Bump version to 0.44.9 #2505

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Cache identify	7s
Shellcheck	6s
Dependency	5s
Prepare	1m 13s
Ruff check and force	8s
Check commit	32s
Run pytest using Python 3.13	1m 21s
Process test coverage	16s
Run mypy	0s
Build and publish Python 🐍 distributions 📦 to TestPyPI	14s
Process test complexity	8s
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