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From: george <george.gabolaev@docker.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 17:39:17 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Docker Desktop 4.44.1 release notes (#23234)

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Co-authored-by: Allie Sadler <102604716+aevesdocker@users.noreply.github.com>
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 > If you're experiencing malware detection issues on Mac, follow the steps documented in [docker/for-mac#7527](https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/7527).
 
+## 4.44.1
+
+{{< release-date date="2025-08-13" >}}
+
+{{< desktop-install-v2 all=true win_arm_release="Early Access" version="4.44.1" build_path="/201842/" >}}
+
+### Bug fixes and enhancements
+
+#### For all platforms
+
+- Fixed an issue found in version 4.44.0 that caused startup to fail when `vpnkit` CIDR is locked without specifying a value in Desktop Settings Management.
+
+#### For Windows
+
+- Fixed an issue where volumes and containers were not visible after an upgrade from distributions using the legacy `version-pack-data` directory structure.
+- Resolved a rare issue in WSL 2 where the Docker CLI failed with a **Proxy Authentication Required** error.
+- Fixed a bug where CLI plugins were not deployed to `~/.docker/cli-plugins` if the user lacked execution permissions on that directory.
+
 ## 4.44.0
 
 {{< release-date date="2025-08-07" >}}