Release 1.44.0

[sfc-gh-dmatthews]

📚 Context

New content for release 1.44.0.

🧠 Description of Changes

• Added st.badge
• Added st.context.locale
• Added advanced theming options in config.toml
• Updated CLI docs and added streamlit init
• Updated thumbnail for st.exception
• Updated docstrings in streamlit.json
• Updated release notes
• Update What's new and Cheat sheet

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Pull Request Overview

This PR introduces several new features and updates for release 1.44.0, including advanced theming options, a new st.badge element, and a new CLI command (streamlit init). It also updates documentation, release notes, and the site menu to reflect these enhancements.

• Updates the homepage with new feature cards for advanced theming, colored badges, streamlit init, and user locale.
• Adds new API reference pages and CLI command documentation (e.g., for st.badge, streamlit init, streamlit help).
• Updates release notes and cheat sheets to document the new features.

Reviewed Changes

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File	Description
pages/index.js	Updated cards/links to showcase new features and documentation for advanced theming, st.badge, and streamlit init.
content/menu.md	Added new menu entries for st.badge and updated CLI command references.
content/develop/quick-references/release-notes/_index.md	Updated release version, release date, and highlights to include new features.
content/develop/quick-references/release-notes/2025.md	Added release notes for version 1.44.0.
content/develop/quick-references/api-cheat-sheet.md	Updated API cheat sheet to reference st.badge and st.context.locale details.
content/develop/api-reference/text/badge.md	New API reference page for st.badge.
content/develop/api-reference/text/_index.md	Included st.badge in the text API reference overview.
content/develop/api-reference/configuration/config-toml.md	Expanded theming options documentation in config.toml.
content/develop/api-reference/command-line/*.md	Added and updated CLI command reference pages for version, run, init, help, hello, docs, config, and cache.
content/develop/api-reference/caching-and-state/context.md	Added st.context.locale function documentation.
content/develop/api-reference/_index.md	Updated index to feature the new st.badge reference.

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content/develop/quick-references/release-notes/_index.md:36

• The phrase 'This include uncaught exceptions' should be 'This includes uncaught exceptions' to maintain correct grammar.

🤖 [`st.exception`](/develop/api-reference/status/st.exception) includes links to open Google or ChatGPT with the contents of the exception. This include uncaught exceptions displayed in the app.