Preparing for release, 4.4.0.

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Description

Preparing for release, 4.4.0. We have new features, so bumped from 4.3.1 to 4.4.0.

Issues Resolved

Part of #666.

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Codecov Report

All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests ✅

Project coverage is 62.66%. Comparing base (06a6dc8) to head (f5fcbf2).
Report is 86 commits behind head on main.

Additional details and impacted files

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+ Coverage   57.29%   62.66%   +5.37%     
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  Files         315      376      +61     
  Lines        9823    11133    +1310     
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+ Hits         5628     6977    +1349     
+ Misses       2902     2876      -26     
+ Partials     1293     1280      -13     

Flag	Coverage Δ
integration	54.87% <ø> (+4.03%)	⬆️
unit	15.48% <ø> (+2.63%)	⬆️

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