44.49.0

renovatebot/renovate44.49.0Aug 28, 2026by github-actions[bot]

AI Summary

This release optimizes changelog fetching by prioritizing newer releases and stopping early when platform limits are reached, along with instrumentation for changelog generation.

Key Highlights

Fetches newest releases first
Stops fetching at platform limits
Instrumented changelog generation

New Features

Fetch newest releases first
Stop fetching at platform limits

Full Release Notes

## [44.49.0](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/compare/44.48.3...44.49.0) (2026-08-28)

### Features

* **changelog:** fetch newest releases first ([#45502](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/issues/45502)) ([57e546d](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/57e546d929fd0b6ee6a57ec143450f9127179f9c)), closes [#45500](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/issues/45500) [#45482](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/issues/45482)
* **changelog:** stop fetching changelog entries when we're at platform limits ([#45503](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/issues/45503)) ([ba1fad9](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/ba1fad945f5b6dc0a2cd09e147353b2d06f8032e)), closes [#45482](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/issues/45482) [#45501](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/issues/45501) [#45500](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/issues/45500)

### Code Refactoring

* **instrumentation:** instrument changelog generation ([#45507](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/issues/45507)) ([64e81c2](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/64e81c23e405c95c3ff93494d7560980d9674ce5))