chore(main): release 3.8.0

Author: release-please[bot]

CHANGELOG.md

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 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-storage/#history
 
+## [3.8.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-storage/compare/v3.7.0...v3.8.0) (2025-12-19)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Expose persisted size in mrd ([#1671](https://github.com/googleapis/python-storage/issues/1671)) ([0e2961b](https://github.com/googleapis/python-storage/commit/0e2961bef285fc064174a5c18e3db05c7a682521))
+* Expose persisted size in MRD (MultiRangeReader) ([0e2961b](https://github.com/googleapis/python-storage/commit/0e2961bef285fc064174a5c18e3db05c7a682521))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Add system test for opening with read_handle ([6dc711d](https://github.com/googleapis/python-storage/commit/6dc711dacd4d38c573aa4ca9ad71fe412c0e49c1))
+* Add system test for opening with read_handle ([#1672](https://github.com/googleapis/python-storage/issues/1672)) ([6dc711d](https://github.com/googleapis/python-storage/commit/6dc711dacd4d38c573aa4ca9ad71fe412c0e49c1))
+* Close write object stream always ([#1661](https://github.com/googleapis/python-storage/issues/1661)) ([4a609a4](https://github.com/googleapis/python-storage/commit/4a609a4b3f4ba1396825911cb02f8a9649135cd5))
+* Close write object stream always.  ([4a609a4](https://github.com/googleapis/python-storage/commit/4a609a4b3f4ba1396825911cb02f8a9649135cd5))
+* **experimental:** No state lookup while opening bidi-write stream ([2d5a7b1](https://github.com/googleapis/python-storage/commit/2d5a7b16846a69f3a911844971241899f60cce14))
+* **experimental:** No state lookup while opening bidi-write stream ([#1636](https://github.com/googleapis/python-storage/issues/1636)) ([2d5a7b1](https://github.com/googleapis/python-storage/commit/2d5a7b16846a69f3a911844971241899f60cce14))
+
 ## [3.7.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-storage/compare/v3.6.0...v3.7.0) (2025-12-09)
 
 

google/cloud/storage/version.py

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 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "3.7.0"
+__version__ = "3.8.0"