chore(master): release 4.4.0

Author: github-actions[bot]

.release-please-manifest.json

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "4.3.0"
+  ".": "4.4.0"
 }

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,18 @@
 
 * making Annotations.fieldsAnAnnotations respect inheritance ([3b266dd](https://github.com/mxenabled/path-core/commit/3b266ddcb227766a32f16e88e7b9b2022737de53))
 
+## [4.4.0](https://github.com/mxenabled/path-core/compare/v4.3.0...v4.4.0) (2025-01-14)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add tests to connection binding on gateway objects ([d5901f0](https://github.com/mxenabled/path-core/commit/d5901f08ebd5dda0916b412e8a30a6d21542cdbd))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* bump connectTimeout to 10s from 5s ([db7f829](https://github.com/mxenabled/path-core/commit/db7f82923eb6d1eb95dae3df32604313adff0d34))
+
 ## [4.3.0](https://github.com/mxenabled/path-core/compare/v4.2.1...v4.3.0) (2024-12-19)
 
 

README.md

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ _Gradle_
 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 ```groovy
 dependencies {
-  api platform("com.mx.path-core:platform:4.3.0")
+  api platform("com.mx.path-core:platform:4.4.0")
 
   implementation "com.mx.path-core:common"
   implementation "com.mx.path-core:context"
@@ -45,16 +45,16 @@ _Gradle_
 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 ```groovy
 dependencies {
-  implementation "com.mx.path-core:common:4.3.0"
-  implementation "com.mx.path-core:context:4.3.0"
-  implementation "com.mx.path-core:gateway:4.3.0"
-  implementation "com.mx.path-core:http:4.3.0"
-  implementation "com.mx.path-core:messaging:4.3.0"
-  implementation "com.mx.path-core:utilities:4.3.0"
+  implementation "com.mx.path-core:common:4.4.0"
+  implementation "com.mx.path-core:context:4.4.0"
+  implementation "com.mx.path-core:gateway:4.4.0"
+  implementation "com.mx.path-core:http:4.4.0"
+  implementation "com.mx.path-core:messaging:4.4.0"
+  implementation "com.mx.path-core:utilities:4.4.0"
 
-  annotationProcessor "com.mx.path-core:gateway-generator:4.3.0"
+  annotationProcessor "com.mx.path-core:gateway-generator:4.4.0"
 
-  testImplementation "com.mx.path-core:testing:4.3.0"
+  testImplementation "com.mx.path-core:testing:4.4.0"
 }
 ```
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->

build.gradle

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ plugins {
   id "io.github.gradle-nexus.publish-plugin" version "1.1.0"
 }
 
-version "4.3.0" // x-release-please-version
+version "4.4.0" // x-release-please-version
 
 def platformProject = "platform"
 def publishedProjects = [