chore(main): release 1.18.0

Author: release-please[bot]

.release-please-manifest.json

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.17.0"
+  ".": "1.18.0"
 }

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,24 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.18.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-genai/compare/v1.17.0...v1.18.0) (2025-09-25)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add FunctionResponsePart & ToolComputerUse.excludedPredefinedFunctions ([1a24bed](https://github.com/googleapis/java-genai/commit/1a24bedc752851236b0a7239a7dba7090e4ac4e8))
+* Add FunctionResponsePart & ToolComputerUse.excludedPredefinedFunctions ([99b50a6](https://github.com/googleapis/java-genai/commit/99b50a6d3b65cf16cf620d252c5e6401670fce4b))
+* Add FunctionResponsePart & ToolComputerUse.excludedPredefinedFunctions ([ea954d3](https://github.com/googleapis/java-genai/commit/ea954d37ee23e6886ee686eea04481d069344def))
+* Add FunctionResponsePart & ToolComputerUse.excludedPredefinedFunctions ([cf8b8b6](https://github.com/googleapis/java-genai/commit/cf8b8b6722a84cbc45b9d2a48c0b7d83a6a4e3f7))
+* Add FunctionResponsePart & ToolComputerUse.excludedPredefinedFunctions ([f0aebc2](https://github.com/googleapis/java-genai/commit/f0aebc24544279dfb0764200afa8e011f8fc70ee))
+* Support Imagen 4 Ingredients on Vertex ([b5eed8d](https://github.com/googleapis/java-genai/commit/b5eed8d1323a3d37b53c1d8c5c5557392ce7ed44))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* initialization of `pre_tuned_model_checkpoint_id` from tuning config. ([c293633](https://github.com/googleapis/java-genai/commit/c293633a8fe298668f030ba3b257347a8fd0eedf))
+* Make async generateContent and generateContentStream truly non-blocking ([5cb18fd](https://github.com/googleapis/java-genai/commit/5cb18fd4f07f9b1f21efb82fe961e473325f6257))
+* only run unit tests in github action ([9b2861b](https://github.com/googleapis/java-genai/commit/9b2861bb79d50c10c152aa010bedf0bc48a04ad8))
+
 ## [1.17.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-genai/compare/v1.16.0...v1.17.0) (2025-09-16)
 
 

README.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ If you're using Maven, add the following to your dependencies:
   <dependency>
     <groupId>com.google.genai</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-genai</artifactId>
-    <version>1.17.0</version>
+    <version>1.18.0</version>
   </dependency>
 </dependencies>
 ```

examples/pom.xml

@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@
 
   <groupId>com.google.genai.examples</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-genai-examples</artifactId>
-  <version>1.18.0-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-genai:current} -->
+  <version>1.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-genai:current} -->
   <name>google-genai-examples</name>
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     <!-- {x-version-update-start:google-genai:current} -->
-    <google-genai.version>1.18.0-SNAPSHOT</google-genai.version>
+    <google-genai.version>1.18.0</google-genai.version>
     <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
   </properties>
   <build>

pom.xml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.genai</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-genai</artifactId>
   <name>google-genai</name>
-  <version>1.18.0-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-genai:current} -->
+  <version>1.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-genai:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <description>
     Java idiomatic SDK for the Gemini Developer APIs and Vertex AI APIs.

src/main/java/com/google/genai/ApiClient.java

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 abstract class ApiClient {
 
   // {x-version-update-start:google-genai:released}
-  private static final String SDK_VERSION = "1.17.0";
+  private static final String SDK_VERSION = "1.18.0";
   // {x-version-update-end:google-genai:released}
   private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(ApiClient.class.getName());
 

versions.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-genai:1.17.0:1.18.0-SNAPSHOT
+google-genai:1.18.0:1.18.0