From 5f495eaa2c4ab182931931b5237f72062fbe481d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "release-please[bot]"
 <55107282+release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2026 15:12:02 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release spanner 8.12.1

---
 .release-please-manifest.json    |  2 +-
 changelog.json                   | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
 handwritten/spanner/CHANGELOG.md |  7 +++++++
 handwritten/spanner/package.json |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 47b6fe4b294..7a2c060a302 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
   "handwritten/logging-bunyan": "6.0.1",
   "handwritten/logging-winston": "7.0.1",
   "handwritten/pubsub": "6.0.1",
-  "handwritten/spanner": "8.12.0",
+  "handwritten/spanner": "8.12.1",
   "handwritten/storage": "8.1.0",
   "packages/google-ads-admanager": "0.12.0",
   "packages/google-ads-datamanager": "1.1.0",
diff --git a/changelog.json b/changelog.json
index 7bf10dd451e..d3ce6965a04 100644
--- a/changelog.json
+++ b/changelog.json
@@ -1,6 +1,24 @@
 {
   "repository": "googleapis/google-cloud-node",
   "entries": [
+    {
+      "changes": [
+        {
+          "type": "perf",
+          "sha": "e46a4076dcfea61104fcb99bf6f5d834fa0c1896",
+          "message": "Bypass stream pipeline for single-chunk query results",
+          "issues": [
+            "9279"
+          ],
+          "scope": "spanner"
+        }
+      ],
+      "version": "8.12.1",
+      "language": "JAVASCRIPT",
+      "artifactName": "@google-cloud/spanner",
+      "id": "a6165b96-0ecb-4a98-b9ba-ac2c17b5c5b8",
+      "createTime": "2026-09-12T15:12:00.067Z"
+    },
     {
       "changes": [
         {
@@ -94123,5 +94141,5 @@
       "createTime": "2023-01-28T04:18:24.718Z"
     }
   ],
-  "updateTime": "2026-09-11T14:56:40.618Z"
+  "updateTime": "2026-09-12T15:12:00.067Z"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/handwritten/spanner/CHANGELOG.md b/handwritten/spanner/CHANGELOG.md
index 51d63e77935..c101251694c 100644
--- a/handwritten/spanner/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/handwritten/spanner/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@
 
 [1]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/nodejs-spanner?activeTab=versions
 
+## [8.12.1](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-node/compare/spanner-v8.12.0...spanner-v8.12.1) (2026-09-12)
+
+
+### Performance Improvements
+
+* **spanner:** Bypass stream pipeline for single-chunk query results ([#9279](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-node/issues/9279)) ([e46a407](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-node/commit/e46a4076dcfea61104fcb99bf6f5d834fa0c1896))
+
 ## [8.12.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-node/compare/spanner-v8.11.0...spanner-v8.12.0) (2026-09-11)
 
 
diff --git a/handwritten/spanner/package.json b/handwritten/spanner/package.json
index 3afa06e6770..4189870e88e 100644
--- a/handwritten/spanner/package.json
+++ b/handwritten/spanner/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@google-cloud/spanner",
   "description": "Cloud Spanner Client Library for Node.js",
-  "version": "8.12.0",
+  "version": "8.12.1",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "author": "Google Inc.",
   "engines": {