remove dead code: try/import/except for async rest dependencies #15548
Description
async_rest has been an optional dependency., leading to installation of google-auth[aiohttp] >= 2.35.0. WBut now we unconditionally required google_-auth >= 2.35.0. We should determine whether we can get rid of the extra, and whether we can get rid of the tr/import/except pattern in multiple places that tests for the async REST dependencies.
This is motivated by a PR conversation.
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daniel-sanche commentedon Feb 9, 2026
I think keeping
aiohttpas an optional dependency makes sense, because google-auth'sAsyncAuthorizedSessionwill raise an exception on use if it's not providedBut the try/except blocks should be removed if we pin to
v2.35, because they will never hit that ImportError(The missing aiohttp error is raised when AsyncAuthorizedSession is called, not at ImportTime)