chore(main): release 1.61.0 (#1994)

Co-authored-by: release-please[bot] <55107282+release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: release-please[bot]

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.61.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/compare/v1.60.0...v1.61.0) (2026-01-30)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add `include_input` query parameter to Get Interaction endpoint. ([a0240d9](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/a0240d9cf4c817d1737cb2cf818d405addabeed8))
+* Add registerFiles for you can use gcs files with mldev. ([965395b](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/965395b2f640a7d92a6df3d03020f4d15fe6b2fa))
+* Support distillation tuning ([9e49d71](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/9e49d71c5aa70066cb0c81c7bef9770294dbcceb))
+* Support OSS Tuning in GenAI SDK ([51748a7](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/51748a7559fb038f2cd5ce290025d6259bb61ae0))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Add metadata in batch inlined response ([08c47aa](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/08c47aa1a4237daed90d86d38ccb4590c25c8ab8))
+
 ## [1.60.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/compare/v1.59.0...v1.60.0) (2026-01-21)
 
 

google/genai/version.py

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 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-__version__ = '1.60.0' # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = '1.61.0' # x-release-please-version

pyproject.toml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "twine>=6.1.0", "packaging>=24.2", "pkginfo>=
 
 [project]
 name = "google-genai"
-version = "1.60.0"
+version = "1.61.0"
 description = "GenAI Python SDK"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "Apache-2.0"