chore: Release v0.44.1 #7004

Job	Run time
Test on 3.9 (tests) / ubuntu-latest	32s
External Tests	1m 46s
Test on 3.10 (tests) / ubuntu-latest	37s
Test on 3.11 (tests) / ubuntu-latest	39s
Test on 3.12 (tests) / ubuntu-latest	33s
Test on 3.13 (tests) / ubuntu-latest	36s
Test on 3.9 (tests) / macos-latest	59s
Test on 3.10 (tests) / macos-latest	46s
Test on 3.11 (tests) / macos-latest	38s
Test on 3.12 (tests) / macos-latest	43s
Test on 3.13 (tests) / macos-latest	31s
Test on 3.9 (tests) / windows-latest	1m 35s
Test on 3.10 (tests) / windows-latest	2m 23s
Test on 3.11 (tests) / windows-latest	1m 52s
Test on 3.12 (tests) / windows-latest	1m 16s
Test on 3.13 (tests) / windows-latest	2m 20s
Test on 3.13 (doctest) / ubuntu-latest	17s
Test on 3.13 (mypy) / ubuntu-latest	35s
Test on 3.13 (deps) / ubuntu-latest	19s
Coverage	15s
	19m 12s

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