From 1ef2897329788474ff2423db2c71338f61ad76b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "release-please[bot]"
 <55107282+release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2025 17:27:30 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release 3.12.1

---
 .release-please-manifest.json                              | 2 +-
 CHANGELOG.md                                               | 7 +++++++
 google/cloud/logging/gapic_version.py                      | 2 +-
 google/cloud/logging_v2/gapic_version.py                   | 2 +-
 .../snippet_metadata_google.logging.v2.json                | 2 +-
 5 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index ab95c4e2..d235af2c 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "3.12.0"
+    ".": "3.12.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c6161ca5..1f98b01a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-logging/#history
 
+## [3.12.1](https://github.com/googleapis/python-logging/compare/v3.12.0...v3.12.1) (2025-04-21)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Make logging handler close conditional to having the transport opened ([#990](https://github.com/googleapis/python-logging/issues/990)) ([66c6b91](https://github.com/googleapis/python-logging/commit/66c6b91725eb479a0af138a2be13f3c25f369d7e))
+
 ## [3.12.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-logging/compare/v3.11.4...v3.12.0) (2025-04-10)
 
 
diff --git a/google/cloud/logging/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/logging/gapic_version.py
index b5a6e376..14833215 100644
--- a/google/cloud/logging/gapic_version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/logging/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "3.12.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "3.12.1"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/google/cloud/logging_v2/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/logging_v2/gapic_version.py
index b5a6e376..14833215 100644
--- a/google/cloud/logging_v2/gapic_version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/logging_v2/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "3.12.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "3.12.1"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.logging.v2.json b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.logging.v2.json
index 3132ff27..7d77545a 100644
--- a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.logging.v2.json
+++ b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.logging.v2.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     ],
     "language": "PYTHON",
     "name": "google-cloud-logging",
-    "version": "3.12.0"
+    "version": "3.12.1"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {