chore: add changeset for v3.44.0 (#10987)

Author: mrubens

.changeset/v3.44.0.md

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+---
+"roo-cline": minor
+---
+
+![3.44.0 Release - Worktrees](/releases/3.44.0-release.png)
+
+- Add worktree selector and creation UX (PR #10940 by @brunobergher)
+- Fix: Prevent nested condensing from including previously-condensed content (PR #10985 by @hannesrudolph)
+- Fix: VS Code LM token counting returns 0 outside requests, breaking context condensing (#10968 by @srulyt, PR #10983 by @daniel-lxs)
+- Fix: Record truncation event when condensation fails but truncation succeeds (PR #10984 by @hannesrudolph)
+- Improve subtask visibility and navigation in history and chat views (PR #10864 by @brunobergher)
+- Add wildcard support for MCP alwaysAllow configuration (PR #10948 by @app/roomote)
+- Replace hyphen encoding with fuzzy matching for MCP tool names (PR #10775 by @daniel-lxs)
+- Remove MCP SERVERS section from system prompt for cleaner prompts (PR #10895 by @daniel-lxs)
+- new_task tool creates checkpoint the same way write_to_file does (PR #10982 by @daniel-lxs)
+- Update Fireworks provider with new models (#10674 by @hannesrudolph, PR #10679 by @ThanhNguyxn)
+- Fix: Truncate AWS Bedrock toolUseId to 64 characters (PR #10902 by @daniel-lxs)
+- Fix: Restore opaque background to settings section headers (PR #10951 by @app/roomote)
+- Fix: Remove unsupported Fireworks model tool fields (PR #10937 by @app/roomote)
+- Update and improve zh-TW Traditional Chinese locale and docs (PR #10953 by @PeterDaveHello)
+- Chore: Remove POWER_STEERING experiment remnants (PR #10980 by @hannesrudolph)

releases/3.44.0-release.png

@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ export class ClineProvider
 
 	public isViewLaunched = false
 	public settingsImportedAt?: number
-	public readonly latestAnnouncementId = "jan-2026-v3.43.0-intelligent-context-condensation" // v3.43.0 Intelligent Context Condensation
+	public readonly latestAnnouncementId = "jan-2026-v3.44.0-worktrees" // v3.44.0 Worktrees
 	public readonly providerSettingsManager: ProviderSettingsManager
 	public readonly customModesManager: CustomModesManager
 

src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts

@@ -44,7 +44,12 @@ const Announcement = ({ hideAnnouncement }: AnnouncementProps) => {
 					<div className="mb-4">
 						<p className="mb-3">{t("chat:announcement.release.heading")}</p>
 						<ul className="list-disc list-inside text-sm space-y-1.5">
-							<li>{t("chat:announcement.release.intelligentContextCondensation")}</li>
+							<li>
+								<Trans
+									i18nKey="chat:announcement.release.worktrees"
+									components={{ settingsLink: <WorktreesSettingsLink /> }}
+								/>
+							</li>
 						</ul>
 					</div>
 
@@ -122,4 +127,18 @@ const CareersLink = ({ children }: { children?: ReactNode }) => (
 	</VSCodeLink>
 )
 
+const WorktreesSettingsLink = ({ children }: { children?: ReactNode }) => (
+	<VSCodeLink
+		href="#"
+		onClick={(e) => {
+			e.preventDefault()
+			window.postMessage(
+				{ type: "action", action: "settingsButtonClicked", values: { section: "worktrees" } },
+				"*",
+			)
+		}}>
+		{children}
+	</VSCodeLink>
+)
+
 export default memo(Announcement)

webview-ui/src/components/chat/Announcement.tsx

@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@
 		},
 		"release": {
 			"heading": "What's New:",
-			"intelligentContextCondensation": "Intelligent Context Condensing v2: A complete rework of the algorithm used to manage the context window. Now you can run tasks for longer without Roo getting dumber."
+			"worktrees": "Worktrees: Work on multiple branches simultaneously with Git worktrees. Each worktree gets its own VS Code window with Roo Code, enabling parallel development without branch switching. <settingsLink>Try it out</settingsLink>"
 		},
 		"cloudAgents": {
 			"heading": "New in the Cloud:",