v0.4.44

## Changelog
* 023c349f5f8de922437dba07449f5f1c95af26d4 MUL-7072 chore(db): drop the reference_only column (#8253)
* 8bf525eb2dde0e4e97174bc21ecbc6ff11fc998a MUL-7106 feat(dingtalk): add contextual replies and task lifecycle reactions (#8125)
* 7ebe0bf58d99238ccf830c7ed1aa658d4f5807d0 MUL-7213: feat(server): Triage has no executor (#8373)
* 3551e72e76d2c276e550b668303646d1280fb1e2 MUL-7232 feat(daemon): add dsh desktop(self-hosted) support (#8237)
* dee1ed6bf956917bb5aa669b24da7c52cae3acfa MUL-7236: add anonymous self-host telemetry (#8252)
* 7dafc0cd625425b91e698a5f6e555a37a1846e68 MUL-7240: Unify issue lifecycle into four stored categories (#8261)
* 686957e74346e55dcd3522ff9d475a3d6bd4f2c1 MUL-7271: test(server): cut slow Go test time further (follow-up to #8295) (#8318)
* 8bf3046f2203966c8a9890d341c71fa4a725129c MUL-7275: fix(skills): normalize Windows archive entry paths (#8297)
* a9e82c79739446111b8ca9acbb256f584072d20d MUL-7282: fix(comments): delete only the selected comment and keep its replies (#8323)
* 27d0529faf696f4777903f81e68a48d51052523b MUL-7319 fix(wecom): a completion of whitespace is not a message (#8347)
* b8d03bc3f498fbba2dc251f2b62b731a50b6c220 MUL-7326 fix(service): coalesce duplicate EnqueueTaskForIssue on the assignee path (#5914) (#6304)
* 49cd223046a0382a4fca534331f4bdb92488abd0 MUL-7339: fix(comments): stop rendering a placeholder for a deleted reply (#8371)
* 5d7877287c1e94d412b61905aaec77c10da7e16a MUL-7340 fix(lark): share bind-session state across replicas so the QR survives the first status poll (#8376)
* 361edd90a1aff8c42e4f990edf830c58cd897b85 MUL-7342: index chat session delete lookups (#8375)
* e0b1f1cf1009aa1742dc9b3934eaf9dbad5a8d2f MUL-7355 fix(claude): deduplicate fallback usage by response ID (#8382)
* b62cce56dab6f75e83c7743904dcd02f0dfa7e91 MUL-7359 perf(runtime): avoid echoing final comment bodies (#8390)
* f0317cd0074b766797871be7f5e8b15c8d1f5ee2 MUL-7373 fix(docker): upgrade Alpine OpenSSL packages in web image (#8414)
* d665f0ac604225ac94ca9f208c5b047052879133 MUL-7379 docs: retranslate the issue status model and correct category-wide behavior claims (#8438)
* ff60b2f25a0233309ba49d02a5f4d45540332181 MUL-7379 fix: restore per-status sort order and the delegated handoff signal (#8435)
* 8d294d0ab2578704f2af91de91748f8e079e5ced Revert "docs(changelog): add v0.4.44 release entry (2026-09-14) (MUL-7356) (#…" (#8403)
* 1a660e6c15128b3162552337148e5285a42b91be docs(changelog): add v0.4.44 release entry (2026-09-14) (MUL-7356) (#8396)
* 93b4c3815057221d44decc05f68e16f80e841e1d docs(changelog): add v0.4.44 release entry (2026-09-15) (MUL-7400) (#8446)
* 02a8ff3e95ed3725d1a7d3615642f80f35001d4c feat(maintenance): add resumable internal backfill API (MUL-7365) (#8436)
* 8908fcfbc43d18fc515dec747a100fecccc33556 feat(server): reserve the triage status key (MUL-7212) (#8298)
* f639d35f44eeedd30046046c1c29a915199d379d fix(agents): MUL-7383 exclude cancelled runs from success metrics (#8424)
* fe4d6a49c341980a22a5d3746932dfe7782411c9 fix(autopilot): show last run status in list (#8354)
* c26da76c42c8aaca846986023012daa988e5888e fix(codebuddy): deduplicate fallback usage by response ID (#8395)
* cf52ba33ccf97f756de9e6b9d364fc0a57dc5260 fix(codex): MUL-7374 avoid double-counting reasoning output tokens (#8416)
* a00ebbb952f51e729d1d9ab61095c39167dc91ca fix(codex): MUL-7381 synchronize codex thread ID access (#8428)
* a1922018d0c8aa992b1c542a6a0cc884e4dca843 fix(daemon): discover Hermes local skills from the home tasks run against (#8327)
* aac85ab263a6080d577fa62f02c08cf61c9fd7d6 fix(daemon): preserve issue status catalog wire compatibility (#8378)
* 24fecdd91b2a5e3da80e56b8918d9a0a57ab37c7 fix(db): restore unique migration prefixes (#8372)
* 7d9613bd2c446d1d2815dff28ab571a397324ddd fix(issues): show content previews in inline agent logs (#8408)
* 408bf2b270ecbdeb306c76a71ec30b9f7e812cdb fix(lark): honor the device-flow expires_in so the bind QR keeps its full 1h window (MUL-7340) (#8370)
* dd785a5cd818a38d48b015ca9a203aba911f0931 fix(migrations): add the Triage column CHECK without scanning the issue table (#8449)
* ee1ea34744b37248fa80c152973b07939279bcf9 fix(migrations): renumber the Triage validate migration to 489 (#8452)
* c4c8bab56c38911feae7fb56ae7e5fc171c7a69d fix(opencode): include separate reasoning in output usage (#8431)
* d77a1c5ea75a5e9e89dcff080024d740fb723c2a fix(prompts): remove status wire details from operational guidance (#8401)
* 20f20d6bc769ac9550e3e8ce0431f9bee34e3617 fix(qwen): exclude cache reads from plain input usage (#8440)
* 1b3137a00d61f0911f8e45d85e92ae9cd78d5146 fix(server): MUL-7364 decide issue GC and recovery prefilter on lifecycle category (#8405)
* 95629c6d5b8289467f7335649aa9c9adeb9746fa fix(sidebar): align help after dismissing Discord link (#8437)
* 9d18186e6e8cfa168d6053d33d652e86fadfc12b fix(status): MUL-7365 expand category compatibility before backfill (#8407)
* dddbb033637d008298927be2c37867426a51a720 fix(tasks): prevent delegated failure recovery starvation (#8406)
* 2295be9271d85928db5f742cda49324b3a510807 fix(test): widen the codex retry handshake budget so CI stops flaking (#8386)
* a3318b68deb5437d071f4bdb09a9f1902e7e3eef fix(views): move issue refresh feedback into page title icons (#8430)
* c7f259c70a60bff30011c403fada79ab382f608a revert(server): withdraw the reserved triage status key (#8450)
* 8b7a4fb68acd42258de130c1b317ff2d1287aeed test(daemon): isolate local skill homes on Windows (#8338)