diff --git a/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json b/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json
index d2349e5..90b97e9 100644
--- a/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json
+++ b/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
       "name": "storebound",
       "source": ".",
       "description": "Take a mobile app or game from nothing to Submit for review on both stores: skills for every store step and questionnaire plus the storebound CLI and MCP server.",
-      "version": "0.8.43",
+      "version": "0.8.44",
       "category": "development",
       "tags": [
         "mobile",
diff --git a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index cf4e92c..758dd04 100644
--- a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "storebound",
-  "version": "0.8.43",
+  "version": "0.8.44",
   "description": "Take a mobile app or game from nothing to Submit for review on Google Play and the App Store: app records, listings in every language, in-app products and subscriptions with regional prices, every questionnaire (Data safety, App access and demo accounts, account deletion, IARC, target audience, ads, App Privacy, age rating, export compliance), privacy, icons, screenshots and previews, validate, TestFlight, release management, and after launch: crash vitals, review replies, price sheets, store analytics, Product Page Optimization. Agent Skills plus a Bun CLI and MCP server (storebound); you press Submit. CRTkafa's own toolchain, open-sourced.",
   "author": {
     "name": "CRTkafa"
diff --git a/.codex-plugin/plugin.json b/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
index d4027e5..858e897 100644
--- a/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "storebound",
-  "version": "0.8.43",
+  "version": "0.8.44",
   "description": "Take a mobile app or game from nothing to Submit for review on Google Play and the App Store: app records, listings in every language, in-app products and subscriptions with regional prices, every questionnaire (Data safety, App access and demo accounts, account deletion, IARC, target audience, ads, App Privacy, age rating, export compliance), privacy, icons, screenshots and previews, validate, TestFlight, release management, and after launch: crash vitals, review replies, price sheets, store analytics, Product Page Optimization. Agent Skills plus a Bun CLI and MCP server (storebound); you press Submit. CRTkafa's own toolchain, open-sourced.",
   "author": {
     "name": "CRTkafa"
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c2a6e2c..bb7ed57 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## 0.8.44 · 2026-10-23
+
 - Ship-step contract for release pipelines (docs/ship-step.md): `play build | upload | release`, `apple build | upload | submit | resubmit` exit 0 ok, 1 failure, 2 usage, 3 needs the owner (with `error.code` and the console deep link), 4 store refused, 7 nothing to do; `--json` ends with exactly one result line on stdout, `--result-file` writes it atomically (also on failure), `--progress json` gives one JSON line per phase on stderr.
 - `--env-file <path>` loads KEY=VALUE secrets before the credentials resolve (POSIX: mode 600 or stricter) and every known secret value is scrubbed from stdout, stderr and the result file; `--version-from version.json` takes the version and build ({version, build}, {versionName, versionCode}, {marketing, build}).
 - Re-runs never upload twice: `play upload` with a versionCode Play has and `apple upload` with a build number App Store Connect has end with exit 7 and what is there; `play release` with the same release and `apple submit` of an already submitted build too.
diff --git a/apps/desktop/package.json b/apps/desktop/package.json
index dc0770f..2216fc7 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/package.json
+++ b/apps/desktop/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@storebound/desktop",
-  "version": "0.8.43",
+  "version": "0.8.44",
   "private": true,
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/apps/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index a9b36f0..6f3a8c9 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/apps/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
@@ -4096,7 +4096,7 @@ checksum = "a2eb9349b6444b326872e140eb1cf5e7c522154d69e7a0ffb0fb81c06b37543f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "storebound-desktop"
-version = "0.8.43"
+version = "0.8.44"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "getrandom 0.3.4",
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/apps/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index fdec89f..713558a 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/apps/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "storebound-desktop"
-version = "0.8.43"
+version = "0.8.44"
 description = "storebound desktop: every game's releases on both stores in one window"
 license = "MIT"
 edition = "2021"
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json b/apps/desktop/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
index 26f4c57..de8c0a1 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/apps/desktop/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "$schema": "https://schema.tauri.app/config/2",
   "productName": "storebound",
   "mainBinaryName": "storebound-desktop",
-  "version": "0.8.43",
+  "version": "0.8.44",
   "identifier": "dev.storebound.desktop",
   "build": {
     "frontendDist": "../dist",
diff --git a/gemini-extension.json b/gemini-extension.json
index e7eabcd..d845c62 100644
--- a/gemini-extension.json
+++ b/gemini-extension.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "storebound",
-  "version": "0.8.43",
+  "version": "0.8.44",
   "description": "Take a mobile app or game from nothing to Submit for review on Google Play and the App Store: app records, listings in every language, in-app products and subscriptions with regional prices, every questionnaire (Data safety, App access and demo accounts, account deletion, IARC, target audience, ads, App Privacy, age rating, export compliance), privacy, icons, screenshots and previews, validate, TestFlight, release management, and after launch: crash vitals, review replies, price sheets, store analytics, Product Page Optimization. Agent Skills plus a Bun CLI and MCP server (storebound); you press Submit. CRTkafa's own toolchain, open-sourced.",
   "contextFileName": "GEMINI.md",
   "mcpServers": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dd1a161..ad0c9b4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "storebound",
-  "version": "0.8.43",
+  "version": "0.8.44",
   "description": "Take a mobile app or game from nothing to Submit for review on Google Play and the App Store: app records, listings in every language, in-app products and subscriptions with regional prices, every store questionnaire (incl. account deletion and App Review demo accounts), privacy, icons, screenshots and previews, TestFlight. After launch: crash vitals, review replies, price sheets, analytics and Product Page Optimization. One config, a CLI (Node 20+ or Bun), an MCP server and Agent Skills for your AI coding agent.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "author": "CRTkafa",