chore: deprecate use_regional_endpoints

bigframes/_config/bigquery_options.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from typing import Optional
+import warnings
 
 import google.api_core.exceptions
 import google.auth.credentials
@@ -123,6 +124,10 @@ def bq_connection(self, value: Optional[str]):
     def use_regional_endpoints(self) -> bool:
         """Flag to connect to regional API endpoints.
 
+        .. deprecated:: 0.13.0
+            BigQuery regional endpoints is locked to allowlisted projects.
+            Enable it only if your project has regional endpoints access.
+
         Requires ``location`` to also be set. For example, set
         ``location='asia-northeast1'`` and ``use_regional_endpoints=True`` to
         connect to asia-northeast1-bigquery.googleapis.com.
@@ -135,4 +140,11 @@ def use_regional_endpoints(self, value: bool):
             raise ValueError(
                 SESSION_STARTED_MESSAGE.format(attribute="use_regional_endpoints")
             )
+
+        if value:
+            warnings.warn(
+                "BigQuery regional endpoints is locked to allowlisted projects. "
+                "Enable it only if your project has regional endpoints access."
+            )
+
         self._use_regional_endpoints = value

tests/system/conftest.py

@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ def session() -> bigframes.Session:
 def session_tokyo(tokyo_location: str) -> bigframes.Session:
     context = bigframes.BigQueryOptions(
         location=tokyo_location,
-        use_regional_endpoints=True,
     )
     return bigframes.Session(context=context)