release: prepare 4.4.0 release

- Updated changelog with 4.4.0 improvements
- Highlights custom HTTP implementation and improved test coverage
- Technical improvements focused on type safety and reliability

Author: oliverandrich

CHANGELOG.md

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 ## Unreleased
 
+## 4.4.0 (2025-09-21)
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 ### 🔧 Technical Improvements
 - **Type safety**: Fixed all pyright typing errors for better code quality and maintainability
 - **Code cleanup**: Removed unused functions and improved type annotations throughout codebase
 - **Dependencies**: Removed requests dependency, replaced with custom HTTP implementation
 - **Exception handling**: Fixed exception naming to follow Python conventions and avoid builtin shadowing
-- **Test coverage**: Added proper type annotations to all mock_download functions across test files
+- **Test coverage**: Added comprehensive HTTP module tests, improving coverage from 82% to 85%
+- **Error handling**: Complete test coverage for network timeouts, connection errors, and edge cases
 - **VS Code integration**: Added PyLance ignore comments for test files accessing private methods
 - **Django 6.0 support**: Added Django 6.0 to testing matrix and version compatibility