Repository: grpc/grpc-go

Issue:
Bump go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc dep
During the normal dependency bump, observability packages were getting Go minor version bumps to 1.22.7. To avoid this, the dependency was not bumped to the latest version. A [PR](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go-contrib/pull/6595) was opened to remove the minor version in otel. Once the PR is merged and released, we can bump this module to the latest version.

Hints from issue comments:

Solution patch:
diff --git a/examples/go.mod b/examples/go.mod
index f266d327..15b8cec6 100644
--- a/examples/go.mod
+++ b/examples/go.mod
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ go 1.22.0
 require (
 	github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20241223141626-cff3c89139a3
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.5
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.55.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.33.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.56.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.34.0
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.25.0
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250106144421-5f5ef82da422
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.69.2
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250115164207-1a7da9e5054f
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.69.4
 	google.golang.org/grpc/gcp/observability v1.0.1
 	google.golang.org/grpc/security/advancedtls v1.0.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.2
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.3
 )
 
 require (
@@ -62,13 +62,13 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1 // indirect
 	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/gcp v1.33.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.56.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.58.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.33.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.33.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.33.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.33.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/gcp v1.34.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.59.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.59.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.34.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.34.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.34.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.34.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.32.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.34.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.10.0 // indirect
diff --git a/examples/go.sum b/examples/go.sum
index 8eef0c72..53ba900e 100644
--- a/examples/go.sum
+++ b/examples/go.sum
@@ -1127,27 +1127,27 @@ go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 h1:y73uSU6J157QMP2kn2r30vwW1A2W2WFwSCGnAVxeaD0=
 go.opencensus.io v0.24.0/go.mod h1:vNK8G9p7aAivkbmorf4v+7Hgx+Zs0yY+0fOtgBfjQKo=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0 h1:cH53jehLUN6UFLY71z+NDOiNJqDdPRaXzTel0sJySYA=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0/go.mod h1:3wSPjt5PWp2RhlCcmmOial7AvC4DQqZb7a7wCow3W8A=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/gcp v1.33.0 h1:FVPoXEoILwgbZUu4X7YSgsESsAmGRgoYcnXkzgQPhP4=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/gcp v1.33.0/go.mod h1:ZHrLmr4ikK2AwRj9QL+c9s2SOlgoSRyMpNVzUj2fZqI=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.56.0 h1:yMkBS9yViCc7U7yeLzJPM2XizlfdVvBRSmsQDWu6qc0=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.56.0/go.mod h1:n8MR6/liuGB5EmTETUBeU5ZgqMOlqKRxUaqPQBOANZ8=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.58.0 h1:yd02MEjBdJkG3uabWP9apV+OuWRIXGDuJEUJbOHmCFU=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.58.0/go.mod h1:umTcuxiv1n/s/S6/c2AT/g2CQ7u5C59sHDNmfSwgz7Q=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/gcp v1.34.0 h1:JRxssobiPg23otYU5SbWtQC//snGVIM3Tx6QRzlQBao=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/gcp v1.34.0/go.mod h1:cV4BMFcscUR/ckqLkbfQmF0PRsq8w/lMGzdbCSveBHo=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.59.0 h1:rgMkmiGfix9vFJDcDi1PK8WEQP4FLQwLDfhp5ZLpFeE=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.59.0/go.mod h1:ijPqXp5P6IRRByFVVg9DY8P5HkxkHE5ARIa+86aXPf4=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.59.0 h1:CV7UdSGJt/Ao6Gp4CXckLxVRRsRgDHoI8XjbL3PDl8s=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.59.0/go.mod h1:FRmFuRJfag1IZ2dPkHnEoSFVgTVPUd2qf5Vi69hLb8I=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.32.0/go.mod h1:00DCVSB0RQcnzlwyTfqtxSm+DRr9hpYrHjNGiBHVQIg=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.33.0 h1:/FerN9bax5LoK51X/sI0SVYrjSE0/yUL7DpxW4K3FWw=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.33.0/go.mod h1:SUUkR6csvUQl+yjReHu5uM3EtVV7MBm5FHKRlNx4I8I=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.55.0 h1:sSPw658Lk2NWAv74lkD3B/RSDb+xRFx46GjkrL3VUZo=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.55.0/go.mod h1:nC00vyCmQixoeaxF6KNyP42II/RHa9UdruK02qBmHvI=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.34.0 h1:zRLXxLCgL1WyKsPVrgbSdMN4c0FMkDAskSTQP+0hdUY=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.34.0/go.mod h1:OWFPOQ+h4G8xpyjgqo4SxJYdDQ/qmRH+wivy7zzx9oI=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.56.0 h1:GnCIi0QyG0yy2MrJLzVrIM7laaJstj//flf1zEJCG+E=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.56.0/go.mod h1:JQcVZtbIIPM+7SWBB+T6FK+xunlyidwLp++fN0sUaOk=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.32.0/go.mod h1:jH7CIbbK6SH2V2wE16W05BHCtIDzauciCRLoc/SyMv8=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.33.0 h1:r+JOocAyeRVXD8lZpjdQjzMadVZp2M4WmQ+5WtEnklQ=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.33.0/go.mod h1:L9+Fyctbp6HFTddIxClbQkjtubW6O9QS3Ann/M82u6M=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.33.0 h1:iax7M131HuAm9QkZotNHEfstof92xM+N8sr3uHXc2IM=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.33.0/go.mod h1:A1Q5oi7/9XaMlIWzPSxLRWOI8nG3FnzHJNbiENQuihM=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.33.0 h1:Gs5VK9/WUJhNXZgn8MR6ITatvAmKeIuCtNbsP3JkNqU=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.33.0/go.mod h1:dL5ykHZmm1B1nVRk9dDjChwDmt81MjVp3gLkQRwKf/Q=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.34.0 h1:+eTR3U0MyfWjRDhmFMxe2SsW64QrZ84AOhvqS7Y+PoQ=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.34.0/go.mod h1:CEDrp0fy2D0MvkXE+dPV7cMi8tWZwX3dmaIhwPOaqHE=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.34.0 h1:95zS4k/2GOy069d321O8jWgYsW3MzVV+KuSPKp7Wr1A=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.34.0/go.mod h1:0e/pNiaMAqaykJGKbi+tSjWfNNHMTxoC9qANsCzbyxU=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.34.0 h1:5CeK9ujjbFVL5c1PhLuStg1wxA7vQv7ce1EK0Gyvahk=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.34.0/go.mod h1:jQ/r8Ze28zRKoNRdkjCZxfs6YvBTG1+YIqyFVFYec5w=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.32.0/go.mod h1:+i4rkvCraA+tG6AzwloGaCtkx53Fa+L+V8e9a7YvhT8=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.33.0 h1:cCJuF7LRjUFso9LPnEAHJDB2pqzp+hbO8eu1qqW2d/s=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.33.0/go.mod h1:uIcdVUZMpTAmz0tI1z04GoVSezK37CbGV4fr1f2nBck=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.34.0 h1:+ouXS2V8Rd4hp4580a8q23bg0azF2nI8cqLYnC8mh/k=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.34.0/go.mod h1:Svm7lSjQD7kG7KJ/MUHPVXSDGz2OX4h0M2jHBhmSfRE=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.7.0/go.mod h1:PqfVotwruBrMGOCsRd/89rSnXhoiJIqeYNgFYFoEGnI=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.15.0/go.mod h1:H7XAot3MsfNsj7EXtrA2q5xSNQ10UqI405h3+duxN4U=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.19.0/go.mod h1:H7XAot3MsfNsj7EXtrA2q5xSNQ10UqI405h3+duxN4U=
@@ -1815,8 +1815,9 @@ google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240730163845-b1a4ccb954bf/go.
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240814211410-ddb44dafa142/go.mod h1:UqMtugtsSgubUsoxbuAoiCXvqvErP7Gf0so0mK9tHxU=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240826202546-f6391c0de4c7/go.mod h1:UqMtugtsSgubUsoxbuAoiCXvqvErP7Gf0so0mK9tHxU=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250102185135-69823020774d/go.mod h1:3ENsm/5D1mzDyhpzeRi1NR784I0BcofWBoSc5QqqMK4=
-google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250106144421-5f5ef82da422 h1:3UsHvIr4Wc2aW4brOaSCmcxh9ksica6fHEr8P1XhkYw=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250106144421-5f5ef82da422/go.mod h1:3ENsm/5D1mzDyhpzeRi1NR784I0BcofWBoSc5QqqMK4=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250115164207-1a7da9e5054f h1:OxYkA3wjPsZyBylwymxSHa7ViiW1Sml4ToBrncvFehI=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250115164207-1a7da9e5054f/go.mod h1:+2Yz8+CLJbIfL9z73EW45avw8Lmge3xVElCP9zEKi50=
 google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc v1.1.0/go.mod h1:6Kw0yEErY5E/yWrBtf03jp27GLLJujG4z/JK95pnjjw=
 google.golang.org/grpc/security/advancedtls v1.0.0 h1:/KQ7VP/1bs53/aopk9QhuPyFAp9Dm9Ejix3lzYkCrDA=
 google.golang.org/grpc/security/advancedtls v1.0.0/go.mod h1:o+s4go+e1PJ2AjuQMY5hU82W7lDlefjJA6FqEHRVHWk=
@@ -1845,8 +1846,9 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHh
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2/go.mod h1:qYOHts0dSfpeUzUFpOMr/WGzszTmLH+DiWniOlNbLDw=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.1/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.2 h1:R8FeyR1/eLmkutZOM5CWghmo5itiG9z0ktFlTVLuTmU=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.2/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.3 h1:82DV7MYdb8anAVi3qge1wSnMDrnKK7ebr+I0hHRN1BU=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.3/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c/go.mod h1:JHkPIbrfpd72SG/EVd6muEfDQjcINNoR0C8j2r3qZ4Q=
diff --git a/gcp/observability/go.mod b/gcp/observability/go.mod
index 3fe68868..26a6a016 100644
--- a/gcp/observability/go.mod
+++ b/gcp/observability/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.25.0
 	google.golang.org/api v0.216.0
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.69.2
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.69.4
 	google.golang.org/grpc/stats/opencensus v1.0.0
 )
 
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ require (
 	github.com/googleapis/enterprise-certificate-proxy v0.3.4 // indirect
 	github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.14.1 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.56.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.58.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.33.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.33.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.33.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.59.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.59.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.34.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.34.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.34.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.32.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.34.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.10.0 // indirect
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/time v0.9.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20250106144421-5f5ef82da422 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20250106144421-5f5ef82da422 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250106144421-5f5ef82da422 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.2 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250115164207-1a7da9e5054f // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.3 // indirect
 )
 
 replace google.golang.org/grpc => ../..
diff --git a/gcp/observability/go.sum b/gcp/observability/go.sum
index 4f9724ad..b6f91e04 100644
--- a/gcp/observability/go.sum
+++ b/gcp/observability/go.sum
@@ -1102,24 +1102,24 @@ go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 h1:y73uSU6J157QMP2kn2r30vwW1A2W2WFwSCGnAVxeaD0=
 go.opencensus.io v0.24.0/go.mod h1:vNK8G9p7aAivkbmorf4v+7Hgx+Zs0yY+0fOtgBfjQKo=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0 h1:cH53jehLUN6UFLY71z+NDOiNJqDdPRaXzTel0sJySYA=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0/go.mod h1:3wSPjt5PWp2RhlCcmmOial7AvC4DQqZb7a7wCow3W8A=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/gcp v1.33.0/go.mod h1:ZHrLmr4ikK2AwRj9QL+c9s2SOlgoSRyMpNVzUj2fZqI=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.56.0 h1:yMkBS9yViCc7U7yeLzJPM2XizlfdVvBRSmsQDWu6qc0=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.56.0/go.mod h1:n8MR6/liuGB5EmTETUBeU5ZgqMOlqKRxUaqPQBOANZ8=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.58.0 h1:yd02MEjBdJkG3uabWP9apV+OuWRIXGDuJEUJbOHmCFU=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.58.0/go.mod h1:umTcuxiv1n/s/S6/c2AT/g2CQ7u5C59sHDNmfSwgz7Q=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/gcp v1.34.0/go.mod h1:cV4BMFcscUR/ckqLkbfQmF0PRsq8w/lMGzdbCSveBHo=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.59.0 h1:rgMkmiGfix9vFJDcDi1PK8WEQP4FLQwLDfhp5ZLpFeE=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.59.0/go.mod h1:ijPqXp5P6IRRByFVVg9DY8P5HkxkHE5ARIa+86aXPf4=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.59.0 h1:CV7UdSGJt/Ao6Gp4CXckLxVRRsRgDHoI8XjbL3PDl8s=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.59.0/go.mod h1:FRmFuRJfag1IZ2dPkHnEoSFVgTVPUd2qf5Vi69hLb8I=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.32.0/go.mod h1:00DCVSB0RQcnzlwyTfqtxSm+DRr9hpYrHjNGiBHVQIg=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.33.0 h1:/FerN9bax5LoK51X/sI0SVYrjSE0/yUL7DpxW4K3FWw=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.33.0/go.mod h1:SUUkR6csvUQl+yjReHu5uM3EtVV7MBm5FHKRlNx4I8I=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.34.0 h1:zRLXxLCgL1WyKsPVrgbSdMN4c0FMkDAskSTQP+0hdUY=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.34.0/go.mod h1:OWFPOQ+h4G8xpyjgqo4SxJYdDQ/qmRH+wivy7zzx9oI=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.32.0/go.mod h1:jH7CIbbK6SH2V2wE16W05BHCtIDzauciCRLoc/SyMv8=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.33.0 h1:r+JOocAyeRVXD8lZpjdQjzMadVZp2M4WmQ+5WtEnklQ=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.33.0/go.mod h1:L9+Fyctbp6HFTddIxClbQkjtubW6O9QS3Ann/M82u6M=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.33.0 h1:iax7M131HuAm9QkZotNHEfstof92xM+N8sr3uHXc2IM=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.33.0/go.mod h1:A1Q5oi7/9XaMlIWzPSxLRWOI8nG3FnzHJNbiENQuihM=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.33.0 h1:Gs5VK9/WUJhNXZgn8MR6ITatvAmKeIuCtNbsP3JkNqU=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.33.0/go.mod h1:dL5ykHZmm1B1nVRk9dDjChwDmt81MjVp3gLkQRwKf/Q=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.34.0 h1:+eTR3U0MyfWjRDhmFMxe2SsW64QrZ84AOhvqS7Y+PoQ=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.34.0/go.mod h1:CEDrp0fy2D0MvkXE+dPV7cMi8tWZwX3dmaIhwPOaqHE=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.34.0 h1:95zS4k/2GOy069d321O8jWgYsW3MzVV+KuSPKp7Wr1A=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.34.0/go.mod h1:0e/pNiaMAqaykJGKbi+tSjWfNNHMTxoC9qANsCzbyxU=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.34.0 h1:5CeK9ujjbFVL5c1PhLuStg1wxA7vQv7ce1EK0Gyvahk=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.34.0/go.mod h1:jQ/r8Ze28zRKoNRdkjCZxfs6YvBTG1+YIqyFVFYec5w=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.32.0/go.mod h1:+i4rkvCraA+tG6AzwloGaCtkx53Fa+L+V8e9a7YvhT8=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.33.0 h1:cCJuF7LRjUFso9LPnEAHJDB2pqzp+hbO8eu1qqW2d/s=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.33.0/go.mod h1:uIcdVUZMpTAmz0tI1z04GoVSezK37CbGV4fr1f2nBck=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.34.0 h1:+ouXS2V8Rd4hp4580a8q23bg0azF2nI8cqLYnC8mh/k=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.34.0/go.mod h1:Svm7lSjQD7kG7KJ/MUHPVXSDGz2OX4h0M2jHBhmSfRE=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.7.0/go.mod h1:PqfVotwruBrMGOCsRd/89rSnXhoiJIqeYNgFYFoEGnI=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.15.0/go.mod h1:H7XAot3MsfNsj7EXtrA2q5xSNQ10UqI405h3+duxN4U=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.19.0/go.mod h1:H7XAot3MsfNsj7EXtrA2q5xSNQ10UqI405h3+duxN4U=
@@ -1787,8 +1787,9 @@ google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240730163845-b1a4ccb954bf/go.
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240814211410-ddb44dafa142/go.mod h1:UqMtugtsSgubUsoxbuAoiCXvqvErP7Gf0so0mK9tHxU=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240826202546-f6391c0de4c7/go.mod h1:UqMtugtsSgubUsoxbuAoiCXvqvErP7Gf0so0mK9tHxU=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250102185135-69823020774d/go.mod h1:3ENsm/5D1mzDyhpzeRi1NR784I0BcofWBoSc5QqqMK4=
-google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250106144421-5f5ef82da422 h1:3UsHvIr4Wc2aW4brOaSCmcxh9ksica6fHEr8P1XhkYw=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250106144421-5f5ef82da422/go.mod h1:3ENsm/5D1mzDyhpzeRi1NR784I0BcofWBoSc5QqqMK4=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250115164207-1a7da9e5054f h1:OxYkA3wjPsZyBylwymxSHa7ViiW1Sml4ToBrncvFehI=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250115164207-1a7da9e5054f/go.mod h1:+2Yz8+CLJbIfL9z73EW45avw8Lmge3xVElCP9zEKi50=
 google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc v1.1.0/go.mod h1:6Kw0yEErY5E/yWrBtf03jp27GLLJujG4z/JK95pnjjw=
 google.golang.org/grpc/stats/opencensus v1.0.0 h1:evSYcRZaSToQp+borzWE52+03joezZeXcKJvZDfkUJA=
 google.golang.org/grpc/stats/opencensus v1.0.0/go.mod h1:FhdkeYvN43wLYUnapVuRJJ9JXkNwe403iLUW2LKSnjs=
@@ -1815,8 +1816,9 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHh
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2/go.mod h1:qYOHts0dSfpeUzUFpOMr/WGzszTmLH+DiWniOlNbLDw=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.1/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.2 h1:R8FeyR1/eLmkutZOM5CWghmo5itiG9z0ktFlTVLuTmU=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.2/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.3 h1:82DV7MYdb8anAVi3qge1wSnMDrnKK7ebr+I0hHRN1BU=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.3/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c/go.mod h1:JHkPIbrfpd72SG/EVd6muEfDQjcINNoR0C8j2r3qZ4Q=
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e90a5acf..e66d28c5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ require (
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/gcp v1.33.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.33.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.33.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.33.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.33.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.33.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/gcp v1.34.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.34.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.34.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.34.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.34.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.34.0
 	golang.org/x/net v0.34.0
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.25.0
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.10.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b91e7e5b..1f709d2d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -39,18 +39,18 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0 h1:Xv5erBjTwe/5IxqUQTdXv5kgmIvbHo3QQyRwhJsOf
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0 h1:cH53jehLUN6UFLY71z+NDOiNJqDdPRaXzTel0sJySYA=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0/go.mod h1:3wSPjt5PWp2RhlCcmmOial7AvC4DQqZb7a7wCow3W8A=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/gcp v1.33.0 h1:FVPoXEoILwgbZUu4X7YSgsESsAmGRgoYcnXkzgQPhP4=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/gcp v1.33.0/go.mod h1:ZHrLmr4ikK2AwRj9QL+c9s2SOlgoSRyMpNVzUj2fZqI=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.33.0 h1:/FerN9bax5LoK51X/sI0SVYrjSE0/yUL7DpxW4K3FWw=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.33.0/go.mod h1:SUUkR6csvUQl+yjReHu5uM3EtVV7MBm5FHKRlNx4I8I=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.33.0 h1:r+JOocAyeRVXD8lZpjdQjzMadVZp2M4WmQ+5WtEnklQ=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.33.0/go.mod h1:L9+Fyctbp6HFTddIxClbQkjtubW6O9QS3Ann/M82u6M=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.33.0 h1:iax7M131HuAm9QkZotNHEfstof92xM+N8sr3uHXc2IM=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.33.0/go.mod h1:A1Q5oi7/9XaMlIWzPSxLRWOI8nG3FnzHJNbiENQuihM=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.33.0 h1:Gs5VK9/WUJhNXZgn8MR6ITatvAmKeIuCtNbsP3JkNqU=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.33.0/go.mod h1:dL5ykHZmm1B1nVRk9dDjChwDmt81MjVp3gLkQRwKf/Q=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.33.0 h1:cCJuF7LRjUFso9LPnEAHJDB2pqzp+hbO8eu1qqW2d/s=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.33.0/go.mod h1:uIcdVUZMpTAmz0tI1z04GoVSezK37CbGV4fr1f2nBck=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/gcp v1.34.0 h1:JRxssobiPg23otYU5SbWtQC//snGVIM3Tx6QRzlQBao=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/gcp v1.34.0/go.mod h1:cV4BMFcscUR/ckqLkbfQmF0PRsq8w/lMGzdbCSveBHo=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.34.0 h1:zRLXxLCgL1WyKsPVrgbSdMN4c0FMkDAskSTQP+0hdUY=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.34.0/go.mod h1:OWFPOQ+h4G8xpyjgqo4SxJYdDQ/qmRH+wivy7zzx9oI=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.34.0 h1:+eTR3U0MyfWjRDhmFMxe2SsW64QrZ84AOhvqS7Y+PoQ=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.34.0/go.mod h1:CEDrp0fy2D0MvkXE+dPV7cMi8tWZwX3dmaIhwPOaqHE=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.34.0 h1:95zS4k/2GOy069d321O8jWgYsW3MzVV+KuSPKp7Wr1A=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.34.0/go.mod h1:0e/pNiaMAqaykJGKbi+tSjWfNNHMTxoC9qANsCzbyxU=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.34.0 h1:5CeK9ujjbFVL5c1PhLuStg1wxA7vQv7ce1EK0Gyvahk=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.34.0/go.mod h1:jQ/r8Ze28zRKoNRdkjCZxfs6YvBTG1+YIqyFVFYec5w=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.34.0 h1:+ouXS2V8Rd4hp4580a8q23bg0azF2nI8cqLYnC8mh/k=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.34.0/go.mod h1:Svm7lSjQD7kG7KJ/MUHPVXSDGz2OX4h0M2jHBhmSfRE=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0 h1:2K3zAYmnTNqV73imy9J1T3WC+gmCePx2hEGkimedGto=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0/go.mod h1:CoHD4mav9JJNrW/WLlf7HGZPjdw8EucARQHekz1X6bE=
 golang.org/x/net v0.34.0 h1:Mb7Mrk043xzHgnRM88suvJFwzVrRfHEHJEl5/71CKw0=
diff --git a/interop/client/client.go b/interop/client/client.go
index b088451c..f50139fe 100644
--- a/interop/client/client.go
+++ b/interop/client/client.go
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import (
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"crypto/x509"
 	"flag"
-	"log"
 	"net"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
@@ -80,7 +79,6 @@ var (
 	soakMinTimeMsBetweenRPCs               = flag.Int("soak_min_time_ms_between_rpcs", 0, "The minimum time in milliseconds between consecutive RPCs in a soak test (rpc_soak or channel_soak), useful for limiting QPS")
 	soakRequestSize                        = flag.Int("soak_request_size", 271828, "The request size in a soak RPC. The default value is set based on the interop large unary test case.")
 	soakResponseSize                       = flag.Int("soak_response_size", 314159, "The response size in a soak RPC. The default value is set based on the interop large unary test case.")
-	soakNumThreads                         = flag.Int("soak_num_threads", 1, "The number of threads for concurrent execution of the soak tests (rpc_soak or channel_soak). The default value is set based on the interop large unary test case.")
 	tlsServerName                          = flag.String("server_host_override", "", "The server name used to verify the hostname returned by TLS handshake if it is not empty. Otherwise, --server_host is used.")
 	additionalMetadata                     = flag.String("additional_metadata", "", "Additional metadata to send in each request, as a semicolon-separated list of key:value pairs.")
 	testCase                               = flag.String("test_case", "large_unary",
@@ -151,21 +149,6 @@ func parseAdditionalMetadataFlag() []string {
 	return addMd
 }
 
-// createSoakTestConfig creates a shared configuration structure for soak tests.
-func createBaseSoakConfig(serverAddr string) interop.SoakTestConfig {
-	return interop.SoakTestConfig{
-		RequestSize:                      *soakRequestSize,
-		ResponseSize:                     *soakResponseSize,
-		PerIterationMaxAcceptableLatency: time.Duration(*soakPerIterationMaxAcceptableLatencyMs) * time.Millisecond,
-		MinTimeBetweenRPCs:               time.Duration(*soakMinTimeMsBetweenRPCs) * time.Millisecond,
-		OverallTimeout:                   time.Duration(*soakOverallTimeoutSeconds) * time.Second,
-		ServerAddr:                       serverAddr,
-		NumWorkers:                       *soakNumThreads,
-		Iterations:                       *soakIterations,
-		MaxFailures:                      *soakMaxFailures,
-	}
-}
-
 func main() {
 	flag.Parse()
 	logger.Infof("Client running with test case %q", *testCase)
@@ -278,7 +261,7 @@ func main() {
 		}
 		opts = append(opts, grpc.WithUnaryInterceptor(unaryAddMd), grpc.WithStreamInterceptor(streamingAddMd))
 	}
-	conn, err := grpc.NewClient(serverAddr, opts...)
+	conn, err := grpc.Dial(serverAddr, opts...)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Fatalf("Fail to dial: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -375,20 +358,10 @@ func main() {
 		interop.DoPickFirstUnary(ctx, tc)
 		logger.Infoln("PickFirstUnary done")
 	case "rpc_soak":
-		rpcSoakConfig := createBaseSoakConfig(serverAddr)
-		rpcSoakConfig.ChannelForTest = func() (*grpc.ClientConn, func()) { return conn, func() {} }
-		interop.DoSoakTest(ctxWithDeadline, rpcSoakConfig)
+		interop.DoSoakTest(ctxWithDeadline, tc, serverAddr, opts, false /* resetChannel */, *soakIterations, *soakMaxFailures, *soakRequestSize, *soakResponseSize, time.Duration(*soakPerIterationMaxAcceptableLatencyMs)*time.Millisecond, time.Duration(*soakMinTimeMsBetweenRPCs)*time.Millisecond)
 		logger.Infoln("RpcSoak done")
 	case "channel_soak":
-		channelSoakConfig := createBaseSoakConfig(serverAddr)
-		channelSoakConfig.ChannelForTest = func() (*grpc.ClientConn, func()) {
-			cc, err := grpc.NewClient(serverAddr, opts...)
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Fatalf("Failed to create shared channel: %v", err)
-			}
-			return cc, func() { cc.Close() }
-		}
-		interop.DoSoakTest(ctxWithDeadline, channelSoakConfig)
+		interop.DoSoakTest(ctxWithDeadline, tc, serverAddr, opts, true /* resetChannel */, *soakIterations, *soakMaxFailures, *soakRequestSize, *soakResponseSize, time.Duration(*soakPerIterationMaxAcceptableLatencyMs)*time.Millisecond, time.Duration(*soakMinTimeMsBetweenRPCs)*time.Millisecond)
 		logger.Infoln("ChannelSoak done")
 	case "orca_per_rpc":
 		interop.DoORCAPerRPCTest(ctx, tc)
diff --git a/interop/observability/go.mod b/interop/observability/go.mod
index 9ae19db5..a0992815 100644
--- a/interop/observability/go.mod
+++ b/interop/observability/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module google.golang.org/grpc/interop/observability
 go 1.22.0
 
 require (
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.69.2
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.69.4
 	google.golang.org/grpc/gcp/observability v1.0.1
 )
 
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ require (
 	github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.14.1 // indirect
 	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.56.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.58.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.33.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.33.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.33.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.59.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.59.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.34.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.34.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.34.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.32.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.34.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.25.0 // indirect
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/api v0.216.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20250106144421-5f5ef82da422 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20250106144421-5f5ef82da422 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250106144421-5f5ef82da422 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250115164207-1a7da9e5054f // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc/stats/opencensus v1.0.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.2 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.3 // indirect
 )
 
 replace google.golang.org/grpc => ../..
diff --git a/interop/observability/go.sum b/interop/observability/go.sum
index ad684018..a760a976 100644
--- a/interop/observability/go.sum
+++ b/interop/observability/go.sum
@@ -1104,24 +1104,24 @@ go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 h1:y73uSU6J157QMP2kn2r30vwW1A2W2WFwSCGnAVxeaD0=
 go.opencensus.io v0.24.0/go.mod h1:vNK8G9p7aAivkbmorf4v+7Hgx+Zs0yY+0fOtgBfjQKo=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0 h1:cH53jehLUN6UFLY71z+NDOiNJqDdPRaXzTel0sJySYA=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0/go.mod h1:3wSPjt5PWp2RhlCcmmOial7AvC4DQqZb7a7wCow3W8A=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/gcp v1.33.0/go.mod h1:ZHrLmr4ikK2AwRj9QL+c9s2SOlgoSRyMpNVzUj2fZqI=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.56.0 h1:yMkBS9yViCc7U7yeLzJPM2XizlfdVvBRSmsQDWu6qc0=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.56.0/go.mod h1:n8MR6/liuGB5EmTETUBeU5ZgqMOlqKRxUaqPQBOANZ8=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.58.0 h1:yd02MEjBdJkG3uabWP9apV+OuWRIXGDuJEUJbOHmCFU=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.58.0/go.mod h1:umTcuxiv1n/s/S6/c2AT/g2CQ7u5C59sHDNmfSwgz7Q=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/gcp v1.34.0/go.mod h1:cV4BMFcscUR/ckqLkbfQmF0PRsq8w/lMGzdbCSveBHo=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.59.0 h1:rgMkmiGfix9vFJDcDi1PK8WEQP4FLQwLDfhp5ZLpFeE=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.59.0/go.mod h1:ijPqXp5P6IRRByFVVg9DY8P5HkxkHE5ARIa+86aXPf4=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.59.0 h1:CV7UdSGJt/Ao6Gp4CXckLxVRRsRgDHoI8XjbL3PDl8s=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.59.0/go.mod h1:FRmFuRJfag1IZ2dPkHnEoSFVgTVPUd2qf5Vi69hLb8I=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.32.0/go.mod h1:00DCVSB0RQcnzlwyTfqtxSm+DRr9hpYrHjNGiBHVQIg=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.33.0 h1:/FerN9bax5LoK51X/sI0SVYrjSE0/yUL7DpxW4K3FWw=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.33.0/go.mod h1:SUUkR6csvUQl+yjReHu5uM3EtVV7MBm5FHKRlNx4I8I=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.34.0 h1:zRLXxLCgL1WyKsPVrgbSdMN4c0FMkDAskSTQP+0hdUY=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.34.0/go.mod h1:OWFPOQ+h4G8xpyjgqo4SxJYdDQ/qmRH+wivy7zzx9oI=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.32.0/go.mod h1:jH7CIbbK6SH2V2wE16W05BHCtIDzauciCRLoc/SyMv8=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.33.0 h1:r+JOocAyeRVXD8lZpjdQjzMadVZp2M4WmQ+5WtEnklQ=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.33.0/go.mod h1:L9+Fyctbp6HFTddIxClbQkjtubW6O9QS3Ann/M82u6M=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.33.0 h1:iax7M131HuAm9QkZotNHEfstof92xM+N8sr3uHXc2IM=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.33.0/go.mod h1:A1Q5oi7/9XaMlIWzPSxLRWOI8nG3FnzHJNbiENQuihM=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.33.0 h1:Gs5VK9/WUJhNXZgn8MR6ITatvAmKeIuCtNbsP3JkNqU=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.33.0/go.mod h1:dL5ykHZmm1B1nVRk9dDjChwDmt81MjVp3gLkQRwKf/Q=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.34.0 h1:+eTR3U0MyfWjRDhmFMxe2SsW64QrZ84AOhvqS7Y+PoQ=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.34.0/go.mod h1:CEDrp0fy2D0MvkXE+dPV7cMi8tWZwX3dmaIhwPOaqHE=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.34.0 h1:95zS4k/2GOy069d321O8jWgYsW3MzVV+KuSPKp7Wr1A=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.34.0/go.mod h1:0e/pNiaMAqaykJGKbi+tSjWfNNHMTxoC9qANsCzbyxU=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.34.0 h1:5CeK9ujjbFVL5c1PhLuStg1wxA7vQv7ce1EK0Gyvahk=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.34.0/go.mod h1:jQ/r8Ze28zRKoNRdkjCZxfs6YvBTG1+YIqyFVFYec5w=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.32.0/go.mod h1:+i4rkvCraA+tG6AzwloGaCtkx53Fa+L+V8e9a7YvhT8=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.33.0 h1:cCJuF7LRjUFso9LPnEAHJDB2pqzp+hbO8eu1qqW2d/s=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.33.0/go.mod h1:uIcdVUZMpTAmz0tI1z04GoVSezK37CbGV4fr1f2nBck=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.34.0 h1:+ouXS2V8Rd4hp4580a8q23bg0azF2nI8cqLYnC8mh/k=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.34.0/go.mod h1:Svm7lSjQD7kG7KJ/MUHPVXSDGz2OX4h0M2jHBhmSfRE=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.7.0/go.mod h1:PqfVotwruBrMGOCsRd/89rSnXhoiJIqeYNgFYFoEGnI=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.15.0/go.mod h1:H7XAot3MsfNsj7EXtrA2q5xSNQ10UqI405h3+duxN4U=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.19.0/go.mod h1:H7XAot3MsfNsj7EXtrA2q5xSNQ10UqI405h3+duxN4U=
@@ -1789,8 +1789,9 @@ google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240730163845-b1a4ccb954bf/go.
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240814211410-ddb44dafa142/go.mod h1:UqMtugtsSgubUsoxbuAoiCXvqvErP7Gf0so0mK9tHxU=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240826202546-f6391c0de4c7/go.mod h1:UqMtugtsSgubUsoxbuAoiCXvqvErP7Gf0so0mK9tHxU=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250102185135-69823020774d/go.mod h1:3ENsm/5D1mzDyhpzeRi1NR784I0BcofWBoSc5QqqMK4=
-google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250106144421-5f5ef82da422 h1:3UsHvIr4Wc2aW4brOaSCmcxh9ksica6fHEr8P1XhkYw=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250106144421-5f5ef82da422/go.mod h1:3ENsm/5D1mzDyhpzeRi1NR784I0BcofWBoSc5QqqMK4=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250115164207-1a7da9e5054f h1:OxYkA3wjPsZyBylwymxSHa7ViiW1Sml4ToBrncvFehI=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250115164207-1a7da9e5054f/go.mod h1:+2Yz8+CLJbIfL9z73EW45avw8Lmge3xVElCP9zEKi50=
 google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc v1.1.0/go.mod h1:6Kw0yEErY5E/yWrBtf03jp27GLLJujG4z/JK95pnjjw=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0-20200109180630-ec00e32a8dfd/go.mod h1:DFci5gLYBciE7Vtevhsrf46CRTquxDuWsQurQQe4oz8=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0-20200221191635-4d8936d0db64/go.mod h1:kwYJMbMJ01Woi6D6+Kah6886xMZcty6N08ah7+eCXa0=
@@ -1815,8 +1816,9 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHh
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2/go.mod h1:qYOHts0dSfpeUzUFpOMr/WGzszTmLH+DiWniOlNbLDw=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.1/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.2 h1:R8FeyR1/eLmkutZOM5CWghmo5itiG9z0ktFlTVLuTmU=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.2/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.3 h1:82DV7MYdb8anAVi3qge1wSnMDrnKK7ebr+I0hHRN1BU=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.3/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c/go.mod h1:JHkPIbrfpd72SG/EVd6muEfDQjcINNoR0C8j2r3qZ4Q=
diff --git a/interop/xds/go.mod b/interop/xds/go.mod
index 10e1c5bf..99fe9a0f 100644
--- a/interop/xds/go.mod
+++ b/interop/xds/go.mod
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ replace google.golang.org/grpc => ../..
 
 require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.5
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.55.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.33.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.56.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.34.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.69.2
 )
 
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.61.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/gcp v1.33.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.33.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.33.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.33.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.33.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/gcp v1.34.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.34.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.34.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.34.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.34.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.34.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.25.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.10.0 // indirect
@@ -42,5 +42,5 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/text v0.21.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20250106144421-5f5ef82da422 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250106144421-5f5ef82da422 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.2 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.3 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/interop/xds/go.sum b/interop/xds/go.sum
index 05ce0ac1..748ec03b 100644
--- a/interop/xds/go.sum
+++ b/interop/xds/go.sum
@@ -53,20 +53,20 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0 h1:Xv5erBjTwe/5IxqUQTdXv5kgmIvbHo3QQyRwhJsOf
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0 h1:cH53jehLUN6UFLY71z+NDOiNJqDdPRaXzTel0sJySYA=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0/go.mod h1:3wSPjt5PWp2RhlCcmmOial7AvC4DQqZb7a7wCow3W8A=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/gcp v1.33.0 h1:FVPoXEoILwgbZUu4X7YSgsESsAmGRgoYcnXkzgQPhP4=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/gcp v1.33.0/go.mod h1:ZHrLmr4ikK2AwRj9QL+c9s2SOlgoSRyMpNVzUj2fZqI=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.33.0 h1:/FerN9bax5LoK51X/sI0SVYrjSE0/yUL7DpxW4K3FWw=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.33.0/go.mod h1:SUUkR6csvUQl+yjReHu5uM3EtVV7MBm5FHKRlNx4I8I=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.55.0 h1:sSPw658Lk2NWAv74lkD3B/RSDb+xRFx46GjkrL3VUZo=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.55.0/go.mod h1:nC00vyCmQixoeaxF6KNyP42II/RHa9UdruK02qBmHvI=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.33.0 h1:r+JOocAyeRVXD8lZpjdQjzMadVZp2M4WmQ+5WtEnklQ=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.33.0/go.mod h1:L9+Fyctbp6HFTddIxClbQkjtubW6O9QS3Ann/M82u6M=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.33.0 h1:iax7M131HuAm9QkZotNHEfstof92xM+N8sr3uHXc2IM=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.33.0/go.mod h1:A1Q5oi7/9XaMlIWzPSxLRWOI8nG3FnzHJNbiENQuihM=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.33.0 h1:Gs5VK9/WUJhNXZgn8MR6ITatvAmKeIuCtNbsP3JkNqU=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.33.0/go.mod h1:dL5ykHZmm1B1nVRk9dDjChwDmt81MjVp3gLkQRwKf/Q=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.33.0 h1:cCJuF7LRjUFso9LPnEAHJDB2pqzp+hbO8eu1qqW2d/s=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.33.0/go.mod h1:uIcdVUZMpTAmz0tI1z04GoVSezK37CbGV4fr1f2nBck=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/gcp v1.34.0 h1:JRxssobiPg23otYU5SbWtQC//snGVIM3Tx6QRzlQBao=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/gcp v1.34.0/go.mod h1:cV4BMFcscUR/ckqLkbfQmF0PRsq8w/lMGzdbCSveBHo=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.34.0 h1:zRLXxLCgL1WyKsPVrgbSdMN4c0FMkDAskSTQP+0hdUY=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.34.0/go.mod h1:OWFPOQ+h4G8xpyjgqo4SxJYdDQ/qmRH+wivy7zzx9oI=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.56.0 h1:GnCIi0QyG0yy2MrJLzVrIM7laaJstj//flf1zEJCG+E=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.56.0/go.mod h1:JQcVZtbIIPM+7SWBB+T6FK+xunlyidwLp++fN0sUaOk=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.34.0 h1:+eTR3U0MyfWjRDhmFMxe2SsW64QrZ84AOhvqS7Y+PoQ=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.34.0/go.mod h1:CEDrp0fy2D0MvkXE+dPV7cMi8tWZwX3dmaIhwPOaqHE=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.34.0 h1:95zS4k/2GOy069d321O8jWgYsW3MzVV+KuSPKp7Wr1A=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.34.0/go.mod h1:0e/pNiaMAqaykJGKbi+tSjWfNNHMTxoC9qANsCzbyxU=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.34.0 h1:5CeK9ujjbFVL5c1PhLuStg1wxA7vQv7ce1EK0Gyvahk=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.34.0/go.mod h1:jQ/r8Ze28zRKoNRdkjCZxfs6YvBTG1+YIqyFVFYec5w=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.34.0 h1:+ouXS2V8Rd4hp4580a8q23bg0azF2nI8cqLYnC8mh/k=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.34.0/go.mod h1:Svm7lSjQD7kG7KJ/MUHPVXSDGz2OX4h0M2jHBhmSfRE=
 golang.org/x/net v0.34.0 h1:Mb7Mrk043xzHgnRM88suvJFwzVrRfHEHJEl5/71CKw0=
 golang.org/x/net v0.34.0/go.mod h1:di0qlW3YNM5oh6GqDGQr92MyTozJPmybPK4Ev/Gm31k=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.25.0 h1:CY4y7XT9v0cRI9oupztF8AgiIu99L/ksR/Xp/6jrZ70=
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20250106144421-5f5ef82da422 h1:
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20250106144421-5f5ef82da422/go.mod h1:b6h1vNKhxaSoEI+5jc3PJUCustfli/mRab7295pY7rw=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250106144421-5f5ef82da422 h1:3UsHvIr4Wc2aW4brOaSCmcxh9ksica6fHEr8P1XhkYw=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250106144421-5f5ef82da422/go.mod h1:3ENsm/5D1mzDyhpzeRi1NR784I0BcofWBoSc5QqqMK4=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.2 h1:R8FeyR1/eLmkutZOM5CWghmo5itiG9z0ktFlTVLuTmU=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.2/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.3 h1:82DV7MYdb8anAVi3qge1wSnMDrnKK7ebr+I0hHRN1BU=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.3/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/interop/xds_federation/client.go b/interop/xds_federation/client.go
index 1d210369..56572e4a 100644
--- a/interop/xds_federation/client.go
+++ b/interop/xds_federation/client.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ package main
 import (
 	"context"
 	"flag"
-	"log"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -55,7 +54,6 @@ var (
 	soakMinTimeMsBetweenRPCs               = flag.Int("soak_min_time_ms_between_rpcs", 0, "The minimum time in milliseconds between consecutive RPCs in a soak test (rpc_soak or channel_soak), useful for limiting QPS")
 	soakRequestSize                        = flag.Int("soak_request_size", 271828, "The request size in a soak RPC. The default value is set based on the interop large unary test case.")
 	soakResponseSize                       = flag.Int("soak_response_size", 314159, "The response size in a soak RPC. The default value is set based on the interop large unary test case.")
-	soakNumThreads                         = flag.Int("soak_num_threads", 1, "The number of threads for concurrent execution of the soak tests (rpc_soak or channel_soak). The default value is set based on the interop large unary test case.")
 	testCase                               = flag.String("test_case", "rpc_soak",
 		`Configure different test cases. Valid options are:
         rpc_soak: sends --soak_iterations large_unary RPCs;
@@ -65,7 +63,6 @@ var (
 )
 
 type clientConfig struct {
-	conn *grpc.ClientConn
 	tc   testgrpc.TestServiceClient
 	opts []grpc.DialOption
 	uri  string
@@ -84,6 +81,17 @@ func main() {
 			logger.Fatalf("Unsupported credentials type: %v", c)
 		}
 	}
+	var resetChannel bool
+	switch *testCase {
+	case "rpc_soak":
+		resetChannel = false
+	case "channel_soak":
+		resetChannel = true
+	default:
+		logger.Fatal("Unsupported test case: ", *testCase)
+	}
+
+	// create clients as specified in flags
 	var clients []clientConfig
 	for i := range uris {
 		var opts []grpc.DialOption
@@ -93,13 +101,12 @@ func main() {
 		case insecureCredsName:
 			opts = append(opts, grpc.WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials()))
 		}
-		cc, err := grpc.NewClient(uris[i], opts...)
+		cc, err := grpc.Dial(uris[i], opts...)
 		if err != nil {
 			logger.Fatalf("Fail to dial %v: %v", uris[i], err)
 		}
 		defer cc.Close()
 		clients = append(clients, clientConfig{
-			conn: cc,
 			tc:   testgrpc.NewTestServiceClient(cc),
 			opts: opts,
 			uri:  uris[i],
@@ -109,40 +116,13 @@ func main() {
 	// run soak tests with the different clients
 	logger.Infof("Clients running with test case %q", *testCase)
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
-	var channelForTest func() (*grpc.ClientConn, func())
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	for i := range clients {
 		wg.Add(1)
 		go func(c clientConfig) {
 			ctxWithDeadline, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Duration(*soakOverallTimeoutSeconds)*time.Second)
 			defer cancel()
-			switch *testCase {
-			case "rpc_soak":
-				channelForTest = func() (*grpc.ClientConn, func()) { return c.conn, func() {} }
-			case "channel_soak":
-				channelForTest = func() (*grpc.ClientConn, func()) {
-					cc, err := grpc.NewClient(c.uri, c.opts...)
-					if err != nil {
-						log.Fatalf("Failed to create shared channel: %v", err)
-					}
-					return cc, func() { cc.Close() }
-				}
-			default:
-				logger.Fatal("Unsupported test case: ", *testCase)
-			}
-			soakConfig := interop.SoakTestConfig{
-				RequestSize:                      *soakRequestSize,
-				ResponseSize:                     *soakResponseSize,
-				PerIterationMaxAcceptableLatency: time.Duration(*soakPerIterationMaxAcceptableLatencyMs) * time.Millisecond,
-				MinTimeBetweenRPCs:               time.Duration(*soakMinTimeMsBetweenRPCs) * time.Millisecond,
-				OverallTimeout:                   time.Duration(*soakOverallTimeoutSeconds) * time.Second,
-				ServerAddr:                       c.uri,
-				NumWorkers:                       *soakNumThreads,
-				Iterations:                       *soakIterations,
-				MaxFailures:                      *soakMaxFailures,
-				ChannelForTest:                   channelForTest,
-			}
-			interop.DoSoakTest(ctxWithDeadline, soakConfig)
+			interop.DoSoakTest(ctxWithDeadline, c.tc, c.uri, c.opts, resetChannel, *soakIterations, *soakMaxFailures, *soakRequestSize, *soakResponseSize, time.Duration(*soakPerIterationMaxAcceptableLatencyMs)*time.Millisecond, time.Duration(*soakMinTimeMsBetweenRPCs)*time.Millisecond)
 			logger.Infof("%s test done for server: %s", *testCase, c.uri)
 			wg.Done()
 		}(clients[i])
diff --git a/scripts/vet.sh b/scripts/vet.sh
index 1fdc6276..c9746cea 100755
--- a/scripts/vet.sh
+++ b/scripts/vet.sh
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ git grep 'func [A-Z]' -- "*_test.go" | not grep -v 'func Test\|Benchmark\|Exampl
 
 # - Do not use time.After except in tests.  It has the potential to leak the
 #   timer since there is no way to stop it early.
-git grep -l 'time.After(' -- "*.go" | not grep -v '_test.go\|soak_tests\|testutils'
+git grep -l 'time.After(' -- "*.go" | not grep -v '_test.go\|test_utils\|testutils'
 
 # - Do not use "interface{}"; use "any" instead.
 git grep -l 'interface{}' -- "*.go" 2>&1 | not grep -v '\.pb\.go\|protoc-gen-go-grpc\|grpc_testing_not_regenerated'
diff --git a/security/advancedtls/examples/go.mod b/security/advancedtls/examples/go.mod
index 45d805dd..a9e772a4 100644
--- a/security/advancedtls/examples/go.mod
+++ b/security/advancedtls/examples/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module google.golang.org/grpc/security/advancedtls/examples
 go 1.22.0
 
 require (
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.69.2
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.69.4
 	google.golang.org/grpc/examples v0.0.0-20250110041721-2d4daf347590
 	google.golang.org/grpc/security/advancedtls v1.0.0
 )
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/net v0.34.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.29.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.21.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250106144421-5f5ef82da422 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.2 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250115164207-1a7da9e5054f // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.3 // indirect
 )
 
 replace google.golang.org/grpc => ../../..
diff --git a/security/advancedtls/examples/go.sum b/security/advancedtls/examples/go.sum
index e005e8e8..e86170ff 100644
--- a/security/advancedtls/examples/go.sum
+++ b/security/advancedtls/examples/go.sum
@@ -10,16 +10,16 @@ github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0 h1:cH53jehLUN6UFLY71z+NDOiNJqDdPRaXzTel0sJySYA=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0/go.mod h1:3wSPjt5PWp2RhlCcmmOial7AvC4DQqZb7a7wCow3W8A=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.33.0 h1:/FerN9bax5LoK51X/sI0SVYrjSE0/yUL7DpxW4K3FWw=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.33.0/go.mod h1:SUUkR6csvUQl+yjReHu5uM3EtVV7MBm5FHKRlNx4I8I=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.33.0 h1:r+JOocAyeRVXD8lZpjdQjzMadVZp2M4WmQ+5WtEnklQ=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.33.0/go.mod h1:L9+Fyctbp6HFTddIxClbQkjtubW6O9QS3Ann/M82u6M=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.33.0 h1:iax7M131HuAm9QkZotNHEfstof92xM+N8sr3uHXc2IM=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.33.0/go.mod h1:A1Q5oi7/9XaMlIWzPSxLRWOI8nG3FnzHJNbiENQuihM=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.33.0 h1:Gs5VK9/WUJhNXZgn8MR6ITatvAmKeIuCtNbsP3JkNqU=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.33.0/go.mod h1:dL5ykHZmm1B1nVRk9dDjChwDmt81MjVp3gLkQRwKf/Q=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.33.0 h1:cCJuF7LRjUFso9LPnEAHJDB2pqzp+hbO8eu1qqW2d/s=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.33.0/go.mod h1:uIcdVUZMpTAmz0tI1z04GoVSezK37CbGV4fr1f2nBck=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.34.0 h1:zRLXxLCgL1WyKsPVrgbSdMN4c0FMkDAskSTQP+0hdUY=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.34.0/go.mod h1:OWFPOQ+h4G8xpyjgqo4SxJYdDQ/qmRH+wivy7zzx9oI=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.34.0 h1:+eTR3U0MyfWjRDhmFMxe2SsW64QrZ84AOhvqS7Y+PoQ=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.34.0/go.mod h1:CEDrp0fy2D0MvkXE+dPV7cMi8tWZwX3dmaIhwPOaqHE=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.34.0 h1:95zS4k/2GOy069d321O8jWgYsW3MzVV+KuSPKp7Wr1A=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.34.0/go.mod h1:0e/pNiaMAqaykJGKbi+tSjWfNNHMTxoC9qANsCzbyxU=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.34.0 h1:5CeK9ujjbFVL5c1PhLuStg1wxA7vQv7ce1EK0Gyvahk=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.34.0/go.mod h1:jQ/r8Ze28zRKoNRdkjCZxfs6YvBTG1+YIqyFVFYec5w=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.34.0 h1:+ouXS2V8Rd4hp4580a8q23bg0azF2nI8cqLYnC8mh/k=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.34.0/go.mod h1:Svm7lSjQD7kG7KJ/MUHPVXSDGz2OX4h0M2jHBhmSfRE=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.32.0 h1:euUpcYgM8WcP71gNpTqQCn6rC2t6ULUPiOzfWaXVVfc=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.32.0/go.mod h1:ZnnJkOaASj8g0AjIduWNlq2NRxL0PlBrbKVyZ6V/Ugc=
 golang.org/x/net v0.34.0 h1:Mb7Mrk043xzHgnRM88suvJFwzVrRfHEHJEl5/71CKw0=
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.29.0 h1:TPYlXGxvx1MGTn2GiZDhnjPA9wZzZeGKHHmKhHYvgaU=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.29.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/text v0.21.0 h1:zyQAAkrwaneQ066sspRyJaG9VNi/YJ1NfzcGB3hZ/qo=
 golang.org/x/text v0.21.0/go.mod h1:4IBbMaMmOPCJ8SecivzSH54+73PCFmPWxNTLm+vZkEQ=
-google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250106144421-5f5ef82da422 h1:3UsHvIr4Wc2aW4brOaSCmcxh9ksica6fHEr8P1XhkYw=
-google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250106144421-5f5ef82da422/go.mod h1:3ENsm/5D1mzDyhpzeRi1NR784I0BcofWBoSc5QqqMK4=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.2 h1:R8FeyR1/eLmkutZOM5CWghmo5itiG9z0ktFlTVLuTmU=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.2/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250115164207-1a7da9e5054f h1:OxYkA3wjPsZyBylwymxSHa7ViiW1Sml4ToBrncvFehI=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250115164207-1a7da9e5054f/go.mod h1:+2Yz8+CLJbIfL9z73EW45avw8Lmge3xVElCP9zEKi50=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.3 h1:82DV7MYdb8anAVi3qge1wSnMDrnKK7ebr+I0hHRN1BU=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.3/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
diff --git a/security/advancedtls/go.mod b/security/advancedtls/go.mod
index 4663bf4e..c9cc47c8 100644
--- a/security/advancedtls/go.mod
+++ b/security/advancedtls/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.22.0
 require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.32.0
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.69.2
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.69.4
 	google.golang.org/grpc/examples v0.0.0-20201112215255-90f1b3ee835b
 )
 
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/net v0.34.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.29.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.21.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250106144421-5f5ef82da422 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.2 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250115164207-1a7da9e5054f // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.3 // indirect
 )
 
 replace google.golang.org/grpc => ../../
diff --git a/security/advancedtls/go.sum b/security/advancedtls/go.sum
index e005e8e8..e86170ff 100644
--- a/security/advancedtls/go.sum
+++ b/security/advancedtls/go.sum
@@ -10,16 +10,16 @@ github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0 h1:cH53jehLUN6UFLY71z+NDOiNJqDdPRaXzTel0sJySYA=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0/go.mod h1:3wSPjt5PWp2RhlCcmmOial7AvC4DQqZb7a7wCow3W8A=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.33.0 h1:/FerN9bax5LoK51X/sI0SVYrjSE0/yUL7DpxW4K3FWw=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.33.0/go.mod h1:SUUkR6csvUQl+yjReHu5uM3EtVV7MBm5FHKRlNx4I8I=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.33.0 h1:r+JOocAyeRVXD8lZpjdQjzMadVZp2M4WmQ+5WtEnklQ=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.33.0/go.mod h1:L9+Fyctbp6HFTddIxClbQkjtubW6O9QS3Ann/M82u6M=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.33.0 h1:iax7M131HuAm9QkZotNHEfstof92xM+N8sr3uHXc2IM=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.33.0/go.mod h1:A1Q5oi7/9XaMlIWzPSxLRWOI8nG3FnzHJNbiENQuihM=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.33.0 h1:Gs5VK9/WUJhNXZgn8MR6ITatvAmKeIuCtNbsP3JkNqU=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.33.0/go.mod h1:dL5ykHZmm1B1nVRk9dDjChwDmt81MjVp3gLkQRwKf/Q=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.33.0 h1:cCJuF7LRjUFso9LPnEAHJDB2pqzp+hbO8eu1qqW2d/s=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.33.0/go.mod h1:uIcdVUZMpTAmz0tI1z04GoVSezK37CbGV4fr1f2nBck=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.34.0 h1:zRLXxLCgL1WyKsPVrgbSdMN4c0FMkDAskSTQP+0hdUY=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.34.0/go.mod h1:OWFPOQ+h4G8xpyjgqo4SxJYdDQ/qmRH+wivy7zzx9oI=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.34.0 h1:+eTR3U0MyfWjRDhmFMxe2SsW64QrZ84AOhvqS7Y+PoQ=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.34.0/go.mod h1:CEDrp0fy2D0MvkXE+dPV7cMi8tWZwX3dmaIhwPOaqHE=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.34.0 h1:95zS4k/2GOy069d321O8jWgYsW3MzVV+KuSPKp7Wr1A=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.34.0/go.mod h1:0e/pNiaMAqaykJGKbi+tSjWfNNHMTxoC9qANsCzbyxU=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.34.0 h1:5CeK9ujjbFVL5c1PhLuStg1wxA7vQv7ce1EK0Gyvahk=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.34.0/go.mod h1:jQ/r8Ze28zRKoNRdkjCZxfs6YvBTG1+YIqyFVFYec5w=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.34.0 h1:+ouXS2V8Rd4hp4580a8q23bg0azF2nI8cqLYnC8mh/k=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.34.0/go.mod h1:Svm7lSjQD7kG7KJ/MUHPVXSDGz2OX4h0M2jHBhmSfRE=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.32.0 h1:euUpcYgM8WcP71gNpTqQCn6rC2t6ULUPiOzfWaXVVfc=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.32.0/go.mod h1:ZnnJkOaASj8g0AjIduWNlq2NRxL0PlBrbKVyZ6V/Ugc=
 golang.org/x/net v0.34.0 h1:Mb7Mrk043xzHgnRM88suvJFwzVrRfHEHJEl5/71CKw0=
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.29.0 h1:TPYlXGxvx1MGTn2GiZDhnjPA9wZzZeGKHHmKhHYvgaU=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.29.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/text v0.21.0 h1:zyQAAkrwaneQ066sspRyJaG9VNi/YJ1NfzcGB3hZ/qo=
 golang.org/x/text v0.21.0/go.mod h1:4IBbMaMmOPCJ8SecivzSH54+73PCFmPWxNTLm+vZkEQ=
-google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250106144421-5f5ef82da422 h1:3UsHvIr4Wc2aW4brOaSCmcxh9ksica6fHEr8P1XhkYw=
-google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250106144421-5f5ef82da422/go.mod h1:3ENsm/5D1mzDyhpzeRi1NR784I0BcofWBoSc5QqqMK4=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.2 h1:R8FeyR1/eLmkutZOM5CWghmo5itiG9z0ktFlTVLuTmU=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.2/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250115164207-1a7da9e5054f h1:OxYkA3wjPsZyBylwymxSHa7ViiW1Sml4ToBrncvFehI=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250115164207-1a7da9e5054f/go.mod h1:+2Yz8+CLJbIfL9z73EW45avw8Lmge3xVElCP9zEKi50=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.3 h1:82DV7MYdb8anAVi3qge1wSnMDrnKK7ebr+I0hHRN1BU=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.3/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
diff --git a/stats/opencensus/go.sum b/stats/opencensus/go.sum
index 43d5d080..f0fe92b6 100644
--- a/stats/opencensus/go.sum
+++ b/stats/opencensus/go.sum
@@ -1045,20 +1045,20 @@ go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 h1:y73uSU6J157QMP2kn2r30vwW1A2W2WFwSCGnAVxeaD0=
 go.opencensus.io v0.24.0/go.mod h1:vNK8G9p7aAivkbmorf4v+7Hgx+Zs0yY+0fOtgBfjQKo=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0 h1:cH53jehLUN6UFLY71z+NDOiNJqDdPRaXzTel0sJySYA=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0/go.mod h1:3wSPjt5PWp2RhlCcmmOial7AvC4DQqZb7a7wCow3W8A=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/gcp v1.33.0/go.mod h1:ZHrLmr4ikK2AwRj9QL+c9s2SOlgoSRyMpNVzUj2fZqI=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/gcp v1.34.0/go.mod h1:cV4BMFcscUR/ckqLkbfQmF0PRsq8w/lMGzdbCSveBHo=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.32.0/go.mod h1:00DCVSB0RQcnzlwyTfqtxSm+DRr9hpYrHjNGiBHVQIg=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.33.0 h1:/FerN9bax5LoK51X/sI0SVYrjSE0/yUL7DpxW4K3FWw=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.33.0/go.mod h1:SUUkR6csvUQl+yjReHu5uM3EtVV7MBm5FHKRlNx4I8I=
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-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.33.0 h1:r+JOocAyeRVXD8lZpjdQjzMadVZp2M4WmQ+5WtEnklQ=
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-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.33.0 h1:cCJuF7LRjUFso9LPnEAHJDB2pqzp+hbO8eu1qqW2d/s=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.33.0/go.mod h1:uIcdVUZMpTAmz0tI1z04GoVSezK37CbGV4fr1f2nBck=
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 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.7.0/go.mod h1:PqfVotwruBrMGOCsRd/89rSnXhoiJIqeYNgFYFoEGnI=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.15.0/go.mod h1:H7XAot3MsfNsj7EXtrA2q5xSNQ10UqI405h3+duxN4U=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.19.0/go.mod h1:H7XAot3MsfNsj7EXtrA2q5xSNQ10UqI405h3+duxN4U=



Test patch:
diff --git a/interop/soak_tests.go b/interop/soak_tests.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 1cf324cb..00000000
--- a/interop/soak_tests.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,193 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *
- * Copyright 2014 gRPC authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- *
- */
-
-package interop
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"context"
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"sync"
-	"time"
-
-	"google.golang.org/grpc"
-	"google.golang.org/grpc/benchmark/stats"
-	"google.golang.org/grpc/peer"
-
-	testgrpc "google.golang.org/grpc/interop/grpc_testing"
-	testpb "google.golang.org/grpc/interop/grpc_testing"
-)
-
-// SoakWorkerResults stores the aggregated results for a specific worker during the soak test.
-type SoakWorkerResults struct {
-	IterationsDone int
-	Failures       int
-	Latencies      *stats.Histogram
-}
-
-// SoakIterationConfig holds the parameters required for a single soak iteration.
-type SoakIterationConfig struct {
-	RequestSize  int                        // The size of the request payload in bytes.
-	ResponseSize int                        // The expected size of the response payload in bytes.
-	Client       testgrpc.TestServiceClient // The gRPC client to make the call.
-	CallOptions  []grpc.CallOption          // Call options for the RPC.
-}
-
-// SoakTestConfig holds the configuration for the entire soak test.
-type SoakTestConfig struct {
-	RequestSize                      int
-	ResponseSize                     int
-	PerIterationMaxAcceptableLatency time.Duration
-	MinTimeBetweenRPCs               time.Duration
-	OverallTimeout                   time.Duration
-	ServerAddr                       string
-	NumWorkers                       int
-	Iterations                       int
-	MaxFailures                      int
-	ChannelForTest                   func() (*grpc.ClientConn, func())
-}
-
-func doOneSoakIteration(ctx context.Context, config SoakIterationConfig) (latency time.Duration, err error) {
-	start := time.Now()
-	// Do a large-unary RPC.
-	// Create the request payload.
-	pl := ClientNewPayload(testpb.PayloadType_COMPRESSABLE, config.RequestSize)
-	req := &testpb.SimpleRequest{
-		ResponseType: testpb.PayloadType_COMPRESSABLE,
-		ResponseSize: int32(config.ResponseSize),
-		Payload:      pl,
-	}
-	// Perform the GRPC call.
-	var reply *testpb.SimpleResponse
-	reply, err = config.Client.UnaryCall(ctx, req, config.CallOptions...)
-	if err != nil {
-		err = fmt.Errorf("/TestService/UnaryCall RPC failed: %s", err)
-		return 0, err
-	}
-	// Validate response.
-	t := reply.GetPayload().GetType()
-	s := len(reply.GetPayload().GetBody())
-	if t != testpb.PayloadType_COMPRESSABLE || s != config.ResponseSize {
-		err = fmt.Errorf("got the reply with type %d len %d; want %d, %d", t, s, testpb.PayloadType_COMPRESSABLE, config.ResponseSize)
-		return 0, err
-	}
-	// Calculate latency and return result.
-	latency = time.Since(start)
-	return latency, nil
-}
-
-func executeSoakTestInWorker(ctx context.Context, config SoakTestConfig, startTime time.Time, workerID int, soakWorkerResults *SoakWorkerResults) {
-	timeoutDuration := config.OverallTimeout
-	soakIterationsPerWorker := config.Iterations / config.NumWorkers
-	for i := 0; i < soakIterationsPerWorker; i++ {
-		if ctx.Err() != nil {
-			return
-		}
-		if time.Since(startTime) >= timeoutDuration {
-			fmt.Printf("Test exceeded overall timeout of %v, stopping...\n", config.OverallTimeout)
-			return
-		}
-		earliestNextStart := time.After(config.MinTimeBetweenRPCs)
-		currentChannel, cleanup := config.ChannelForTest()
-		defer cleanup()
-		client := testgrpc.NewTestServiceClient(currentChannel)
-		var p peer.Peer
-		iterationConfig := SoakIterationConfig{
-			RequestSize:  config.RequestSize,
-			ResponseSize: config.ResponseSize,
-			Client:       client,
-			CallOptions:  []grpc.CallOption{grpc.Peer(&p)},
-		}
-		latency, err := doOneSoakIteration(ctx, iterationConfig)
-		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Worker %d: soak iteration: %d elapsed_ms: %d peer: %v server_uri: %s failed: %s\n", workerID, i, 0, p.Addr, config.ServerAddr, err)
-			soakWorkerResults.Failures++
-			<-earliestNextStart
-			continue
-		}
-		if latency > config.PerIterationMaxAcceptableLatency {
-			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Worker %d: soak iteration: %d elapsed_ms: %d peer: %v server_uri: %s exceeds max acceptable latency: %d\n", workerID, i, latency, p.Addr, config.ServerAddr, config.PerIterationMaxAcceptableLatency.Milliseconds())
-			soakWorkerResults.Failures++
-			<-earliestNextStart
-			continue
-		}
-		// Success: log the details of the iteration.
-		soakWorkerResults.Latencies.Add(latency.Milliseconds())
-		soakWorkerResults.IterationsDone++
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Worker %d: soak iteration: %d elapsed_ms: %d peer: %v server_uri: %s succeeded\n", workerID, i, latency, p.Addr, config.ServerAddr)
-		<-earliestNextStart
-	}
-}
-
-// DoSoakTest runs large unary RPCs in a loop for a configurable number of times, with configurable failure thresholds.
-// If resetChannel is false, then each RPC will be performed on tc. Otherwise, each RPC will be performed on a new
-// stub that is created with the provided server address and dial options.
-// TODO(mohanli-ml): Create SoakTestOptions as a parameter for this method.
-func DoSoakTest(ctx context.Context, soakConfig SoakTestConfig) {
-	if soakConfig.Iterations%soakConfig.NumWorkers != 0 {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "soakIterations must be evenly divisible by soakNumWThreads\n")
-	}
-	startTime := time.Now()
-	var wg sync.WaitGroup
-	soakWorkerResults := make([]SoakWorkerResults, soakConfig.NumWorkers)
-	for i := 0; i < soakConfig.NumWorkers; i++ {
-		wg.Add(1)
-		go func(workerID int) {
-			defer wg.Done()
-			executeSoakTestInWorker(ctx, soakConfig, startTime, workerID, &soakWorkerResults[workerID])
-		}(i)
-	}
-	// Wait for all goroutines to complete.
-	wg.Wait()
-
-	// Handle results.
-	totalIterations := 0
-	totalFailures := 0
-	latencies := stats.NewHistogram(stats.HistogramOptions{
-		NumBuckets:     20,
-		GrowthFactor:   1,
-		BaseBucketSize: 1,
-		MinValue:       0,
-	})
-	for _, worker := range soakWorkerResults {
-		totalIterations += worker.IterationsDone
-		totalFailures += worker.Failures
-		if worker.Latencies != nil {
-			// Add latencies from the worker's Histogram to the main latencies.
-			latencies.Merge(worker.Latencies)
-		}
-	}
-	var b bytes.Buffer
-	latencies.Print(&b)
-	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr,
-		"(server_uri: %s) soak test ran: %d / %d iterations. Total failures: %d. Latencies in milliseconds: %s\n",
-		soakConfig.ServerAddr, totalIterations, soakConfig.Iterations, totalFailures, b.String())
-
-	if totalIterations != soakConfig.Iterations {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Soak test consumed all %v of time and quit early, ran %d out of %d iterations.\n", soakConfig.OverallTimeout, totalIterations, soakConfig.Iterations)
-	}
-
-	if totalFailures > soakConfig.MaxFailures {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Soak test total failures: %d exceeded max failures threshold: %d\n", totalFailures, soakConfig.MaxFailures)
-	}
-	if soakConfig.ChannelForTest != nil {
-		_, cleanup := soakConfig.ChannelForTest()
-		defer cleanup()
-	}
-}
diff --git a/interop/test_utils.go b/interop/test_utils.go
index 3aa7bd30..71d0b0f0 100644
--- a/interop/test_utils.go
+++ b/interop/test_utils.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 package interop
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -35,10 +36,12 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/oauth2"
 	"golang.org/x/oauth2/google"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/benchmark/stats"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/grpclog"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/metadata"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/orca"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/peer"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
 
@@ -681,6 +684,100 @@ func DoPickFirstUnary(ctx context.Context, tc testgrpc.TestServiceClient) {
 	}
 }
 
+func doOneSoakIteration(ctx context.Context, tc testgrpc.TestServiceClient, resetChannel bool, serverAddr string, soakRequestSize int, soakResponseSize int, dopts []grpc.DialOption, copts []grpc.CallOption) (latency time.Duration, err error) {
+	start := time.Now()
+	client := tc
+	if resetChannel {
+		var conn *grpc.ClientConn
+		conn, err = grpc.Dial(serverAddr, dopts...)
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		defer conn.Close()
+		client = testgrpc.NewTestServiceClient(conn)
+	}
+	// per test spec, don't include channel shutdown in latency measurement
+	defer func() { latency = time.Since(start) }()
+	// do a large-unary RPC
+	pl := ClientNewPayload(testpb.PayloadType_COMPRESSABLE, soakRequestSize)
+	req := &testpb.SimpleRequest{
+		ResponseType: testpb.PayloadType_COMPRESSABLE,
+		ResponseSize: int32(soakResponseSize),
+		Payload:      pl,
+	}
+	var reply *testpb.SimpleResponse
+	reply, err = client.UnaryCall(ctx, req, copts...)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("/TestService/UnaryCall RPC failed: %s", err)
+		return
+	}
+	t := reply.GetPayload().GetType()
+	s := len(reply.GetPayload().GetBody())
+	if t != testpb.PayloadType_COMPRESSABLE || s != soakResponseSize {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("got the reply with type %d len %d; want %d, %d", t, s, testpb.PayloadType_COMPRESSABLE, soakResponseSize)
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+// DoSoakTest runs large unary RPCs in a loop for a configurable number of times, with configurable failure thresholds.
+// If resetChannel is false, then each RPC will be performed on tc. Otherwise, each RPC will be performed on a new
+// stub that is created with the provided server address and dial options.
+// TODO(mohanli-ml): Create SoakTestOptions as a parameter for this method.
+func DoSoakTest(ctx context.Context, tc testgrpc.TestServiceClient, serverAddr string, dopts []grpc.DialOption, resetChannel bool, soakIterations int, maxFailures int, soakRequestSize int, soakResponseSize int, perIterationMaxAcceptableLatency time.Duration, minTimeBetweenRPCs time.Duration) {
+	start := time.Now()
+	var elapsedTime float64
+	iterationsDone := 0
+	totalFailures := 0
+	hopts := stats.HistogramOptions{
+		NumBuckets:     20,
+		GrowthFactor:   1,
+		BaseBucketSize: 1,
+		MinValue:       0,
+	}
+	h := stats.NewHistogram(hopts)
+	for i := 0; i < soakIterations; i++ {
+		if ctx.Err() != nil {
+			elapsedTime = time.Since(start).Seconds()
+			break
+		}
+		earliestNextStart := time.After(minTimeBetweenRPCs)
+		iterationsDone++
+		var p peer.Peer
+		latency, err := doOneSoakIteration(ctx, tc, resetChannel, serverAddr, soakRequestSize, soakResponseSize, dopts, []grpc.CallOption{grpc.Peer(&p)})
+		latencyMs := int64(latency / time.Millisecond)
+		h.Add(latencyMs)
+		if err != nil {
+			totalFailures++
+			addrStr := "nil"
+			if p.Addr != nil {
+				addrStr = p.Addr.String()
+			}
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "soak iteration: %d elapsed_ms: %d peer: %s server_uri: %s failed: %s\n", i, latencyMs, addrStr, serverAddr, err)
+			<-earliestNextStart
+			continue
+		}
+		if latency > perIterationMaxAcceptableLatency {
+			totalFailures++
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "soak iteration: %d elapsed_ms: %d peer: %s server_uri: %s exceeds max acceptable latency: %d\n", i, latencyMs, p.Addr.String(), serverAddr, perIterationMaxAcceptableLatency.Milliseconds())
+			<-earliestNextStart
+			continue
+		}
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "soak iteration: %d elapsed_ms: %d peer: %s server_uri: %s succeeded\n", i, latencyMs, p.Addr.String(), serverAddr)
+		<-earliestNextStart
+	}
+	var b bytes.Buffer
+	h.Print(&b)
+	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "(server_uri: %s) histogram of per-iteration latencies in milliseconds: %s\n", serverAddr, b.String())
+	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "(server_uri: %s) soak test ran: %d / %d iterations. total failures: %d. max failures threshold: %d. See breakdown above for which iterations succeeded, failed, and why for more info.\n", serverAddr, iterationsDone, soakIterations, totalFailures, maxFailures)
+	if iterationsDone < soakIterations {
+		logger.Fatalf("(server_uri: %s) soak test consumed all %f seconds of time and quit early, only having ran %d out of desired %d iterations.", serverAddr, elapsedTime, iterationsDone, soakIterations)
+	}
+	if totalFailures > maxFailures {
+		logger.Fatalf("(server_uri: %s) soak test total failures: %d exceeds max failures threshold: %d.", serverAddr, totalFailures, maxFailures)
+	}
+}
+
 type testServer struct {
 	testgrpc.UnimplementedTestServiceServer