v1.4.4 Bugfix Release

This is a bug fix release for various issues discovered after we released 1.4.3. Please excuse the erroneous release earlier.

What's Changed

• Cast Fix: Correctly handle negative exponent with a number with a decimal in VARCHAR -> INTEGER cast by @Mytherin in #20098
• [Storage] Fix NULL filter check for constant segments by @Tishj in #20103
• fixing staged upload for install.duckdb.org - hopefully by @hannes in #20104
• Remove undefined loop by @artjomPlaunov in #20105
• [Test] Adjust concurrent attach-detach test to expect write-write conflict by @taniabogatsch in #20108
• Fix ALIAS function in filter pushdown to preserve column aliases(#20008) by @henry8128 in #20106
• Headers missing from http logs by @samansmink in #20030
• Bumping httpfs to include duckdb/duckdb-httpfs#174 by @carlopi in #20145
• Issue #20136: Secondary IGNORE NULLS by @hawkfish in #20153
• Fix minio nightly tests by @c-herrewijn in #20132
• Fix use-after-free in mode aggregate Combine function by @victor-ab in #20146
• Only pushdown varchar if the arrow type is not a string view by @evertlammerts in #20165
• Quote filters in adbc_get_objects by @evertlammerts in #20172
• Issue #20156: Streaming Window Unions by @hawkfish in #20191
• MergeInto: correctly clean-up buffer and handle non trivial GetData by @carlopi in #20163
• Fix extentension-ci-tools to latest release version in the v1.4-andium branch by @carlopi in #20227
• [Chore] Clean up CI nightly run to prevent time outs by @taniabogatsch in #20150
• Bump Julia to v1.4.3 by @maiadegraaf in #20248
• Internal #6881: 2025c Time Zones by @hawkfish in #20258
• Split statements by semicolon by @Dtenwolde in #20174
• [chore] Remove numeric_cast.hpp import and other tidy stuff by @taniabogatsch in #20278
• [chore] Reduce latency of VARCHAR index creation test by @taniabogatsch in #20277
• Reuse correct table-level metadata during checkpoints by @ywelsch in #20267
• Fix view resolution not being stable if the referenced table lives in a different schema by @Tishj in #20260
• ConstantOrNullFunction input validity mask overwrite bugfix by @artjomPlaunov in #20283
• dbgen: use TaskExecutor framework by @Mytherin in #20284
• fix(adbc): return error when setting an empty sql query by @gishor in #20071
• Bump iceberg, and add wasm platforms! by @carlopi in #20205
• _extension_distribution: Pin to v1.4-andium branch of extension-ci-tools by @carlopi in #20294
• Optimize prepared statement parameter lookups by @EtgarDev in #20252
• Update VectorType in ComputePartitionIndices by @lnkuiper in #20343
• Add some defensive programming in RadixPartitionedHashTable::Combine and RadixPartitionedHashTable::Finalize by @lnkuiper in #20342
• Increase reserved size for paths in SetPathsInternal by @Flogex in #20340
• Use UTF-16 console output in Windows shell (1.4) by @staticlibs in #20339
• Force repartitioning in RadixPartitionedHashTable::Combine by @lnkuiper in #20357
• Fixup comparison to wrong iterator on abdc's driver by @carlopi in #20360
• [chore] dsdgen generation signed integer overflow fix by @taniabogatsch in #20279
• Give preference do variables set in config by @pdet in #20396
• Add QueryContext also to Write(void *buffer, idx_t nr_bytes), so that BytesWritten are updated also there by @carlopi in #20393
• Fix Issue #20233: fix function chain in qualify by @ArNine in #20302
• Backport client data cleanup by @taniabogatsch in #20403
• Add v1.4.4 to Storage Version by @maiadegraaf in #20404
• Parquet Reader: Ignore invalid UTF8 in string stats, instead of throwing an error by @Mytherin in #20405
• Don't add a semicolon to final query when splitting statements by @Dtenwolde in #20401
• Fixup BRANCHES_TO_BE_CACHED, vars are not available on PRs, so env it is by @carlopi in #20411
• [Fix] Defensive infinite loop guard and UTF-8 check in C API by @taniabogatsch in #20348
• Add ducklake, httpfs and iceberg tests so they are run in CI by @carlopi in #20319
• [Stats] date_trunc stat propagation fix by @Tishj in #20421
• Refactor allowed path sanitize by @hannes in #20346
• Issue #20413: ASOF SEMI/ANTI Bindings by @hawkfish in #20433
• Fix #20410: fix for RIGHT SEMI/ANTI - cannot fully label chain as found if there are non-equality predicates present in the join condition by @Mytherin in #20435
• [Fix] Misaligned size in ART prefix count by @taniabogatsch in #20455
• Wrap ccache in own action by @carlopi in #20466
• [Chore] Add ORDER BY to AS OF test by @taniabogatsch in #20465
• Fix segfault in hive partitioning with NULL values by @Schwarf in #20468
• Nightly test encryption fixes by @ccfelius in #20461
• [C API] Fix error data creation by @taniabogatsch in #20451
• Skip concurrent_encrypted_attach due to race in autoloading httpfs by @carlopi in #20471
• CI fixup: Comparisons needs to be done via strings (since input via workflow_call is a string) by @carlopi in #20464
• Add unity_catalog to extensions built by duckdb/duckdb by @carlopi in #20445
• Invert the setup of ccache and cleanup_runner by @carlopi in #20429
• bump spatial for andium by @Maxxen in #20479
• Reclaim disk space on MacOS runners by @lnkuiper in #20493
• Adding secure clear functions by @ccfelius in #20285
• rewrite unaligned scan by @artjomPlaunov in #20474
• Issue #20470: TIMESTAMPTZ to DATE by @hawkfish in #20498
• Reset cached dictionaries in TRY expression by @Maxxen in #20452
• [Copy] Fix #20324 partition_by option binding by @Tishj in #20509
• Bump multiple extensions by @maiadegraaf in #20504
• update azure ref for v1.4-andium by @benfleis in #20506
• [Fix] Directly retrieve the logical column index during MERGE INTO binding by @taniabogatsch in #20503
• Sanitize pragmas by @samansmink in #20514
• Bump httpfs, ducklake and postgres by @carlopi in #20518
• Revert vortex bump for v1.4.4 by @taniabogatsch in #20527
• Bump VSS by @taniabogatsch in #20542
• Bump Excel by @maiadegraaf in #20540
• Fix Issue #20233: Fix function chain in having and merge to v1.4 by @ArNine in #20532
• bump iceberg by @Tmonster in #20549
• Bump Iceberg v1.4 by @Tmonster in #20604
• Fix KeyValueSecretReader init by @NiclasHaderer in #20620
• Fail fast extensions by @carlopi in #20605

New Contributors

• @victor-ab made their first contribution in #20146
• @gishor made their first contribution in #20071

Full Changelog: v1.4.3...v1.4.4