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Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2026 13:50:29 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?=F0=9F=94=A7=20build:=20require=20release-creat?=
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Release-creator 4.4 accepts descriptive changelog fragment names. Admit
the fresh release through the package cutoff and update its lock entry.
---
 pylock.toml                      | 22 +++++++++++-----------
 pyproject.toml                   |  8 ++++----
 tests/validate_news/test_news.py |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pylock.toml b/pylock.toml
index 55f8007..cb9b1e2 100644
--- a/pylock.toml
+++ b/pylock.toml
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ sha256 = "d76623373421df22fb4cf8817020cbb7ef15c725b9d5e45f17e189bfc384190f"
 
 [[packages]]
 name = "release-creator"
-version = "4.3.2"
+version = "4.4.0"
 marker = "\"release-prepare\" in dependency_groups or \"test\" in dependency_groups"
 requires-python = ">=3.15"
 dependencies = [
@@ -1059,22 +1059,22 @@ dependencies = [
 index = "https://pypi.org/simple/"
 
 [packages.sdist]
-name = "release_creator-4.3.2.tar.gz"
-upload-time = 2026-10-30 15:13:18.343799+00:00
-url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/f0/c2/74e28c7bc45765ebdcb20e544355df99e8875ca7c9cfb1fe7a85f12cf7ff/release_creator-4.3.2.tar.gz"
-size = 170282
+name = "release_creator-4.4.0.tar.gz"
+upload-time = 2026-11-02 21:44:48.475063+00:00
+url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/d8/cf/8f376cc925c26fa5434d327ba03f4ed709b80d2077edda865fc3b2fe1940/release_creator-4.4.0.tar.gz"
+size = 171450
 
 [packages.sdist.hashes]
-sha256 = "0d20015989042d2c538f9f8e2483d3689b95ed39081f382503e845e4be2b4214"
+sha256 = "263d518ddee6371fa13d25bd07f7b5af0fa7a6e421b16f1e8143b0a9443bc84d"
 
 [[packages.wheels]]
-name = "release_creator-4.3.2-py3-none-any.whl"
-upload-time = 2026-10-30 15:13:16.650268+00:00
-url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/2a/34/60c756df7e260a3d70717b37d2e427e25ea6fad9ad7e4e48218bf8f89942/release_creator-4.3.2-py3-none-any.whl"
-size = 54072
+name = "release_creator-4.4.0-py3-none-any.whl"
+upload-time = 2026-11-02 21:44:47.195366+00:00
+url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/7b/29/6f2a3158b082b3bf8a94eb93662d80b4db4212abea0fc1fae07ac9a043da/release_creator-4.4.0-py3-none-any.whl"
+size = 54784
 
 [packages.wheels.hashes]
-sha256 = "a3faa98095df08f1a4839695882fc7a74220c03cb69f369bb37b4adf7d110a36"
+sha256 = "560ed208cca0dc53bc227878e5596e3e26e44fa277658c5d0dc662901d95f8cb"
 
 [[packages]]
 name = "setuptools"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fc6416f..05f08a8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ license-files = [ "LICENSE" ]
 
 [dependency-groups]
 build = [ "Cython>=3.0", "setuptools>=80" ]
-release-prepare = [ "release-creator>=4.3.2", "towncrier>=26.9", "prek>=0.2" ]
+release-prepare = [ "release-creator>=4.4", "towncrier>=26.9", "prek>=0.2" ]
 test = [
   "certifi",
   "coverage[toml]>=7.10",
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ test = [
   "pytest-mock>=3.16",
   "pytest-xdist>=3",
   "pyyaml>=6",
-  "release-creator>=4.3.2",
+  "release-creator>=4.4",
   "tomlkit>=0.13",
   "tox>=4.64.7",
   "tox-uv>=1.36.1",
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ uploaded-prior-to = "P7D"
 python = ">=3.15,<3.16"
 platforms = ["linux_x86_64"]
 
-# Temporary: release-creator 4.3.2 is younger than seven days. Delete after 2026-11-06.
+# release-creator 4.4.0 needs a seven-day cutoff exception through 2026-11-09.
 [tool.nab.packages.release-creator]
-uploaded-prior-to = 2026-10-30T15:13:19Z
+uploaded-prior-to = 2026-11-02T21:45:00Z
 
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 120
diff --git a/tests/validate_news/test_news.py b/tests/validate_news/test_news.py
index 46e9d49..274a667 100644
--- a/tests/validate_news/test_news.py
+++ b/tests/validate_news/test_news.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ def test_validate_news_without_fragment(
     "name",
     [
         pytest.param("+addition.feature.md", id="named"),
+        pytest.param("addition.feature.md", id="bare-name"),
         pytest.param("+addition.feature.1.md", id="named-multiple"),
         pytest.param("123.feature.2.md", id="numbered-multiple"),
     ],
@@ -117,7 +118,6 @@ def test_validate_news_reads_rst_categories(
     ("name", "content", "error"),
     [
         pytest.param("+addition.unknown.md", "Add a feature.\n", "unsupported changelog fragment", id="category"),
-        pytest.param("addition.feature.md", "Add a feature.\n", "unsupported changelog fragment", id="name"),
         pytest.param("+addition.feature.x.md", "Add a feature.\n", "unsupported changelog fragment", id="ordinal"),
         pytest.param("+addition.feature.md", " \n", "empty changelog fragment", id="empty"),
     ],