Bump to v0.44.8a8 test-version #2440

Job	Run time
Cache identify	4s
Shellcheck	4s
Dependency	6s
Prepare	1m 6s
Ruff check and force	9s
Check commit	33s
Run pytest using Python 3.13	1m 34s
Process test coverage	13s
Run mypy	-1s
Build and publish Python 🐍 distributions 📦 to TestPyPI	13s
Process test complexity	7s
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