gRPC - v1.50.0

This is release gRPC Core 1.50.0 (galley).

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

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

Core

• Derive EventEngine from std::enable_shared_from_this. (#31060)
• Revert "Revert "[chttp2] fix stream leak with queued flow control update and absence of writes (#30907)" (#30991)". (#30992)
• [chttp2] fix stream leak with queued flow control update and absence of writes. (#30907)
• Remove gpr_codegen. (#30899)
• client_channel: allow LB policy to communicate update errors to resolver. (#30809)
• FaultInjection: Fix random number generation. (#30623)

C++

• OpenCensus Plugin: Add measure and views for started RPCs. (#31034)

C#

• Grpc.Tools: Parse warnings from libprotobuf (fix #27502). (#30371)
• Grpc.Tools add support for env variable GRPC_PROTOC_PLUGIN (fix #27099). (#30411)
• Grpc.Tools document AdditionalImportDirs. (#30405)
• Fix OutputOptions and GrpcOutputOptions (issue #25950). (#30410)

Python

• Support Python 3.11. (#30818)

Ruby

• Fix ruby windows ucrt build. (#31051)
• Drop support for ruby 2.5. (#30699)