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+QCoDeS 0.44.1 (2024-02-01)
+==========================
+
+Improved:
+---------
+
+- As an extension to the feature added in #5627 datasets are also no longer converted into QCoDeS format when loaded from netcdf using ``load_by_guid``, ``load_by_id``, ``load_by_run_spec``, ``load_by_counter`` (:pr:`5711`)
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 .. toctree::
    Unreleased <unreleased>
+   0.44.1 <0.44.1>
    0.44.0 <0.44.0>
    0.43.0 <0.43.0>
    0.42.1 <0.42.1>
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-As an extension to the feature added in #5627 datasets are also no longer converted into QCoDeS format when loaded from netcdf using ``load_by_guid``, ``load_by_id``, ``load_by_run_spec``, ``load_by_counter``