chore(main): release spanner 8.6.1

Author: release-please[bot]

.release-please-manifest.json

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
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   "handwritten/logging-winston": "6.0.1",
   "handwritten/pubsub": "5.3.0",
-  "handwritten/spanner": "8.6.0",
+  "handwritten/spanner": "8.6.1",
   "handwritten/storage": "7.19.0",
   "packages/gapic-node-processing": "0.1.7",
   "packages/google-ads-admanager": "0.5.0",

changelog.json

@@ -1,6 +1,24 @@
 {
   "repository": "googleapis/google-cloud-node",
   "entries": [
+    {
+      "changes": [
+        {
+          "type": "fix",
+          "sha": "4d597690ad90f9cf7c3c2aa9611029beaa599703",
+          "message": "Enable afe_connectivity_error_count metric",
+          "issues": [
+            "7964"
+          ],
+          "scope": "spanner"
+        }
+      ],
+      "version": "8.6.1",
+      "language": "JAVASCRIPT",
+      "artifactName": "@google-cloud/spanner",
+      "id": "30ecaa05-918e-4bca-86cd-c43234541237",
+      "createTime": "2026-04-07T07:25:41.856Z"
+    },
     {
       "changes": [
         {
@@ -69392,5 +69410,5 @@
       "createTime": "2023-01-28T04:18:24.718Z"
     }
   ],
-  "updateTime": "2026-04-06T17:24:30.125Z"
+  "updateTime": "2026-04-07T07:25:41.856Z"
 }

handwritten/spanner/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 [1]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/nodejs-spanner?activeTab=versions
 
+## [8.6.1](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-node/compare/spanner-v8.6.0...spanner-v8.6.1) (2026-04-07)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **spanner:** Enable afe_connectivity_error_count metric ([#7964](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-node/issues/7964)) ([4d59769](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-node/commit/4d597690ad90f9cf7c3c2aa9611029beaa599703))
+
 ## [8.6.0](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/compare/v8.5.0...v8.6.0) (2026-01-28)
 
 

handwritten/spanner/package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@google-cloud/spanner",
   "description": "Cloud Spanner Client Library for Node.js",
-  "version": "8.6.0",
+  "version": "8.6.1",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "author": "Google Inc.",
   "engines": {