v4.4.0

## Thank you and welcome to our new contributors 🔥
@joshuaBri and @maximevtush

## Summary 🎉

The first release of 2025, V4.4.0 comes with improved system/environment controls, new endpoints and data provider, and simplifies creating an OpenBB Workspace custom backend from an existing FastAPI app.

## What's changed 🚀

- Update LICENSE @maximevtush (#7020)
- Update README.md @jmaslek (#7011)

- HTTP configurations can now be defined in `system_settings.json`.
  - See the [docs](https://docs.openbb.co/platform/settings_and_environment_variables#http)

- Output validation can be completely disabled in the `router.command` decorator by setting `no_validate = True`
  - See the [docs](https://docs.openbb.co/platform/developer_guide/disabling_output_validation)

- FastAPI app instances can now be used by the `openbb-api` launcher to create custom Workspace backends for instant dashboarding.
  - See the [docs](https://docs.openbb.co/platform/getting_started/quickstart-workspace) for a quick start example.

- `openbb-sec` adds two new dependencies for handling HTML-to-Text:
  - trafilatura
  - inscriptis

- `openbb-charting` updates the version of `plotly.json` used in the PyWry window to the current one.

- `openbb-yfinance` fixes for recent breaking changes.

- `openbb-imf` adds the Financial Soundness Indicators database.

## ❌ Deprecations

Two previously consolidated endpoints marked for deprecation since V4.2 have been removed:
- `obb.fixedincome.government.us_yield_curve`
- `obb.fixedincome.government.eu_yield_curve`

All providers now share the same government yield curve endpoint, with chart when `openbb-charting` is installed:
- `obb.fixedincome.government.yield_curve`

## 🆕  New Endpoints

- `obb.equity.fundamental.management_discussion_analysis`
   - Provider: SEC
   - Gets the MD&A section from 10-K/Q filings, with the option to return the raw, complete HTML.
- `obb.equity.calendar.events`
  - Provider: FMP
  - Corporate events calendar.
- `obb.derivatives.futures.info` (needs `openbb-deribit` to populate)
  - Provider: Deribit
  - Current stats for a given contract.
- `obb.derivatives.futures.instruments` (needs `openbb-deribit` to populate)
  - Provider: Deribit
  - Reference info for all traded futures instruments on the exchange.
- `obb.equity.ownership.government_trades`
  - Provider: FMP
  - US elected representatives trade disclosures, Senate and House.


## 🆕  New Data Provider

- `openbb-deribit` - https://pypi.org/project/openbb-deribit/
  - Options and Futures coverage, no API key or signup required.


## 🦋 Pull Requests Included:

- [Feature] Company Events Calendar @deeleeramone (#7021)
- [Feature] SEC - Management Discussion \& Analysis Sections @deeleeramone (#7006)
- [Enhancement] Improve Docstring `obb.equity.compare.groups` @deeleeramone (#6995)
- [Feature] Add Deribit Futures Data @deeleeramone (#6998)
- [Feature] Add Deribit Provider Extension For Crypto Options Data @deeleeramone (#6985)
- [BugFix] Run `ruff check --fix` @deeleeramone (#6984)
- [BugFix] Fix Chart Widgets Not Overwriting '{"type": "table"}' @deeleeramone (#7024)
- [BugFix] `openbb-yfinance`: Remove Duplicated Line In Screener Causing Double Results For First Pass @deeleeramone (#7022)
- [Feature] Company Events Calendar @deeleeramone (#7021)
- [Feature] Allow Passing Custom FastAPI Instance To `openbb-api` From File @deeleeramone (#7016)
- [Feature] SEC - Management Discussion \& Analysis Sections @deeleeramone (#7006)
- [Feature] `openbb-platform-api`: Adds Configurations Supplied In Router Decorator To `widgets.json` @deeleeramone (#7014)
- [BugFix] Remove Crashing Elements That Attempt To Limit X-Range Displayed In Candles @deeleeramone (#7015)
- [BugFix] `openbb-platform-api`: Fix Unsafe Property Access In `get_data_schema_for_widget` @deeleeramone (#7013)
- [BugFix] `obb.equity.profile(provider='fmp')` - Fix 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'split' where symbol is untraded. @deeleeramone (#7012)
- [BugFix] FMP - Fix missing exchange choices in `equity.screener` @deeleeramone (#7008)
- [Feature] openbb-platform-api:  Add column header tooltips and templates.json route. @deeleeramone (#7009)
- [BugFix] Fix Missing 'title' In IMF Economic Indicators @deeleeramone (#7010)
- [BugFix] update frontend-components and build new plotly and table html assets @deeleeramone (#7007)
- [Feature] Add SSL Certificate Context And Setting For Async/Sync HTTP Requests @deeleeramone (#6976)
- [Feature] Add `no_validate` Flag To `@router.command` @deeleeramone (#6988)
- [BugFix] Fix `obb.news.company(provider="yfinance")` @deeleeramone (#7003)
- [BugFix] Installer: Force lower version of `poetry` in `post_install` script. @deeleeramone (#7002)
- [Release] openbb-devtools-1.3.4: Bumps `pytest-recorder` Version @deeleeramone (#7000)
- [Enhancement] Improve Docstring `obb.equity.compare.groups` @deeleeramone (#6995)
- [Feature] Add Deribit Futures Data @deeleeramone (#6998)
- [Feature] Bump Websockets to Version 14 @deeleeramone (#6994)
- [Feature] Add Deribit Provider Extension For Crypto Options Data @deeleeramone (#6985)
- [Security] Update `package.json` In `frontend-components` @deeleeramone (#6989)
- [Enhancement] Improve Docstring For `obb.fixedincome.bond_indices` @deeleeramone (#6986)
- [Feature]try to add fmp senate trading data api @joshuaBri (#6957)
- [BugFix] Run `ruff check --fix` @deeleeramone (#6984)
- [BugFix] Update Lock File Making CI Fail @deeleeramone (#6983)
- [Enhancement] Add IMF Financial Soundness Indicators Set @deeleeramone (#6960)
- [Security] Update Repo `.lock` Files For `python-multipart` Bump @deeleeramone (#6981)
- [Release] Version Bumps To `python-multipart` \& `pyjwt` @deeleeramone (#6980)
- [BugFix] Fix Chart Widgets Not Overwriting '{"type": "table"}' @deeleeramone (#7024)
- [BugFix] `openbb-yfinance`: Remove Duplicated Line In Screener Causing Double Results For First Pass @deeleeramone (#7022)
- [BugFix] Remove Crashing Elements That Attempt To Limit X-Range Displayed In Candles @deeleeramone (#7015)
- [BugFix] `openbb-platform-api`: Fix Unsafe Property Access In `get_data_schema_for_widget` @deeleeramone (#7013)
- [BugFix] `obb.equity.profile(provider='fmp')` - Fix 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'split' where symbol is untraded. @deeleeramone (#7012)
- [BugFix] FMP - Fix missing exchange choices in `equity.screener` @deeleeramone (#7008)
- [BugFix] Fix Missing 'title' In IMF Economic Indicators @deeleeramone (#7010)
- [BugFix] update frontend-components and build new plotly and table html assets @deeleeramone (#7007)
- [BugFix] Fix `obb.news.company(provider="yfinance")` @deeleeramone (#7003)
- [BugFix] Installer: Force lower version of `poetry` in `post_install` script. @deeleeramone (#7002)
- [Security] Update `package.json` In `frontend-components` @deeleeramone (#6989)
- [BugFix] Run `ruff check --fix` @deeleeramone (#6984)
- [BugFix] Update Lock File Making CI Fail @deeleeramone (#6983)
- [Security] Update Repo `.lock` Files For `python-multipart` Bump @deeleeramone (#6981)



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