From 2f37ef56234684019e01b466b73fc644e134e37b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Harinayan <93434739+HariNayan@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 16 May 2026 11:56:18 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] docs: fix RouteMatrixElement duration return types

Fixes #16522

Updated the RouteMatrixElement documentation to reflect that
duration and static_duration are returned as datetime.timedelta
objects at runtime rather than google.protobuf.duration_pb2.Duration.
---
 .../google/maps/routing_v2/types/routes_service.py            | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/google-maps-routing/google/maps/routing_v2/types/routes_service.py b/packages/google-maps-routing/google/maps/routing_v2/types/routes_service.py
index 9b62bcf9a0ae..48c5143c185c 100644
--- a/packages/google-maps-routing/google/maps/routing_v2/types/routes_service.py
+++ b/packages/google-maps-routing/google/maps/routing_v2/types/routes_service.py
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ class RouteMatrixElement(proto.Message):
             Independent of status.
         distance_meters (int):
             The travel distance of the route, in meters.
-        duration (google.protobuf.duration_pb2.Duration):
+        duration (datetime.timedelta):
             The length of time needed to navigate the route. If you set
             the
             [routing_preference][google.maps.routing.v2.ComputeRouteMatrixRequest.routing_preference]
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ class RouteMatrixElement(proto.Message):
             to either ``TRAFFIC_AWARE`` or ``TRAFFIC_AWARE_OPTIMAL``,
             then this value is calculated taking traffic conditions into
             account.
-        static_duration (google.protobuf.duration_pb2.Duration):
+        static_duration (datetime.timedelta):
             The duration of traveling through the route
             without taking traffic conditions into
             consideration.