chore(release-3.4.x): release 3.4.4

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3.4.4

3.4.4 (2025-06-09)

Features

• LID for query splitting (backport release-3.4.x) (#17378) (2cb5ad7)

Bug Fixes

• ci: Update release code 3.4 (#18015) (4108c5d)
• deps: Move to Go 1.23.8 (#17806) (2e18686)
• deps: update module golang.org/x/net to v0.38.0 [security] (release-3.4.x) (#17273) (57cd6ce)
• docs: Update configuration.md (backport release-3.4.x) (#17298) (cc8db57)

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Merging this PR will release the artifacts of 4108c5d

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This PR must be merged before a backport PR will be created.

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This PR must be merged before a backport PR will be created.

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The backport to main failed:

The process '/usr/bin/git' failed with exit code 1

To backport manually, run these commands in your terminal:

# Fetch latest updates from GitHub
git fetch
# Create a new branch
git switch --create backport-17307-to-main origin/main
# Cherry-pick the merged commit of this pull request and resolve the conflicts
git cherry-pick -x 5cfe5d401295b034d9f62becd5fb136a65d3418e

When the conflicts are resolved, stage and commit the changes:

git add . && git cherry-pick --continue

If you have the GitHub CLI installed:

# Push the branch to GitHub:
git push --set-upstream origin backport-17307-to-main
# Create the PR body template
PR_BODY=$(gh pr view 17307 --json body --template 'Backport 5cfe5d401295b034d9f62becd5fb136a65d3418e from #17307{{ "\n\n---\n\n" }}{{ index . "body" }}')
# Create the PR on GitHub
echo "${PR_BODY}" | gh pr create --title 'chore(release-3.4.x): release 3.4.4 (backport main)' --body-file - --label 'size/S' --label 'product-approved' --label 'autorelease: pending' --label 'backport' --base main --milestone main --web

Or, if you don't have the GitHub CLI installed (we recommend you install it!):

# Push the branch to GitHub:
git push --set-upstream origin backport-17307-to-main

# Create a pull request where the `base` branch is `main` and the `compare`/`head` branch is `backport-17307-to-main`.

# Remove the local backport branch
git switch main
git branch -D backport-17307-to-main

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🤖 Release is at https://github.com/grafana/loki/releases/tag/untagged-9e1396fae070a02109a3 🌻