From e14c2dfd3ee67da95f904323a3fcf1e61e843911 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ibraheem-opentensor <ibraheem@opentensor.dev>
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2024 16:53:16 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Bumps version and adds changelog

---
 CHANGELOG.md               | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 VERSION                    |  2 +-
 bittensor/core/settings.py |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d2f6f7c7dc..fd26b29fde 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 8.4.4 /2024-12-05
+
+## What's Changed
+* Removes the call that automatically sets everything to warning level debugging by @thewhaleking in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2508
+* Exit `set_weights` on success by @thewhaleking in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2511
+* `test_dendrite` test clean up by @thewhaleking in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2512
+* Adds --logging.info level so it can be set @ibraheem-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2510
+* Allows wallet to be created through configs in the axon if it is provided by @ibraheem-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2510
+* Changes verbosity level of ClientConnectorError and TimeoutError in the dendrite to debug by @ibraheem-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2510
+* Fixes behaviour of config initialization for axon, subtensor, logging and threadpool by @ibraheem-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2510
+* metagraph sync fix by @thewhaleking in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2514
+* Remove metadata retrieval of custom errors from format_error_message by @thewhaleking in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2518
+* Backmerge master to staging for 8.4.4 by @ibraheem-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2519
+* Updates bt-decode to 0.4.0 by @ibraheem-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2520
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/compare/v8.4.3...v8.4.4
+
 ## 8.4.3 /2024-12-02
 
 ## What's Changed
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 01129dc3ec..2eb8a04cb5 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.4.3
\ No newline at end of file
+8.4.4
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bittensor/core/settings.py b/bittensor/core/settings.py
index 5216887251..079ed6fb90 100644
--- a/bittensor/core/settings.py
+++ b/bittensor/core/settings.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
 # DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
-__version__ = "8.4.3"
+__version__ = "8.4.4"
 
 import os
 import re