Update changelog and bump version to next patch level for nightly releases

* update changelog for release

* bump version to next patch level for nightly releases

* commit changes to resource_hash_table.json

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CHANGELOG.md

@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ Instructions: Add a subsection under `[Unreleased]` for additions, fixes, change
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [2.44.0] - 2026-07-08
+
+Includes updates to core through commit: [07c8b5c](https://github.com/PreTeXtBook/pretext/commit/07c8b5c9a9a55e95ec27073e88bd5c9c61b9c161)
+
 ### Added
 - Experimental support for beamer format builds (from a `<slideshow>`).  Use `<target name="slides" format="beamer"/>` in the manifest to build a beamer PDF. 
 - Publication variable to use cdn javascript/css for HTML output instead of local copies.

pretext/resources/resource_hash_table.json

@@ -684,5 +684,14 @@
     "pretext-cli.yml": "f504dfea6c66e93e78df3b87d9a7bf98af685e41bc6972a0e716d35700ed81f5",
     "pretext-deploy.yml": "2c8e85f3faed49f9c169f7a76d1eedc25fdb3c19fd3f1a2360608d9173ab9133",
     "installPandoc.sh": "68aa11e95f870652c2f6aba40427ac02c0e8fec33b21f06c09d36efe04acb5d2"
+  },
+  "2.44.0": {
+    "project.ptx": "35e3caf3c396336ce1640bdfdcbe030b83e9e6e493eee00fef6b9a6dde0f6862",
+    "codechat_config.yaml": "b4d717aaa5e6db35d31d2d6df8ff3ae9173aa570d4aed1ff72058eb327d36ee6",
+    ".gitignore": "c936253ac2a467b65d22cb0b70c16c4445079bbb566885ba80e265e5efbdac5e",
+    "devcontainer.json": "1b5d69a3767d700d33ce26205eec0bd6f82acf438e121ea846d4afd7ac755d9d",
+    "pretext-cli.yml": "470d9a5725ace97289033a199099167c8de1784ffe77b4a6cae76410f81e3984",
+    "pretext-deploy.yml": "b234769ddf1a8362edf1e55bc591cc6fbf2e17e1dd61f773ec0d869fcad34376",
+    "installPandoc.sh": "149f5d3544b588caa127d412c991d8f283bf3ab91bb4188a39f3fd5be8379205"
   }
 }

pyproject.toml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # ----------------
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "pretext"
-version = "2.43.3"
+version = "2.44.1"
 description = "A package to author, build, and deploy PreTeXt projects."
 readme = "README.md"
 homepage = "https://pretextbook.org"