See https://google.aip.dev/auth/4111 - this should improve
efficiency/reliability by avoiding OAuth token exchange

Related #13338 will enable self-signed JWTs in
[SpannerOptions](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-java/blob/main/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SpannerOptions.java)

🤖 I have created a release *beep* *boop*
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<details><summary>1.88.0</summary>

##
[1.88.0](v1.87.1...v1.88.0)
(2026-07-06)


### Features

* **auth:** Add support for Regional Access Boundaries
([#13499](#13499))
([b721e43](b721e43))
* automate libraries-bom tag and release creation on release publish
([#13655](#13655))
([7a7e2ff](7a7e2ff))
* **bigquery-jdbc:** add `EnableProjectDiscovery` connection property
for metadata methods
([#13344](#13344))
([ab9669a](ab9669a))
* **bigquery-jdbc:** migrate statement execution thread tracking to
connection-scoped executor
([#13454](#13454))
([341e51a](341e51a))
* **bigquery-jdbc:** respect standard JVM trustStore properties by
default
([#13435](#13435))
([7af3224](7af3224))
* **bigquery-jdbc:** support connection-scoped executor isolation and
dynamic queue warnings
([#13413](#13413))
([79e26b8](79e26b8))
* **bigquery:** add internal listProjects API to core client
([#13429](#13429))
([3580407](3580407))
* **bigtable:** route point read rows to shim
([#13542](#13542))
([2c7e5f5](2c7e5f5))
* **deps:** add jspecify to shared dependencies
([#13412](#13412))
([582053d](582053d))
* enable self-signed JWTs by default in ServiceOptions
([#13338](#13338))
([110d2b7](110d2b7))
* **gapic-generator:** Add NullMarked annotation to generated classes
([#13517](#13517))
([825dadd](825dadd))
* **google/cloud/agentregistry/v1:** onboard a new library
([#13509](#13509))
([6728816](6728816))
* scale up connection worker pool based on latency
([#13384](#13384))
([eb379b3](eb379b3))
* **spanner:** add settings for gRCP keep-alive
([#13643](#13643))
([9d78307](9d78307))
* **spanner:** auth login support for Spanner Omni endpoints
([#13470](#13470))
([55930b4](55930b4))
* **storage:** add checksum validation in the json read channel
([#13270](#13270))
([872d7b7](872d7b7))
* **storage:** add checksum validation on json read paths
([#13269](#13269))
([396b042](396b042))
* **storage:** add full object checksum validation for bidi flow
([#13266](#13266))
([9113d80](9113d80))
* **storage:** add full object checksum validation for grpc flow
([#13265](#13265))
([a5ba606](a5ba606))
* **storage:** Adding CumulativeHasher wrapper class for Full object …
([#13239](#13239))
([bd40324](bd40324))
* **storage:** adding disabling option for bidi reads
([#13506](#13506))
([591cae0](591cae0))
* **storage:** log additional bytes received from GCS in read path
([#13427](#13427))
([9492aa2](9492aa2))
* **storage:** update compose sample to support deleteSourceObjects
option
([#13493](#13493))
([50a8658](50a8658))
* use self-signed JWTs in Spanner MutableCredentials
([#13381](#13381))
([29543a2](29543a2))


### Bug Fixes

* Add logging-logback to gapic-libraries-bom
([#13663](#13663))
([512e370](512e370))
* **auth:** Fix UserCredentials serialization clientSecret leak
([#13465](#13465))
([2d9d01c](2d9d01c))
* **auth:** handle missing APPDATA on Windows gracefully
([#13471](#13471))
([77e84a9](77e84a9)),
closes
[#12565](#12565)
* **bigquery-jdbc:** add proper version to BigQueryDriver
([#13294](#13294))
([9fd84fc](9fd84fc))
* **bigquery-jdbc:** avoid rollback on statement close in manual commit
mode
([#13503](#13503))
([79bbee1](79bbee1))
* **bigquery-jdbc:** correct `FilterTablesOnDefaultDataset` fallback
logic
([#13625](#13625))
([f7eb23d](f7eb23d))
* **bigquery-jdbc:** ensure largeResults are handled in
PreparedStatement
([#13496](#13496))
([d3e7a19](d3e7a19))
* **bigquery-jdbc:** ensure test uses unique dataset & cleans up
([#13587](#13587))
([a6bb362](a6bb362))
* **bigquery-jdbc:** explicitly set location when available for
temporary dataset
([#13508](#13508))
([40cd0a7](40cd0a7))
* **bigquery-jdbc:** propagate connection proxy settings to auth library
([#13539](#13539))
([87dda5d](87dda5d))
* **bigquery-jdbc:** shade org.slf4j
([#13547](#13547))
([7ef1312](7ef1312))
* **bigquery-jdbc:** update format validation tests to create tables for
the test
([#13588](#13588))
([4bb3a61](4bb3a61))
* **bigquery-jdbc:** update Maven Central artifact link in the README
([#13563](#13563))
([8707a65](8707a65))
* **bigquery:** retry cancel job and routine creation on transient HTTP
5xx errors
([#13416](#13416))
([35eb041](35eb041))
* **bigquery:** route JOB_CREATION_REQUIRED through fast query path
([#13437](#13437))
([64cde7f](64cde7f))
* **bigquery:** Update fast query path to allow jobTimeoutMs in the
request
([#13502](#13502))
([1a6f4d5](1a6f4d5))
* **bigtable:** honour session_load override when server-returned
session_load is 0
([#13629](#13629))
([b56f9b8](b56f9b8))
* **bqjdbc:** pass rowsInPage with TableResult
([#13238](#13238))
([203a91e](203a91e))
* **ci:** build dependencies before convergence check
([#13638](#13638))
([9de3209](9de3209))
* **ci:** ignore SNAPSHOT suffix in flatten-plugin check
([#13639](#13639))
([bb65627](bb65627))
* **ci:** run root install in dependency convergence check
([#13666](#13666))
([86d35e4](86d35e4))
* **ci:** skip existing-versions-check for gapic-generator-java-root
([#13590](#13590))
([a1f3b8a](a1f3b8a))
* **datastore:** Configure TraceExporter with Datastore credentials in
E2E tests
([#13627](#13627))
([d281a62](d281a62))
* **datastore:** disable built-in OpenTelemetry SDK when metrics export
is disabled
([#13543](#13543))
([53b7142](53b7142))
* **datastore:** reduce flakiness of E2E tracing tests
([#13645](#13645))
([8afc0ab](8afc0ab))
* **deps:** update dependency
com.google.apis:google-api-services-bigquery to v2-rev20260612-2.0.0
([#13570](#13570))
([ca5ff79](ca5ff79))
* **deps:** update dependency com.google.apis:google-api-services-dns to
v1-rev20260616-2.0.0
([#12796](#12796))
([0dd60ca](0dd60ca))
* **deps:** update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-pubsub-bom
to v1.151.0
([#12097](#12097))
([d169006](d169006))
* **deps:** update dependency com.google.cloud:libraries-bom to v26.84.0
([#12663](#12663))
([95c7774](95c7774))
* **deps:** update first-party storage dependencies to
v1-rev20260524-2.0.0
([#13406](#13406))
([bdeedb8](bdeedb8))
* exclude java-vertexai from existing versions check
([#13632](#13632))
([edaa4e3](edaa4e3))
* fallback on VPC
([#13567](#13567))
([e8c428d](e8c428d))
* **java-cloud-bom:** execute pre-install pass in GHA release notes
generator
([#13608](#13608))
([c365c10](c365c10))
* **release:** check remote tags using git ls-remote to prevent already
exists error
([#13574](#13574))
([6cf0567](6cf0567))
* **spanner:** fail fast when inline-begin DML returns no transaction id
([#13536](#13536))
([94315ce](94315ce))
* **spanner:** pin inline read-write transactions to default endpoint
([#13562](#13562))
([6908dee](6908dee))
* **spanner:** remove explicit tink version to resolve dependency
convergence conflict
([#13602](#13602))
([863c26e](863c26e))
* **spanner:** update dynamic channel pool default configuration
([#13646](#13646))
([37b77c3](37b77c3))


### Dependencies

* Add org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on to java-shared-dependencies
([#13531](#13531))
([e3d2082](e3d2082))
* **auth:** Update commons-codec to v1.18.0
([#13598](#13598))
([fd89957](fd89957))
* Update gapic-showcase to v0.41.0
([#13582](#13582))
([09faaac](09faaac))
* Upgrade google-http-client to v2.1.1
([#13578](#13578))
([6abef19](6abef19))


### Documentation

* add instructions for manual code generation checks in CI
([#13596](#13596))
([f6162e2](f6162e2))
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