Protocol Buffers v26.1

Announcements

• Protobuf News may include additional announcements or pre-announcements for upcoming changes.

C++

• Expand cpp_features_proto_srcs visibility (2d3d8ba)
• Move java_features.proto to java/core/srce/main/resources (22f1170)

Java

• Fix validateFeatures to be called after resolved features are actually set to this.features (9bf69ec)
• Move java_features.proto to java/core/srce/main/resources (22f1170)
• Set label to REQUIRED for descriptors with LEGACY_REQUIRED feature. (4886a9c)
• Add java_features.proto to kotlin_mvn release (0e4abf9)

Kotlin

• Add java_features.proto to kotlin_mvn release (0e4abf9)

Ruby

• Cherry-pick required label handling in JRuby field descriptor from bca8fb6 (2e51ff6)

Other

• Update protoc release to include editions language features protos for Java and C++ (7f45773)
• Fix Android platforms constraint (#16246) (#16271) (b4e1870)
• Add back android config_setting that looks for //external:android/crosstool (#16127) (#16264) (a97c927)