From 3ad923197ae983ba7469cf576d017834b67fa3e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: beckermr <becker.mr@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 05:59:09 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Updated CHANGELOG for 3.44.9

---
 CHANGELOG.rst                       | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 news/2171-fix-maintainer_exists.rst | 24 ------------------------
 news/pixi_osx_conda_bld_path.rst    | 24 ------------------------
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 news/2171-fix-maintainer_exists.rst
 delete mode 100644 news/pixi_osx_conda_bld_path.rst

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index d480c9ebb..81839d736 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,23 @@ conda-smithy Change Log
 
 .. current developments
 
+v3.44.9
+====================
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* Fixed a bug in checking in recipe maintainers exist without a GitHub token
+  where the anonymous API would run out of requests. (#2171)
+* Ensure ``CONDA_BLD_PATH`` is properly exported in macOS. (#2145 via #2148)
+* Close logging group for ``micromamba`` installs in Windows. (#2148)
+
+**Authors:**
+
+* Matthew R. Becker
+* Hadrien Mary
+
+
+
 v3.44.8
 ====================
 
diff --git a/news/2171-fix-maintainer_exists.rst b/news/2171-fix-maintainer_exists.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index f44239008..000000000
--- a/news/2171-fix-maintainer_exists.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-**Added:**
-
-* <news item>
-
-**Changed:**
-
-* <news item>
-
-**Deprecated:**
-
-* <news item>
-
-**Removed:**
-
-* <news item>
-
-**Fixed:**
-
-* Fixed a bug in checking in recipe maintainers exist without a GitHub token
-  where the anonymous API would run out of requests. (#2171)
-
-**Security:**
-
-* <news item>
diff --git a/news/pixi_osx_conda_bld_path.rst b/news/pixi_osx_conda_bld_path.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 689b98549..000000000
--- a/news/pixi_osx_conda_bld_path.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-**Added:**
-
-* <news item>
-
-**Changed:**
-
-* <news item>
-
-**Deprecated:**
-
-* <news item>
-
-**Removed:**
-
-* <news item>
-
-**Fixed:**
-
-* Ensure ``CONDA_BLD_PATH`` is properly exported in macOS. (#2145 via #2148)
-* Close logging group for ``micromamba`` installs in Windows. (#2148)
-
-**Security:**
-
-* <news item>