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+# Announcing Radius v0.44.0
+
+Today we're happy to announce the release of Radius v0.44.0. Check out the [highlights](#highlights) below, along with the [full changelog](#full-changelog) for more details.
+
+We would like to extend our thanks to all the contributors who helped make this release possible!
+
+## Intro to Radius
+
+If you're new to Radius, check out our website, [radapp.io](https://radapp.io), for more information. Also visit our [getting started guide](https://docs.radapp.io/getting-started/) to learn how to install Radius and create your first app.
+
+## Highlights
+
+None.
+
+## Breaking changes
+
+### `rad resource` commands
+
+Support for User-defined resource types has introduced some breaking changes to `rad resource` commands. `rad resource` commands now require a fully qualified name along with namespaces to identify a resource, e.g. `rad resource expose containers` will now be `rad resource expose applications.core/containers` and `rad resource show containers` will now be `rad resource show applications.core/containers`. Learn more [here](https://docs.radapp.io/reference/cli/rad_resource/). Note that the support for end-end functionality for user-defined-resource-types is still in development and will be available in a future release.
+
+## Upgrading to Radius v0.44.0
+
+During our preview stage, an upgrade to Radius v0.44.0 requires a full reinstallation of the Radius control-plane, rad CLI, and all Radius apps. Stay tuned for an in-place upgrade path in the future.
+
+1. Delete any environments you have created:
+
+   ```bash
+   rad env delete <env-name>
+   ```
+
+2. Uninstall the previous version of the Radius control-plane:
+
+   ```bash
+   rad uninstall kubernetes
+   ```
+
+3. Visit the [Radius installation guide](https://docs.radapp.io/getting-started/install/) to install the latest CLI, or download a binary below
+4. Install the latest version of the Radius control-plane:
+
+   ```bash
+   rad install kubernetes
+   ```
+
+## Full changelog
+
+- release 0.43.0 by @nithyatsu in <https://github.com/radius-project/radius/pull/8416>
+- remove hardcoded list of resource types from cli. by @nithyatsu in <https://github.com/radius-project/radius/pull/8286>
+- Bump aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials from 4.0.2 to 4.1.0 in the all group across 1 directory by @dependabot in <https://github.com/radius-project/radius/pull/8466>
+- Bump bicep-types from `0143e0b` to `b7606cb` by @dependabot in <https://github.com/radius-project/radius/pull/8468>
+- Add retry logic for registermanifests, introduce skip-build override for LRT by @lakshmimsft in <https://github.com/radius-project/radius/pull/8495>
+- Update workflow conditions to enable workflow_dispatch with new build by @lakshmimsft in <https://github.com/radius-project/radius/pull/8563>
+- Remove helm chart uploads to ACR by @sk593 in <https://github.com/radius-project/radius/pull/8565>
+- Update config for downstream url endpoint by @lakshmimsft in <https://github.com/radius-project/radius/pull/8580>
+- Set cache option on setup-go action in workflows by @brooke-hamilton in <https://github.com/radius-project/radius/pull/8280>
+- fix a typo in doc for rad resource delete by @nithyatsu in <https://github.com/radius-project/radius/pull/8723>
+- Running `go mod tidy` on main branch by @ytimocin in <https://github.com/radius-project/radius/pull/8730>
+- Release cut number 1 for release 0.44 by @ytimocin in <https://github.com/radius-project/radius/pull/8731>
+
+**Full Changelog**: <https://github.com/radius-project/radius/compare/v0.43.0...v0.44.0>
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+++ b/versions.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 supported:
   - channel: '0.44'
-    version: 'v0.44.0-rc1'
+    version: 'v0.44.0'
+deprecated:
   - channel: '0.43'
     version: 'v0.43.0'
-deprecated:
   - channel: '0.42'
     version: 'v0.42.0'
   - channel: '0.41'