Release v3.44.0

[3.44.0] - 2026-01-26

3.44.0 Release - Worktrees

Add worktree selector and creation UX (PR #10940 by @brunobergher, thanks Cline!)
Improve subtask visibility and navigation in history and chat views (PR #10864 by @brunobergher)
Add wildcard support for MCP alwaysAllow configuration (PR #10948 by @app/roomote)
Fix: Prevent nested condensing from including previously-condensed content (PR #10985 by @hannesrudolph)
Fix: VS Code LM token counting returns 0 outside requests, breaking context condensing (#10968 by @srulyt, PR #10983 by @daniel-lxs)
Fix: Record truncation event when condensation fails but truncation succeeds (PR #10984 by @hannesrudolph)
Replace hyphen encoding with fuzzy matching for MCP tool names (PR #10775 by @daniel-lxs)
Remove MCP SERVERS section from system prompt for cleaner prompts (PR #10895 by @daniel-lxs)
new_task tool creates checkpoint the same way write_to_file does (PR #10982 by @daniel-lxs)
Update Fireworks provider with new models (#10674 by @hannesrudolph, PR #10679 by @ThanhNguyxn)
Fix: Truncate AWS Bedrock toolUseId to 64 characters (PR #10902 by @daniel-lxs)
Fix: Restore opaque background to settings section headers (PR #10951 by @app/roomote)
Fix: Remove unsupported Fireworks model tool fields (PR #10937 by @app/roomote)
Update and improve zh-TW Traditional Chinese locale and docs (PR #10953 by @PeterDaveHello)
Chore: Remove POWER_STEERING experiment remnants (PR #10980 by @hannesrudolph)