[Release] langchain-ai/langchain langchain-anthropic==1.4.4: langchain-anthropic==1.4.4

langchain-anthropic version 1.4.4 is released with a critical fix for cross-provider tool-call ID normalization, improved test reliability through retry logic for transient failures, and multiple dependency updates including langsmith, langchain-core, and security patches for urllib3 and idna. The release maintains compatibility with langchain-core 1.3.3 and langsmith 0.8.5, with infrastructure improvements to Dependabot version-bound preservation.

Key Points

• •Fixed tool-call ID normalization across different providers to ensure consistent behavior in multi-provider scenarios
• •Implemented retry logic for integration tests to handle transient failures and improve CI/CD reliability
• •Updated langsmith dependency from 0.7.31 to 0.8.5 for enhanced observability and tracing capabilities
• •Bumped langchain-core to 1.3.3 for compatibility with latest core framework features
• •Applied security patches: urllib3 (2.6.3 → 2.7.0) and idna (3.11 → 3.15) to address potential vulnerabilities
• •Updated requests library from 2.33.0 to 2.33.1 for bug fixes and stability improvements
• •Raised langchain-tests floor to 1.1.9 to ensure minimum test framework compatibility
• •Hardened Dependabot configuration to better preserve version bounds during automated updates

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