4.4.1

• Dropped Python 3.8 support
• Changed the signature of typeguard_ignore() to be compatible with typing.no_type_check() (PR by @jolaf)
• Avoid creating reference cycles when type checking uniontypes and classes
• Fixed checking of variable assignments involving tuple unpacking (#486)
• Fixed TypeError when checking a class against type[Self] (#481)
• Fixed checking of protocols on the class level (against type[SomeProtocol]) (#498)
• Fixed Self checks in instance/class methods that have positional-only arguments
• Fixed explicit checks of PEP 604 unions against types.UnionType (#467)
• Fixed checks against annotations wrapped in NotRequired not being run unless the NotRequired is a forward reference (#454)