chore(main): release 5.44.0 (#582) #1641

Job	Run time
Test Python 3.10	25s
Test Python 3.13	26s
Test Python 3.8	36s
Test Python 3.12	34s
Test Python 3.11	25s
Test Python 3.14	50s
Test Python 3.9	26s
Smoke test (Python ${{ matrix.python }})	0s
	3m 42s

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