feat(models): allow configuring Vertex AI API version (v1/v1beta1)

[vaibhav-patel]

Summary

ADK relies on the google-genai SDK's default API version, which is v1beta1 for the Vertex AI backend. Production users want to opt into the stable, GA v1 Vertex AI endpoint for SLA eligibility, but today the only workaround is subclassing Gemini and overriding api_client.

This adds a clean, backward-compatible way to configure the API version:

• New optional api_version field on Gemini (e.g. Gemini(model=..., api_version="v1")).
• New GOOGLE_GENAI_API_VERSION environment variable, honored as a fallback.

The resolved version flows through the existing _base_url_and_api_version chokepoint, so it applies consistently to the standard client, the live API client, and the per-request http_options.

Resolution order: a version embedded in base_url wins, then the api_version field, then GOOGLE_GENAI_API_VERSION, then the SDK default. When nothing is configured, behavior is unchanged — existing users are unaffected.

Usage

from google.adk.models import Gemini

# stable GA Vertex AI endpoint
agent = Agent(model=Gemini(model="gemini-2.5-pro", api_version="v1"))

or set GOOGLE_GENAI_API_VERSION=v1 in the environment.

Testing

• Added 8 focused unit tests in tests/unittests/models/test_google_llm.py covering the field, the env var, precedence rules, the live API path, and the request-config patching, plus an assertion that the default is unchanged.
• Full test_google_llm.py suite passes (74 tests); pyink and isort clean.

Fixes #3246.

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[vaibhav-patel]

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[rohityan]

Hi @vaibhav-patel , Thank you for your contribution! We appreciate you taking the time to submit this pull request. Can you please fix the failing ci tests before we can proceed with a review.

[vaibhav-patel]

HI @rohityan
Thank you. The CI is fixed.

[rohityan]

Hi @vaibhav-patel , Thank you for your contribution! We appreciate you taking the time to submit this pull request. Your PR has been received by the team and is currently under review. We will provide feedback as soon as we have an update to share.

[rohityan]

Hi @GWeale , can you please review this.