From 6c970dc9691e4231415d544c8385e7d406e4e8c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: archipelago <archipelago@localhost>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:03:04 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] chore: release v1.7.44-alpha

---
 CHANGELOG.md                |  8 ++++++++
 core/archipelago/Cargo.toml |  2 +-
 neode-ui/package-lock.json  |  4 ++--
 neode-ui/package.json       |  2 +-
 release-manifest.json       | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 release-manifest.json

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a8443780..306787b4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v1.7.44-alpha (2026-04-28)
+
+43de3b73 feat(orchestrator): complete container migration and release hardening
+ce39430b feat(self-update): sync and rebuild UI containers on OTA
+72dec5aa fix(lnd-ui): align container port across all specs
+83aacdf2 chore(release): archive ISO build recipes, tarball-only releases
+
+
 All notable changes to Archipelago will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
diff --git a/core/archipelago/Cargo.toml b/core/archipelago/Cargo.toml
index ff3acb27..67640f77 100644
--- a/core/archipelago/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/archipelago/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "archipelago"
-version = "1.7.43-alpha"
+version = "1.7.44-alpha"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Archipelago Bitcoin Node OS - Native backend"
 authors = ["Archipelago Team"]
diff --git a/neode-ui/package-lock.json b/neode-ui/package-lock.json
index 81a0b727..02df9c47 100644
--- a/neode-ui/package-lock.json
+++ b/neode-ui/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "neode-ui",
-  "version": "1.7.43-alpha",
+  "version": "1.7.44-alpha",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "neode-ui",
-      "version": "1.7.43-alpha",
+      "version": "1.7.44-alpha",
       "dependencies": {
         "@types/dompurify": "^3.0.5",
         "@vue-leaflet/vue-leaflet": "^0.10.1",
diff --git a/neode-ui/package.json b/neode-ui/package.json
index 0a95b4c2..fa0b43ad 100644
--- a/neode-ui/package.json
+++ b/neode-ui/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "neode-ui",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "1.7.43-alpha",
+  "version": "1.7.44-alpha",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "start": "./start-dev.sh",
diff --git a/release-manifest.json b/release-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c33ef72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{
+  "version": "1.7.44-alpha",
+  "release_date": "2026-04-28",
+  "changelog": [
+    "43de3b73 feat(orchestrator): complete container migration and release hardening",
+    "ce39430b feat(self-update): sync and rebuild UI containers on OTA",
+    "72dec5aa fix(lnd-ui): align container port across all specs",
+    "83aacdf2 chore(release): archive ISO build recipes, tarball-only releases",
+    "All notable changes to Archipelago will be documented in this file.",
+    "The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),",
+    "and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html)."
+  ],
+  "components": [
+    {
+      "name": "archipelago",
+      "current_version": "1.7.44-alpha",
+      "new_version": "1.7.44-alpha",
+      "download_url": "https://github.com/archipelago-os/releases/releases/download/v1.7.44-alpha/archipelago",
+      "sha256": "ea9167d376210bdc416dd0dcf3c1737e2fa2b1bdb9f192e473f2edaaf0d046a7",
+      "size_bytes": 41373032
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "archipelago-frontend-1.7.44-alpha.tar.gz",
+      "current_version": "1.7.44-alpha",
+      "new_version": "1.7.44-alpha",
+      "download_url": "https://github.com/archipelago-os/releases/releases/download/v1.7.44-alpha/archipelago-frontend-1.7.44-alpha.tar.gz",
+      "sha256": "28bdbccd8151bfa7834761adb5363862ef54b76c6010d1446fb8cca4ed4fe18c",
+      "size_bytes": 162089899
+    }
+  ]
+}