Update Drupal Core to 11.4.4 on the 10.1.x branch

Problem/Motivation

Varbase 10.1.x tracks Drupal core ~11.4.0. The 10.1.x component set / varbase_project template's lock files currently resolve to an earlier 11.4 patch release. Drupal core 11.4.4 is the latest 11.4 patch release within that same ~11.4.0 constraint and should be pulled in so that varbase_project 10.1.2 ships on Drupal core 11.4.4.

Steps to reproduce

1. Create a new site from the drupal/varbase_project 10.1.x template.
2. Run composer show drupal/core.
3. Observe the installed Drupal core version is behind the latest 11.4.4 patch release, even though the constraint already allows it.

Proposed resolution

• Keep the drupal/core (and drupal/core-recommended / drupal/core-composer-scaffold) version constraint at ~11.4.0 — no constraint change.
• Refresh composer.lock and patches.lock.json so Drupal core resolves to 11.4.4 within the existing ~11.4.0 range.
• Reapply the Varbase and Drupal core patches via vardot/drupal-core-patches.
• Verify a green install and CI run on the refreshed lock files.

Remaining tasks

• ✅ File an issue about this project
• ✅ Addition/Change/Update/Fix to this project
• ✅ Testing to ensure no regression
• ➖ Automated unit/functional testing coverage
• ➖ Developer Documentation support on feature change/addition
• ➖ User Guide Documentation support on feature change/addition
• ➖ UX/UI designer responsibilities
• ➖ Accessibility and Readability
• ❌ Code review from 1 Varbase core team member
• ❌ Full testing and approval
• ❌ Credit contributors
• ❌ Review with the product owner
• ✅ Update Release Notes
• ✅ Release varbase_project-10.1.2

User interface changes

• N/A

API changes

• N/A

Data model changes

• N/A

Release notes snippet

• Drupal core refreshed to 11.4.4 (within the existing ~11.4.0 constraint) for Varbase 10.1.x / varbase_project 10.1.2.

AI-Generated: Yes (Used Claude Code to draft this issue summary; reviewed by rajab natshah.)