release(main): v0.44.0 (#1499)

🤖 I have created a release *beep* *boop*
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## 0.44.0 (2026-02-27)

<!-- Release notes generated using configuration in .github/release.yaml
at main -->

## What's Changed
### Exciting New Features 🎉
* feat: support registry addon PersistentVolume expansion by @dkoshkin
in
#1454
* feat: Require every NTP server to be a unique IP or DNS name by
@dlipovetsky in
#1492
* feat: Preflight checks for validating pod and service CIDRs by
@legacyrj in
#1493
### Fixes 🔧
* fix: Skip preflight when only spec change is paused field by
@dlipovetsky in
#1485
* fix: changing self-hosted runners for CI jobs by @abhay-nutanix in
#1494


**Full Changelog**:
v0.43.0...v0.44.0

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.release-please-manifest.json

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.43.0"
+  ".": "0.44.0"
 }

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.44.0 (2026-02-27)
+
+<!-- Release notes generated using configuration in .github/release.yaml at main -->
+
+## What's Changed
+### Exciting New Features 🎉
+* feat: support registry addon PersistentVolume expansion by @dkoshkin in https://github.com/nutanix-cloud-native/cluster-api-runtime-extensions-nutanix/pull/1454
+* feat: Require every NTP server to be a unique IP or DNS name by @dlipovetsky in https://github.com/nutanix-cloud-native/cluster-api-runtime-extensions-nutanix/pull/1492
+* feat: Preflight checks for validating pod and service CIDRs by @legacyrj in https://github.com/nutanix-cloud-native/cluster-api-runtime-extensions-nutanix/pull/1493
+### Fixes 🔧
+* fix: Skip preflight when only spec change is paused field by @dlipovetsky in https://github.com/nutanix-cloud-native/cluster-api-runtime-extensions-nutanix/pull/1485
+* fix: changing self-hosted runners for CI jobs by @abhay-nutanix in https://github.com/nutanix-cloud-native/cluster-api-runtime-extensions-nutanix/pull/1494
+
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/nutanix-cloud-native/cluster-api-runtime-extensions-nutanix/compare/v0.43.0...v0.44.0
+
 ## 0.43.0 (2026-02-10)
 
 <!-- Release notes generated using configuration in .github/release.yaml at main -->

docs/hugo.toml

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ archived_version = false
 # The version number for the version of the docs represented in this doc set.
 # Used in the "version-banner" partial to display a version number for the
 # current doc set.
-version = "0.43.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 
 # A link to latest version of the docs. Used in the "version-banner" partial to
 # point people to the main doc site.

metadata.yaml

@@ -130,3 +130,6 @@ releaseSeries:
   - contract: v1beta1
     major: 0
     minor: 43
+  - contract: v1beta1
+    major: 0
+    minor: 44

test/e2e/config/caren.yaml

@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ providers:
   versions:
   # Upgrade e2e tests will use this as the "upgrade from" version.
   # This should reference the most recent successful release.
-  - name: "{go://github.com/nutanix-cloud-native/cluster-api-runtime-extensions-nutanix@v0.42}"
-    value: "https://github.com/nutanix-cloud-native/cluster-api-runtime-extensions-nutanix/releases/download/{go://github.com/nutanix-cloud-native/cluster-api-runtime-extensions-nutanix@v0.42}/runtime-extensions-components.yaml"
+  - name: "{go://github.com/nutanix-cloud-native/cluster-api-runtime-extensions-nutanix@v0.43}"
+    value: "https://github.com/nutanix-cloud-native/cluster-api-runtime-extensions-nutanix/releases/download/{go://github.com/nutanix-cloud-native/cluster-api-runtime-extensions-nutanix@v0.43}/runtime-extensions-components.yaml"
     type: "url"
     contract: v1beta1
     files:
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ providers:
       new: "--v=8"
     - old: --metrics-addr=127.0.0.1:8080
       new: --metrics-addr=:8080
-  - name: v0.44.99 # "vNext"; use manifests from local source files
+  - name: v0.45.99 # "vNext"; use manifests from local source files
     value: "file://../../../runtime-extensions-components.yaml"
     type: "url"
     contract: v1beta1

test/e2e/data/shared/v1beta1-caren/metadata.yaml

@@ -121,3 +121,6 @@ releaseSeries:
   - contract: v1beta1
     major: 0
     minor: 44
+  - contract: v1beta1
+    major: 0
+    minor: 45