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<summary>googleapis/gax-nodejs (google-gax)</summary>

### [`v4.3.8`](https://togithub.com/googleapis/gax-nodejs/blob/HEAD/gax/CHANGELOG.md#438-2024-07-08)

[Compare Source](https://togithub.com/googleapis/gax-nodejs/compare/google-gax-v4.3.7...google-gax-v4.3.8)

##### Bug Fixes

-   **deps:** remove rimraf in favor of native node rm function ([#&#8203;1626](https://togithub.com/googleapis/gax-nodejs/issues/1626)) ([dd87646](https://togithub.com/googleapis/gax-nodejs/commit/dd87646618d5026549920e224df7f85cbb5ff6a8))

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