Lab “Monitoring Vertex AI Models” – Step 1 dependency conflicts (BigQuery 1.x vs AI Platform SDK 1.51.0)

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# 🐞 Bug Report: Lab “Monitoring Vertex AI Models” – Step 1 dependency conflicts

## 📚 Context
While running the lab [Monitoring Vertex AI Models](https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/course_templates/9/labs/588147), the initial setup in **Step 1** fails due to incompatible dependencies.

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## 📂 Affected Notebook
[`courses/machine_learning/deepdive2/production_ml/labs/model_monitoring_for_custom_model_batch_prediction_job.ipynb`](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/training-data-analyst/blob/master/courses/machine_learning/deepdive2/production_ml/labs/model_monitoring_for_custom_model_batch_prediction_job.ipynb)

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## ⚠️ Problematic Install Command (from lab instructions)
```bash
!pip install --use-deprecated=legacy-resolver \
google-cloud-bigquery==1.27.2 \
pandas==1.5.3 \
pandas-gbq==0.17.9 \
pyarrow==10.0.0 \
tensorflow-data-validation==1.14.0 \
google-cloud-aiplatform==1.51.0 \
tensorflow-metadata==1.14.0 \
google-api-core==1.34.1 \
google-auth==2.26.1 \
google-cloud-core==1.7.3 \
google-resumable-media==1.3.3 \
tfx-bsl==1.14.0
````

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## ❌ Issue

* `google-cloud-bigquery==1.27.2` requires **google-auth <2.0**
* `google-cloud-aiplatform==1.51.0` requires **google-auth >=2.14.1**

This creates a **hard conflict**.
Even if installed with `--use-deprecated=legacy-resolver`, imports fail with errors like:

```
TypeError: Descriptors cannot be created directly.
If this call came from a _pb2.py file, your generated code is out of date and must be regenerated with protoc >= 3.19.0.
```

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## 🔁 Steps to Reproduce

1. Start the lab “Monitoring Vertex AI Models.”
2. Run the Step 1 pip install command from the instructions.
3. Try to import `google.cloud.aiplatform`.
4. Observe the crash.

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## ✅ Expected Behavior

Dependencies should install cleanly so learners can proceed with the lab.

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## 🐞 Actual Behavior

Conflicting requirements for `google-auth` prevent the lab from running at all.
This blocks progress right at the beginning of the exercise.

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## 💡 Suggested Fix

* Update dependencies to be internally consistent. Options:

* Upgrade BigQuery client to **3.x** (compatible with `google-auth >=2.14.1`).
* Or downgrade `google-cloud-aiplatform` to a version compatible with `google-auth <2.0`.
* Provide a tested `requirements.txt` or prebuilt environment for learners.

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## 📌 Impact

This prevents learners from completing the lab and blocks progress in the **Cloud Skills Boost / Quan Quan GCP track**.

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## 🏷️ Labels

* `bug`
* `dependencies`
* `lab`

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