release: 0.44.1

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Automated Release PR

0.44.1 (2026-03-26)

Full Changelog: v0.44.0...v0.44.1

Chores

• ci: skip lint on metadata-only changes (8296238)
• client: fix multipart serialisation of Default() fields (cabda49)
• internal: support default value struct tag (dd77af4)
• internal: update gitignore (48baab7)

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Note

Medium Risk
Medium risk because it changes core JSON/multipart serialization behavior by introducing default tag handling, which can alter request payloads when fields are left at zero values.

Overview
Bumps the SDK release to 0.44.1 (manifest, internal/version.go, changelog, and README version pin) and updates .gitignore.

Adds support for a new default:"..." struct tag in internal JSON and multipart form encoders so zero-valued string fields can be serialized with a default value; includes new unit tests and updates several generated response/event structs to use default tags for constant discriminator/region fields.

Updates CI to skip running the build job on push commits whose message is codegen metadata.

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🧪 Testing

To try out this version of the SDK:

Download and unzip: 'https://pkg.stainless.com/s/kernel-go/cabda49a25334cd3fa3fc747f69b8a515e2b77d9/source.zip'. Run 'go mod edit -replace github.com/kernel/kernel-go-sdk=/path/to/unzipped_directory'.

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Updated at: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 02:57:17 GMT