Bump grpcio from 1.76.0 to 1.78.1

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Bumps grpcio from 1.76.0 to 1.78.1.

Release notes

Sourced from grpcio's releases.

Release v1.78.1

This is release 1.78.1 (gutsy) of gRPC Core.

For gRPC documentation, see grpc.io. For previous releases, see Releases.

This release contains refinements, improvements, and bug fixes, with highlights listed below.

Python

• [Backport][v1.78.x][Python] Resolve absl::InitializeLog warning. (#41639)
• [Backport][v1.78.x][Python] Align GRPC_ENABLE_FORK_SUPPORT env defaults in core and python. (#41588)
• [Backport][v1.78.x][Python] Modernize and revamp Public API Docs. (#41494)

Ruby

• [Backport][v1.78.x][Ruby] Build/test ruby 4.0 and build native gems with Ruby 4.0 support. (#41554)

Release v1.78.0

This is release 1.78.0 (gutsy) of gRPC Core.

For gRPC documentation, see grpc.io. For previous releases, see Releases.

This release contains refinements, improvements, and bug fixes, with highlights listed below.

C++

• adding address_sorting dep in naming test build. (#41045)

Objective-C

• [Backport][v1.78.x][Fix][Compiler] Plugins fall back to the edition 2023 for older protobuf. (#41358)

Python

• [python] aio: fix race condition causing asyncio.run() to hang forever during the shutdown process. (#40989)
• [Python] Migrate to pyproject.toml build system from setup.py builds. (#40833)
• [Python] Log error details when ExecuteBatchError occurs (at DEBUG level). (#40921)
• [Python] Update setuptools min version to 77.0.1 . (#40931)

Ruby

• [ruby] Fix version comparison for the ruby_abi_version symbol for ruby 4 compatibility. (#41061)

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Commits

• 5b6492e [Release] Bump version to 1.78.1 (on v1.78.x branch) (#41681)
• 7139801 [Backport][v1.78.x][Python] Resolve absl::InitializeLog warning (#41639)
• c44abb2 [Backport] Fix BCR build for 1.78.x (#41586)
• de33c9c [Backport][v1.78.x][Python] Align GRPC_ENABLE_FORK_SUPPORT env defaults in co...
• 2da3f5e [Backport][v1.78.x][Python] Modernize and revamp Public API Docs (#41494)
• 704d68e [Backport][v1.78.x][Ruby] Build/test ruby 4.0 and build native gems with Ruby...
• 5e6ba94 [build] add missing includes (backport to 1.78.x) (#41518)
• e364c5c [PHP] ignore PHPUnit security advisory in Mac build (backport to 1.78.x) (#41...
• ea4d627 [Release] Bump version to 1.78.0 (on v1.78.x branch) (#41489)
• 9840ecd [Release] Bump version to 1.78.0-pre2 (on v1.78.x branch) (#41397)
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Pull request overview

Updates the pinned grpcio version used by the gcpubsub optional dependency set, aligning the extra requirements with the newer gRPC Python release.

Changes:

• Bump grpcio from 1.76.0 to 1.78.1 in the GCP Pub/Sub extras requirements.

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