chore(main): release 1.42.0 (#1472)

* chore(main): release 1.42.0

* Update CHANGELOG.md

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Co-authored-by: Qiao Wang <159568575+qiaodev@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: release-please[bot]

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.42.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/compare/v1.41.0...v1.42.0) (2025-10-08)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add labels field to Imagen configs ([cdba4c9](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/cdba4c9a8b82e8158ea052f0d4790842e3bcac01))
+* Add utility methods for creating `FunctionResponsePart` and creating FunctionResponse `Part` with `FunctionResponseParts` ([72c92d8](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/72c92d8352f2fa6526f6447dd0d65e96a47d54ec))
+* Enable Ingredients to Video and Advanced Controls for Veo on Gemini Developer API (Early Access Program) ([9c02a07](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/9c02a070cd6b0f3f441c34ebf0d77ddd2ab1fcc0))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Avoid potential dual import for content type assertion ([83d7973](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/83d79734c9cff35846ba0b2468d53a3032070888))
+* Increase `READ_BUFFER_SIZE` in `_api_client.py` for streaming large chunks in new model ([981bba7](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/981bba7524b95ac3f5b1b12261d7e34013bbac82))
+* Make t_part and t_content conform to their type annotations: they now handle FileDict correctly and t_contents handles PartUnionDict correctly. ([0933632](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/0933632103bba2900214b666d9df2bdb636f62aa))
+
 ## [1.41.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/compare/v1.40.0...v1.41.0) (2025-10-02)
 
 

google/genai/version.py

@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-__version__ = '1.41.0' # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = '1.42.0' # x-release-please-version

pyproject.toml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "twine>=6.1.0", "packaging>=24.2", "pkginfo>=
 
 [project]
 name = "google-genai"
-version = "1.41.0"
+version = "1.42.0"
 description = "GenAI Python SDK"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}