44.4.0

44.4.0 (2026-07-30)

Features

• templates: always expose renovateVersion (#44969) (69a6290), closes #44756

Bug Fixes

• util/markdown: undo zero-width space chars when used inside codeblocks (#44933) (14c81bb)
• workers/repository: apply minimumReleaseAge to pinDigest updates (#44968) (33f5139), closes #44820

Documentation

• contributing: clarify the "don't merge main" (#44963) (9d41668)

Miscellaneous Chores

• deps: update dependency @smithy/util-stream to v4.7.12 (main) (#44929) (d422e51)
• util/exec: fix typo (#44946) (29243d0)