3.4.4 release

Author: programmatix

modules/hello-world/pages/start-using-sdk.adoc

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ We recommend running the latest Java LTS version (i.e. at the time of writing JD
 // Other supported Java versions will work, too.
 Couchbase publishes all stable artifacts to https://search.maven.org/search?q=com.couchbase.client[Maven Central].
 
-The latest version (as of February 2023) is https://search.maven.org/artifact/com.couchbase.client/java-client/3.4.3/jar[3.4.3].
+The latest version (as of March 2023) is https://search.maven.org/artifact/com.couchbase.client/java-client/3.4.4/jar[3.4.4].
 
 You can use your favorite dependency management tool to install the SDK.
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Maven::
     <dependency>
         <groupId>com.couchbase.client</groupId>
         <artifactId>java-client</artifactId>
-        <version>3.4.3</version>
+        <version>3.4.4</version>
     </dependency>
 </dependencies>
 ----
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Gradle::
 --
 [source,groovy]
 ----
-implementation 'com.couchbase.client:java-client:3.4.3'
+implementation 'com.couchbase.client:java-client:3.4.4'
 ----
 --
 ====

modules/project-docs/pages/sdk-full-installation.adoc

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ We recommend running the latest Java LTS version (i.e. at the time of writing JD
 Java 17 has various enhancements like sealed classes, pattern matching for switch expressions (in preview), and further updates and improvements on core libraries.
 
 Couchbase publishes all stable artifacts to https://search.maven.org/search?q=com.couchbase.client[Maven Central].
-The latest version (as of February 2023) is https://search.maven.org/artifact/com.couchbase.client/java-client/3.4.3/jar[3.4.3].
+The latest version (as of March 2023) is https://search.maven.org/artifact/com.couchbase.client/java-client/3.4.4/jar[3.4.4].
 
 You can use your favorite dependency management tool to install the SDK.
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ The following snippet shows how to do it with https://maven.apache.org/[Maven].
     <dependency>
         <groupId>com.couchbase.client</groupId>
         <artifactId>java-client</artifactId>
-        <version>3.4.3</version>
+        <version>3.4.4</version>
     </dependency>
 </dependencies>
 ----
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ For https://gradle.org/[Gradle], you can use:
 
 [source,groovy]
 ----
-implementation 'com.couchbase.client:java-client:3.4.3'
+implementation 'com.couchbase.client:java-client:3.4.4'
 ----
 --
 ====

modules/project-docs/pages/sdk-release-notes.adoc

@@ -17,6 +17,53 @@ See the xref:project-docs:sdk-full-installation.adoc[Full Installation] guide fo
 
 
 // tag::all[]
+== Version 3.4.4 (8 March 2023)
+This is a regular maintenance release.
+
+https://packages.couchbase.com/clients/java/3.4.4/Couchbase-Java-Client-3.4.4.zip[Download] |
+https://docs.couchbase.com/sdk-api/couchbase-java-client-3.4.4/index.html[API Reference] |
+http://docs.couchbase.com/sdk-api/couchbase-core-io-2.4.4/[Core API Reference]
+
+The supported and tested dependencies for this release are:
+
+* io.projectreactor:**reactor-core:3.5.0**
+* org.reactivestreams:**reactive-streams:1.0.4**
+
+Optional artifacts on top of this SDK version are tested for the following compatibilities:
+
+.Optional Artifact Version Compatibility
+[options="header"]
+|=======================
+| Artifact                  | Couchbase Version | Built Against              | API Stability
+| `tracing-opentelemetry`   | 1.2.4             | OpenTelemetry 1.19.0       | Committed
+| `tracing-opentracing`     | 1.2.4             | OpenTracing 0.33.0         | Committed
+| `metrics-opentelemetry`   | 0.4.4             | OpenTelemetry 1.19.0       | Volatile
+| `metrics-micrometer`      | 0.4.4             | Micrometer 1.10.0          | Volatile
+|=======================
+
+
+=== Improvements
+* https://issues.couchbase.com/browse/JCBC-2050[JCBC-2050]:
+Coordinates in Full-Text Search geographic queries can now be specified using a staged builder, so it's harder to accidentally swap the latitude and longitude components. Example usage:
+```
+Coordinate eiffelTower = Coordinate.lat(48.858093).lon(2.294694);
+```
+Or, if you prefer to specify longitude first:
+```
+Coordinate eiffelTower = Coordinate.lon(2.294694).lat(48.858093);
+```
+* https://issues.couchbase.com/browse/JVMCBC-1237[JVMCBC-1237]:
+Added "network" as an alias for the "io.networkResolution" connection string parameter.
+For example, the connection string "couchbase://example.com?network=external" is now equivalent to "couchbase://example.com?io.networkResolution=external".
+This was done for compatibility with other Couchbase SDKs that use "network" as the name of this parameter.
+
+=== Bugs
+* https://issues.couchbase.com/browse/JVMCBC-1232[JVMCBC-1232]:
+`Cluster.connect()` now rejects connection strings that have no addresses (like "couchbase://").
+Before this change, it would accept the invalid connection string, and subsequent operations would fail with a misleading error message: "The cluster does not support cluster-level queries".
+* https://issues.couchbase.com/browse/JVMCBC-1234[JVMCBC-1234]:
+Fixed a regression in Java SDK 3.4.3 and Scala SDK 1.4.3 that caused SQL++ query result metadata to always include metrics, regardless of the "metrics" query option.
+
 == Version 3.4.3 (9 February 2023)
 This is a regular maintenance release.
 

pom.xml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.couchbase.client</groupId>
             <artifactId>java-client</artifactId>
-            <version>3.4.3</version>
+            <version>3.4.4</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>