Version 0.44.0 (#2890)

Author: Kludex

docs/release-notes.md

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+## 0.44.0 (April 6, 2026)
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+### Added
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+* Implement websocket keepalive pings for websockets-sansio (#2888)
+
 ## 0.43.0 (April 3, 2026)
 
 You can quit Uvicorn now. We heard you, @pamelafox - all 47 of your Ctrl+C's (thanks for flagging it, and thanks to @tiangolo for the fix 🙏). [See the tweet](https://x.com/pamelafox/status/2039097686155227623).

uvicorn/__init__.py

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 from uvicorn.config import Config
 from uvicorn.main import Server, main, run
 
-__version__ = "0.43.0"
+__version__ = "0.44.0"
 __all__ = ["main", "run", "Config", "Server"]