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+.. _release-9-4-4:
+
+Version 9.4.4
+==============
+
+The significant changes to the various parts of the compiler are listed in the
+following sections.
+
+The :ghc-flag:`LLVM backend <-fllvm>` of this release is to be used with LLVM
+10, 11, 12, or 13.
+
+Significant Changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Issues fixed in this release include:
+
+* An issue where the wrong labels were used in the eventlog for events emitted when using info table profiling which was broken in 9.4.3. (:ghc-ticket:`22452`)
+* Fix a long standing bug where invalid eventlogs would be produced with long command lines. (:ghc-ticket:`20221`)
+* Fix another mistake in eta-expansion which resulted in serious performance regressions in 9.4.3.  (:ghc-ticket:`22424`)
+* Fix the :ghc-flag:`-fdefer-diagnostics`. (:ghc-ticket:`22391`)
+* Fixes to several subtle compiler panics. (:ghc-ticket:`22491`, :ghc-ticket:`22416`, :ghc-ticket:`22549`, :ghc-ticket:`22475`, :ghc-ticket:`22039`)
+* Add correct write barries to IORef operations. (:ghc-ticket:`22468`)
+
+
+Included libraries
+------------------
+
+The package database provided with this distribution also contains a number of
+packages other than GHC itself. See the changelogs provided with these packages
+for further change information.
+
+.. ghc-package-list::
+
+    libraries/array/array.cabal:             Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+    libraries/base/base.cabal:               Core library
+    libraries/binary/binary.cabal:           Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+    libraries/bytestring/bytestring.cabal:   Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+    libraries/Cabal/Cabal/Cabal.cabal:       Dependency of ``ghc-pkg`` utility
+    libraries/Cabal/Cabal-syntax/Cabal-syntax.cabal:  Dependency of ``ghc-pkg`` utility
+    libraries/containers/containers/containers.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+    libraries/deepseq/deepseq.cabal:         Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+    libraries/directory/directory.cabal:     Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+    libraries/exceptions/exceptions.cabal:   Dependency of ``ghc`` and ``haskeline`` library
+    libraries/filepath/filepath.cabal:       Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+    compiler/ghc.cabal:                      The compiler itself
+    libraries/ghci/ghci.cabal:               The REPL interface
+    libraries/ghc-boot/ghc-boot.cabal:       Internal compiler library
+    libraries/ghc-boot-th/ghc-boot-th.cabal: Internal compiler library
+    libraries/ghc-compact/ghc-compact.cabal: Core library
+    libraries/ghc-heap/ghc-heap.cabal:       GHC heap-walking library
+    libraries/ghc-prim/ghc-prim.cabal:       Core library
+    libraries/haskeline/haskeline.cabal:     Dependency of ``ghci`` executable
+    libraries/hpc/hpc.cabal:                 Dependency of ``hpc`` executable
+    libraries/integer-gmp/integer-gmp.cabal: Core library
+    libraries/libiserv/libiserv.cabal:       Internal compiler library
+    libraries/mtl/mtl.cabal:                 Dependency of ``Cabal`` library
+    libraries/parsec/parsec.cabal:           Dependency of ``Cabal`` library
+    libraries/pretty/pretty.cabal:           Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+    libraries/process/process.cabal:         Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+    libraries/stm/stm.cabal:                 Dependency of ``haskeline`` library
+    libraries/template-haskell/template-haskell.cabal: Core library
+    libraries/terminfo/terminfo.cabal:       Dependency of ``haskeline`` library
+    libraries/text/text.cabal:               Dependency of ``Cabal`` library
+    libraries/time/time.cabal:               Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+    libraries/transformers/transformers.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+    libraries/unix/unix.cabal:               Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+    libraries/Win32/Win32.cabal:             Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+    libraries/xhtml/xhtml.cabal:             Dependency of ``haddock`` executable
+
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/release-notes.rst b/docs/users_guide/release-notes.rst
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 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
+   9.4.4-notes
    9.4.3-notes
    9.4.2-notes
    9.4.1-notes