    <version>6.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1/pom.xml
index 02360ae595d..3c8d605201f 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>6.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
+  <version>6.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>6.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+    <version>6.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1/pom.xml
index 16821ff1bd0..c323b5eca55 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>6.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
+  <version>6.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>6.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+    <version>6.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cc8c0e80407..af6930b5530 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>6.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+  <version>6.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud Spanner Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner</url>
   <description>
@@ -62,37 +62,37 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>6.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
+        <version>6.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>6.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
+        <version>6.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>6.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
+        <version>6.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>6.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
+        <version>6.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>6.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
+        <version>6.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>6.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
+        <version>6.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner</artifactId>
-        <version>6.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+        <version>6.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1/pom.xml
index 62e47388bd5..4504b5861b3 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>6.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
+  <version>6.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>6.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+    <version>6.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1/pom.xml
index 0299b4d3d4e..a5efcde5353 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>6.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
+  <version>6.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>6.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+    <version>6.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1/pom.xml
index 5d829bd511e..531815bfe6b 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>6.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
+  <version>6.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>6.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+    <version>6.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 47925e2ecc7..fe436824fce 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner</artifactId>
-      <version>6.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>6.44.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
     
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index e5363aed015..0f5dd249fb5 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:6.43.2:6.43.3-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1:6.43.2:6.43.3-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:6.43.2:6.43.3-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1:6.43.2:6.43.3-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:6.43.2:6.43.3-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:6.43.2:6.43.3-SNAPSHOT
-google-cloud-spanner:6.43.2:6.43.3-SNAPSHOT
-google-cloud-spanner-executor:6.43.2:6.43.3-SNAPSHOT
+proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:6.44.0:6.44.0
+proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1:6.44.0:6.44.0
+proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:6.44.0:6.44.0
+grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1:6.44.0:6.44.0
+grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:6.44.0:6.44.0
+grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:6.44.0:6.44.0
+google-cloud-spanner:6.44.0:6.44.0
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