From 24b84d1d50a4f4712fcb10b2ecd5bf5e18e41b0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mattie Fu <mattiefu@google.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:44:51 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] test: add internal testing flag back

---
 .../com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/internal/api/Client.java | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/java-bigtable/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/internal/api/Client.java b/java-bigtable/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/internal/api/Client.java
index b13786f4c4ad..266a2be19425 100644
--- a/java-bigtable/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/internal/api/Client.java
+++ b/java-bigtable/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/internal/api/Client.java
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ public class Client implements AutoCloseable {
           // .setDirectAccessRequested(true)
           .setPeerInfo(true)
           .setSessionsCompatible(true)
+          .setSessionsRequired( // Internal system property internal testing, not to be used by
+                                // external customers.
+              Boolean.getBoolean("bigtable.internal.sessions-required"))
           .build();
   // gRPC keep-alive interval 60 seconds.
   public static final int KEEPALIVE_TIME_MS = 60000;

From 64ec49720a89f4834c5148177c173bb6e98b5df2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mattie Fu <mattiefu@google.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:10:01 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] format

---
 .../com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/internal/api/Client.java  | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/java-bigtable/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/internal/api/Client.java b/java-bigtable/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/internal/api/Client.java
index 266a2be19425..b6f72659c092 100644
--- a/java-bigtable/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/internal/api/Client.java
+++ b/java-bigtable/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/internal/api/Client.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public class Client implements AutoCloseable {
           .setPeerInfo(true)
           .setSessionsCompatible(true)
           .setSessionsRequired( // Internal system property internal testing, not to be used by
-                                // external customers.
+              // external customers.
               Boolean.getBoolean("bigtable.internal.sessions-required"))
           .build();
   // gRPC keep-alive interval 60 seconds.