@larkee Note that this change will require a corresponding change to the Kokoro config in google, similar to the ones @tswast has made recently for datastore (googleapis/python-datastore#205), firestore (googleapis/python-firestore#412), and bigtable (googleapis/python-bigtable#390).

@larkee Hmm, I see that the system tests are skipped in the main Kokoro build:

nox > Running session system-3.8
nox > Creating virtual environment (virtualenv) using python3.8 in .nox/system-3-8
nox > Session system-3.8 skipped: RUN_SYSTEM_TESTS is set to false, skipping.

but I don't see the new build which runs them in a separate job: the prior Github Action which runs system tests against the emulator is still here, but there is no Kokoro system-3.8 job present.

but I don't see the new build which runs them in a separate job: the prior Github Action which runs system tests against the emulator is still here, but there is no Kokoro system-3.8 job present.

Ahh, I missed adding the new config file 😅 I've sent the change out for review so it should be submitted tomorrow 👍