Merge pull request #2524 from opentensor/backmerge/master-to-staging-845

Backmerge master to staging 845

Author: ibraheem-abe

CHANGELOG.md

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 # Changelog
 
+## 8.4.4 /2024-12-05
+
+## What's Changed
+* Removes the call that automatically sets everything to warning level debugging by @thewhaleking in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2508
+* Exit `set_weights` on success by @thewhaleking in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2511
+* `test_dendrite` test clean up by @thewhaleking in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2512
+* Adds --logging.info level so it can be set @ibraheem-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2510
+* Allows wallet to be created through configs in the axon if it is provided by @ibraheem-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2510
+* Changes verbosity level of ClientConnectorError and TimeoutError in the dendrite to debug by @ibraheem-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2510
+* Fixes behaviour of config initialization for axon, subtensor, logging and threadpool by @ibraheem-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2510
+* metagraph sync fix by @thewhaleking in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2514
+* Remove metadata retrieval of custom errors from format_error_message by @thewhaleking in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2518
+* Backmerge master to staging for 8.4.4 by @ibraheem-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2519
+* Updates bt-decode to 0.4.0 by @ibraheem-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2520
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/compare/v8.4.3...v8.4.4
+
 ## 8.4.3 /2024-12-02
 
 ## What's Changed

VERSION

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-8.4.3
+8.4.4

bittensor/core/settings.py

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 # OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
 # DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
-__version__ = "8.4.3"
+__version__ = "8.4.4"
 
 import os
 import re