Merge branch 'main' into release-please--branches--main--components--firestore

Author: shivanee-p

ci/run_conditional_tests.sh

@@ -113,6 +113,16 @@ for subdir in ${subdirs[@]}; do
             continue
         fi
 
+        # System tests for packages are broken and blocking PRs.
+        # See https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-node/issues/7976.
+        #
+        # Per https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-node/issues/7921, 
+        # we are likely to permanently remove these tests in the near future.
+        if [[ "${subdir}" == "packages" && "${TEST_TYPE}" == "system" ]]; then
+            echo "Skipping ${TEST_TYPE} test for packages: ${d}"
+            continue
+        fi
+
         # Our CI uses Git Bash on Windows to execute this script, which returns "msys" for OSTYPE.
         if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "msys" ]]; then
             if [[ "${windows_exempt_tests}" =~ "${d}" ]]; then

handwritten/spanner/package.json

@@ -141,11 +141,13 @@
     "yargs": "^17.7.2"
   },
   "overrides": {
-    "gcp-metadata": "^7.0.1"
+    "gcp-metadata": "^7.0.1",
+    "@sinonjs/fake-timers": "15.2.1"
   },
   "pnpm": {
     "overrides": {
-      "gcp-metadata": "^7.0.1"
+      "gcp-metadata": "^7.0.1",
+      "@sinonjs/fake-timers": "15.2.1"
     }
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-node/tree/main/handwritten/spanner"