chore(pubsub): add subscriber role test for streaming

Pulling the messages using a streaming pull should work with accounts
having only the pubsub.subscriber role. This commits add a test that
covers this aspect.

pubsub/tests/system.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import datetime
 import itertools
 import operator as op
+import os
 import threading
 import time
 
@@ -488,6 +489,45 @@ def test_streaming_pull_max_messages(
         finally:
             subscription_future.cancel()  # trigger clean shutdown
 
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(
+        "KOKORO_GFILE_DIR" not in os.environ,
+        reason="Requires Kokoro environment with a limited subscriber service account.",
+    )
+    def test_streaming_pull_subscriber_permissions_sufficient(
+        self, publisher, topic_path, subscriber, subscription_path, cleanup
+    ):
+
+        # Make sure the topic and subscription get deleted.
+        cleanup.append((publisher.delete_topic, topic_path))
+        cleanup.append((subscriber.delete_subscription, subscription_path))
+
+        # create a topic and subscribe to it
+        publisher.create_topic(topic_path)
+        subscriber.create_subscription(subscription_path, topic_path)
+
+        # A service account granting only the pubsub.subscriber role must be used.
+        filename = os.path.join(
+            os.environ["KOKORO_GFILE_DIR"], "pubsub-subscriber-service-account.json"
+        )
+        streaming_pull_subscriber = type(subscriber).from_service_account_file(filename)
+
+        # Subscribe to the topic, publish a message, and verify that subscriber
+        # successfully pulls and processes it.
+        callback = StreamingPullCallback(processing_time=0.01, resolve_at_msg_count=1)
+        future = streaming_pull_subscriber.subscribe(subscription_path, callback)
+        self._publish_messages(publisher, topic_path, batch_sizes=[1])
+
+        try:
+            callback.done_future.result(timeout=10)
+        except exceptions.TimeoutError:
+            pytest.fail(
+                "Timeout: receiving/processing streamed messages took too long."
+            )
+        else:
+            assert 1 in callback.seen_message_ids
+        finally:
+            future.cancel()
+
     def _publish_messages(self, publisher, topic_path, batch_sizes):
         """Publish ``count`` messages in batches and wait until completion."""
         publish_futures = []