[Shubham-Padkonde]

Fixes #18475.

After the first append, persisted_size is an absolute object offset but the retry buffer contains only the current call's data. Seeking that absolute offset can move beyond the buffer and let the append return without resending its unpersisted bytes.

Record the buffer's starting object offset and use relative positions in both failure recovery and stream reopening. A stale progress response can precede the current append, so reopening still obtains the authoritative position before any bytes are resent. If that position lies outside the available buffer, raise ValueError instead of silently completing an unrecoverable upload.

Regression coverage exercises partial and complete persistence, stale progress, and offsets outside the available data. Nine cases fail on unchanged current upstream.

Current validation (November 3, merge commit 0917d4e8, Linux/Python 3.12):

• Merged main ac9c597b, retaining upstream tracing around append operations and the same four-file PR scope.
• All 2,245 Storage unit tests pass (python -m pytest tests/unit -q).
• The 12 later-append cases pass after the resolution; using unchanged upstream implementations with those same tests produces nine failures and three passes.
• The four PR files pass the package's Ruff import/format settings and Flake8. The diff against main passes whitespace checks.

The earlier Windows run had six unrelated encoding/path test failures; all async tests passed there. Windows was not rerun for this merge. No live GCS system tests were run, and the pre-existing writer module does not have 100% overall coverage.

[gemini-code-assist]

Code Review

This pull request introduces support for buffer-relative offsets during the resume and recovery of append operations in the asynchronous appendable object writer. It tracks the buffer_start_offset in the write state, validates that the recovery offset falls within the current append buffer, and updates the user buffer seek position relative to this start offset. Corresponding unit tests have been added to verify correct recovery behavior and error handling for unrecoverable offsets. I have no feedback to provide as there are no review comments.