chore: librarian release pull request: 20260108T001607Z

[Linchin]

PR created by the Librarian CLI to initialize a release. Merging this PR will auto trigger a release.

Librarian Version: v0.7.0
Language Image: us-central1-docker.pkg.dev/cloud-sdk-librarian-prod/images-prod/python-librarian-generator@sha256:c8612d3fffb3f6a32353b2d1abd16b61e87811866f7ec9d65b59b02eb452a620

google-cloud-bigquery: 3.40.0

3.40.0 (2026-01-08)

Features

• support load_table and list_rows with picosecond timestamp (feat: support load_table and list_rows with picosecond timestamp #2351) (46764a59)

• support timestamp_precision in table schema (feat: support timestamp_precision in table schema #2333) (8d5785ae)

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Summary of Changes

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This pull request is an automated release initiated by the Librarian CLI, bumping the google-cloud-bigquery library to version 3.40.0. The update primarily introduces enhanced timestamp handling capabilities, allowing for greater precision in data operations and schema definitions.

Highlights

• Version Update: The google-cloud-bigquery library has been updated to version 3.40.0.
• Picosecond Timestamp Support: Added support for picosecond timestamps when using load_table and list_rows operations.
• Timestamp Precision in Schema: Introduced support for specifying timestamp_precision within table schemas.

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Code Review

This pull request is an automated release for version 3.40.0 of the google-cloud-bigquery package. The changes include updating the version in configuration files and Python code, and adding a new entry to the changelog. The changes are consistent and correct for a release. I have no specific comments on the code changes.