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Please run down the following list and make sure you've tried the usual "quick fixes":

• Search the issues already opened: https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/issues
• Search StackOverflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/google-cloud-platform+python

If you are still having issues, please be sure to include as much information as possible:

Environment details

• OS type and version: Alpine, MacOS,...
• Python version: 3.8.2
• pip version: 20.1.1
• google-cloud-spanner version: Version: 1.17.1

Steps to reproduce

1. Initialize a client
2. Run client.list_instances(filter_="name:something")

Code example

# example

from google.cloud import spanner

c = spanner.Client(project="my-project")
print([ i.instsance_id for i in c.list_instances(filter_="name:something") ])
print([ i.instsance_id for i in c.list_instances(filter_="labels.env:temp") ])

Stack trace

# example

The code doesn't throw exceptions or errors, but it gives the list of all instances ignoring the filter_ parameter.

Making sure to follow these steps will guarantee the quickest resolution possible.

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