Prepare for 2.4.4 🗻

Author: RobertoPrevato

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [2.4.4] - 2025-11-??
+## [2.4.4] - 2025-11-15 :mount_fuji:
 
 - Introduce `MiddlewareList` and `MiddlewareCategory` to simplify middleware management
   and ordering of middlewares (see [#620](https://github.com/Neoteroi/BlackSheep/issues/620)).
@@ -29,15 +29,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   when mapping to user-defined dataclasses, Pydantic v2 models, or classes
   (see [#614](https://github.com/Neoteroi/BlackSheep/issues/614)). Previously, extra
   properties were not ignored by default and required the user to explicitly code their
-  input classes to allow extra properties.
-  This is also done for expected input body declared as `list[T]`, `Sequence[T]`, and
-  `tuple[T]` where `T` is a dataclass, Pydantic model, or plain class.
-  The user can still control how input bodies from clients are converted using custom
-  binders or altering `blacksheep.server.bindings.class_converters`.
-  **Note:** automatic type conversion from strings is not performed for object properties.
-  Use Pydantic models if you want this feature. Example: dates can require conversion
-  when mapping JSON input, and everything is transmitted as text when using multipart
-  form data.
+  input classes to allow extra properties. This is also done for sub-properties, lists,
+  and dictionaries. The user can still control how exactly input bodies from clients are
+  converted using custom binders or altering
+  `blacksheep.server.bindings.class_converters`.
 - Add support for specifying OpenAPI tags for controllers. This simplifies handling tags
   for documentation ([#616](https://github.com/Neoteroi/BlackSheep/issues/616)).
 - Improve the build matrix to build wheels for `arm64` architecture for Linux and
@@ -56,14 +51,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Attach `EnvironmentSettings` to the `Application` object for runtime inspection, which
   is useful for: transparency and debugging, testing
   (`assert app.env_settings.force_https is True`), health check endpoints or admin tools
-  can expose configuration:
-
-```python
-@get("/health/config")
-async def config_info():
-    return {"env": app.env_settings.env, ...}
-```
-
+  can expose configuration.
 - Add `HTTPSchemeMiddleware` to set request scheme when running behind reverse
   proxies or load balancers with TLS termination.
   See [#631](https://github.com/Neoteroi/BlackSheep/issues/631).
@@ -82,6 +70,9 @@ async def config_info():
 - Improve `OpenIDSettings`, `CookieAuthentication`, and `AntiForgeryHandler` to handle
   secrets using the `Secret` class from `essentials.secrets`. Passing secrets as `str`
   directly issues a deprecation warning and won't be supported in `2.5.x` or `2.6.x`.
+- Add support for annotated types in `OpenAPIHandler` return types, by @tyzhnenko. This
+  feature is important to support automatic generation of OpenAPI Documentation when
+  returning instances of `Response`  (e.g. `Annotated[Response, ProductDetails]`).
 
 ## [2.4.3] - 2025-10-19 :musical_keyboard:
 

blacksheep/__init__.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 """
 
 __author__ = "Roberto Prevato <roberto.prevato@gmail.com>"
-__version__ = "2.4.4a2"
+__version__ = "2.4.4"
 
 from .contents import Content as Content
 from .contents import FormContent as FormContent

blacksheep/server/bindings/__init__.py

@@ -383,13 +383,6 @@ def __init__(self, expected_type, binder_type):
         )
 
 
-def _try_get_type_name(expected_type) -> str:
-    try:
-        return expected_type.__name__
-    except AttributeError:  # pragma: no cover
-        return expected_type
-
-
 def get_default_class_converter(expected_type):
     for converter in class_converters:
         if converter.can_convert(expected_type):