chore: release main (#526)

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<details><summary>launchdarkly-observability-android: 0.44.0</summary>

##
[0.44.0](launchdarkly-observability-android-0.43.0...launchdarkly-observability-android-0.44.0)
(2026-05-05)


### Features

* Android O11Y cost based buffering + JSON exporters
([#525](#525))
([01e6b07](01e6b07))
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Author: LaunchDarklyReleaseBot

.release-please-manifest.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"go": "1.1.1",
 	"sdk/@launchdarkly/observability": "1.1.7",
-	"sdk/@launchdarkly/observability-android": "0.43.0",
+	"sdk/@launchdarkly/observability-android": "0.44.0",
 	"sdk/@launchdarkly/observability-dotnet": "1.1.0",
 	"sdk/@launchdarkly/observability-node": "1.1.1",
 	"sdk/@launchdarkly/observability-python": "1.2.1",

sdk/@launchdarkly/observability-android/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.44.0](https://github.com/launchdarkly/observability-sdk/compare/launchdarkly-observability-android-0.43.0...launchdarkly-observability-android-0.44.0) (2026-05-05)
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+
+### Features
+
+* Android O11Y cost based buffering + JSON exporters ([#525](https://github.com/launchdarkly/observability-sdk/issues/525)) ([01e6b07](https://github.com/launchdarkly/observability-sdk/commit/01e6b074b8cd745735980471ce3971e87593ecbe))
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 ## [0.43.0](https://github.com/launchdarkly/observability-sdk/compare/launchdarkly-observability-android-0.42.0...launchdarkly-observability-android-0.43.0) (2026-05-01)
 
 

sdk/@launchdarkly/observability-android/gradle.properties

@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ android.useAndroidX=true
 org.jetbrains.dokka.experimental.gradle.pluginMode=V2EnabledWithHelpers
 
 #x-release-please-start-version
-version=0.43.0
+version=0.44.0
 #x-release-please-end