chore(main): release 3.40.1 (#1004)

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.release-please-manifest.json

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-    ".": "3.40.0"
+    ".": "3.40.1"
 }

CHANGELOG.md

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 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-spanner/#history
 
+## [3.40.1](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/compare/v3.40.0...v3.40.1) (2023-08-17)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Fix to reload table when checking if table exists ([#1002](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/issues/1002)) ([53bda62](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/commit/53bda62c4996d622b7a11e860841c16e4097bded))
+
 ## [3.40.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/compare/v3.39.0...v3.40.0) (2023-08-04)
 
 

google/cloud/spanner_admin_database_v1/gapic_version.py

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 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "3.40.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "3.40.1"  # {x-release-please-version}

google/cloud/spanner_admin_instance_v1/gapic_version.py

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 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "3.40.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "3.40.1"  # {x-release-please-version}

google/cloud/spanner_v1/gapic_version.py

@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "3.40.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "3.40.1"  # {x-release-please-version}

samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.admin.database.v1.json

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     ],
     "language": "PYTHON",
     "name": "google-cloud-spanner-admin-database",
-    "version": "3.40.0"
+    "version": "3.40.1"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {

samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.json

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     ],
     "language": "PYTHON",
     "name": "google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance",
-    "version": "3.40.0"
+    "version": "3.40.1"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {

samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.v1.json

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     ],
     "language": "PYTHON",
     "name": "google-cloud-spanner",
-    "version": "3.40.0"
+    "version": "3.40.1"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {