chore(main): release bigframes 2.44.0 (#17504)

🤖 I have created a release *beep* *boop*
---


##
[2.44.0](bigframes-v2.43.0...bigframes-v2.44.0)
(2026-06-25)


### Features

* add date functions to `bigframes.bigquery` module
([#17514](#17514))
([e5d2e35](e5d2e35))
* **bigframes:** add AI TVFs to the pandas bq accessor
([#17402](#17402))
([ee74e31](ee74e31))
* Experimental transpilation of unannotated python callables
([#17419](#17419))
([ea9aad9](ea9aad9))
* support gemini-3.x models in loader and update default model to
gemini-3.5-flash
([#17557](#17557))
([3619b29](3619b29))
* support interactive execution of deferred DataFrames in TableWidget
([#17486](#17486))
([421eebd](421eebd))


### Bug Fixes

* avoid invalid CAST(NULL AS NULL) in SQLGlot compiler
([#17487](#17487))
([3b79caa](3b79caa))
* **bigframes:** world-readable temp zip in create_cloud_function
([#17522](#17522))
([e726878](e726878))
* bump @angular/common, @angular/forms, @angular/platform-browser and
@angular/router in
/packages/bigframes/bigframes/display/table_widget_angular
([#17525](#17525))
([2f893b1](2f893b1))
* bump langsmith from 0.8.0 to 0.8.18 in /packages/bigframes
([#17518](#17518))
([f23063f](f23063f))
* bump msgpack from 1.1.1 to 1.2.1 in /packages/bigframes
([#17520](#17520))
([36b5b7e](36b5b7e))
* bump undici and @angular/build in
/packages/bigframes/bigframes/display/table_widget_angular
([#17519](#17519))
([6fc45e3](6fc45e3))
* handle empty endpoints during cloud function reuse
([#17501](#17501))
([4f5593a](4f5593a))


### Documentation

* ensure that PlotAccessor is included in the API reference
([#17513](#17513))
([6febabf](6febabf))

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.release-please-individual-manifest.json

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "packages/bigframes": "2.43.0",
+  "packages/bigframes": "2.44.0",
   "packages/google-crc32c": "1.8.0",
   "packages/pandas-gbq": "0.35.0",
   "packages/sqlalchemy-bigquery": "1.17.0"

librarian.yaml

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ default:
     library_type: GAPIC_AUTO
 libraries:
   - name: bigframes
-    version: 2.43.0
+    version: 2.44.0
     skip_release: true
     python:
       library_type: INTEGRATION

packages/bigframes/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,33 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/bigframes/#history
 
+## [2.44.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/compare/bigframes-v2.43.0...bigframes-v2.44.0) (2026-06-25)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add date functions to `bigframes.bigquery` module ([#17514](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17514)) ([e5d2e35](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/e5d2e35db94373ca395976fd755c2bc7e0a060bd))
+* **bigframes:** add AI TVFs to the pandas bq accessor ([#17402](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17402)) ([ee74e31](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/ee74e3140a2e11936c36714a27393c3072bed6c7))
+* Experimental transpilation of unannotated python callables ([#17419](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17419)) ([ea9aad9](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/ea9aad9a43c306ab109054183b257e6c41a1b2e6))
+* support gemini-3.x models in loader and update default model to gemini-3.5-flash ([#17557](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17557)) ([3619b29](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/3619b29e10ae04623d101808cb98be5edbb483b4))
+* support interactive execution of deferred DataFrames in TableWidget ([#17486](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17486)) ([421eebd](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/421eebdb31d526a6d5ba27c433cf2803d7619be3))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* avoid invalid CAST(NULL AS NULL) in SQLGlot compiler ([#17487](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17487)) ([3b79caa](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/3b79caa8f40f61ccd7c655542e9f242f34e068e2))
+* **bigframes:** world-readable temp zip in create_cloud_function ([#17522](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17522)) ([e726878](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/e7268785c6736c10c1337160b4d8606975062637))
+* bump @angular/common, @angular/forms, @angular/platform-browser and @angular/router in /packages/bigframes/bigframes/display/table_widget_angular ([#17525](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17525)) ([2f893b1](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/2f893b1b53e7394655fd204d1f8a138212ad8227))
+* bump langsmith from 0.8.0 to 0.8.18 in /packages/bigframes ([#17518](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17518)) ([f23063f](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/f23063f9182cdec868c16afb80304892850fbe88))
+* bump msgpack from 1.1.1 to 1.2.1 in /packages/bigframes ([#17520](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17520)) ([36b5b7e](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/36b5b7ebb01030a2d0f10d49fe4827ddc79dde9a))
+* bump undici and @angular/build in /packages/bigframes/bigframes/display/table_widget_angular ([#17519](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17519)) ([6fc45e3](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/6fc45e3790c5a248dcec4b74799834c7b9219ef0))
+* handle empty endpoints during cloud function reuse ([#17501](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17501)) ([4f5593a](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/4f5593a520b5afdeb02cc28f19a9596dbc35a90f))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* ensure that PlotAccessor is included in the API reference ([#17513](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17513)) ([6febabf](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/6febabf795106a0c336dc905fc23da88d8cc94a0))
+
 ## [2.43.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/compare/bigframes-v2.42.0...bigframes-v2.43.0) (2026-06-12)
 
 

packages/bigframes/bigframes/version.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "2.43.0"
+__version__ = "2.44.0"
 
 # {x-release-please-start-date}
 __release_date__ = "2026-06-12"

packages/bigframes/third_party/bigframes_vendored/version.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "2.43.0"
+__version__ = "2.44.0"
 
 # {x-release-please-start-date}
 __release_date__ = "2026-06-12"