v1.165.0

1.165.0 (2026-08-18)

Features

• Add enable_data_retention to ToolParallelAiSearch, Add step_count to ReinforcementTuningHyperParameters, Add BidiGenerateContentSetup (09acba7)
• Expose public update() and update_async() methods on Sessions and AsyncSessions client modules. (5df3113)
• GenAI Client(evals) - add import_evaluation_set (eed0b4f)
• GenAI Client(evals) - add list_evaluation_sets and delete_evaluation_set (6ee088b)
• Onboard Vertex Model Garden to GenAI Python SDK: Add deploy_publisher_model support (9ef9093)

Bug Fixes

• Check GCS ownership for default pipeline bucket (2baea5b)
• Make the Telemetry API enablement check non-fatal in AdkApp.set_up(). (20205a8)
• Parse Server-Sent Events in Agent Engine streaming responses (7cb2fe9)
• Stop logging the "experimental" warning when creating a computer-use sandbox in the Vertex AI GenAI Python SDK. (6056aa0)