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This is a Work-in-Progress.

This experimental PR is in response to a community request as found in Issue #13820. If we decide to incorporate such a change, we would need to identify the correct route to ensure that it can be autogenerated.

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Prevents initialization of ConfigClient with async transports and ConfigAsyncClient with sync transports.

  • Added _allow_async_transport flag to ConfigClient.__init__ (default False).
  • Added validation in ConfigClient.__init__ to raise ValueError if an async transport is provided and _allow_async_transport is False.
  • Added validation in ConfigAsyncClient.__init__ to raise ValueError if a sync transport is provided.
  • Updated ConfigAsyncClient to initialize internal ConfigClient with _allow_async_transport=True.
  • Added unit tests in packages/google-cloud-config/tests/unit/gapic/config_v1/test_client_validation.py.
  • Updated packages/google-cloud-config/tests/unit/gapic/config_v1/test_config.py to remove conflicting test cases.

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Summary of Changes

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This pull request enhances the robustness of the google-cloud-config client libraries by implementing explicit validation for transport types. It ensures that ConfigClient is exclusively used with synchronous transports and ConfigAsyncClient with asynchronous transports, preventing common misconfigurations. This change improves client stability and provides clearer error messages to developers, guiding them towards the correct client usage.

Highlights

  • Transport Type Validation: Implemented strict validation during client initialization to ensure ConfigClient uses only synchronous transports and ConfigAsyncClient uses only asynchronous transports.
  • Internal Flag for Async Client: Introduced an internal _allow_async_transport flag in ConfigClient's constructor, set to True when ConfigClient is instantiated by ConfigAsyncClient, to permit the necessary async transport.
  • New Unit Tests: Added a new dedicated unit test file (test_client_validation.py) to comprehensively cover various scenarios of transport type validation for both client types.
  • Test Refinement: Removed conflicting test cases from test_config.py that previously allowed grpc_asyncio for ConfigClient related tests, aligning with the new validation rules.
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This pull request correctly adds validation to prevent mismatches between client types (sync/async) and their transports. The changes are logical and the new tests provide good coverage. However, I've identified a critical bug in ConfigClient due to a missing import that will cause a NameError. I've also pointed out a few areas where the code can be simplified and duplication can be reduced to improve maintainability. Please see the detailed comments below.

if (
not _allow_async_transport
and transport_provided
and isinstance(transport, ConfigGrpcAsyncIOTransport)
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ConfigGrpcAsyncIOTransport is used here but it is not imported in this file, which will cause a NameError at runtime. To resolve this, please add from .transports.grpc_asyncio import ConfigGrpcAsyncIOTransport at the top of the file.

Comment on lines +289 to +296
transport_provided = isinstance(transport, ConfigTransport)

if (
transport_provided
and isinstance(transport, (ConfigGrpcTransport, ConfigRestTransport))
) or (
isinstance(transport, str) and transport in ["grpc", "rest"]
):
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The transport_provided variable is redundant here. The condition can be simplified by removing this variable and its usage, as isinstance(transport, (ConfigGrpcTransport, ConfigRestTransport)) already handles cases where transport is not a transport object (like a string).

        if isinstance(transport, (ConfigGrpcTransport, ConfigRestTransport)) or (
            isinstance(transport, str) and transport in ["grpc", "rest"]
        ):

Comment on lines +927 to +935
if (
not _allow_async_transport
and isinstance(transport, str)
and transport == "grpc_asyncio"
):
raise ValueError(
"The `ConfigClient` does not support async transports. "
"Please use `ConfigAsyncClient` instead."
)
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This validation logic for async transports is duplicated. A similar check exists for transport objects earlier in the method (around line 876). To improve maintainability and avoid code duplication, consider consolidating both checks into a single location at the beginning of the __init__ method.

@parthea parthea marked this pull request as draft January 30, 2026 19:56
@parthea parthea changed the title fix: validate transport types in ConfigClient and ConfigAsyncClient [WIP]fix: validate transport types in ConfigClient and ConfigAsyncClient Jan 30, 2026
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