diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a98378327..cca41d479 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ jobs:
           }' || '{
             "include": [
               {"os": "ubuntu-22.04", "python-version": "3.10", "toxenv": "py310-fuse2"},
-              {"os": "ubuntu-22.04", "python-version": "3.11", "toxenv": "py311-fuse2", "binary": "borg-linux-glibc235-x86_64-gh"},
-              {"os": "ubuntu-22.04-arm", "python-version": "3.11", "toxenv": "py311-fuse2", "binary": "borg-linux-glibc235-arm64-gh"},
+              {"os": "ubuntu-22.04", "python-version": "3.11", "toxenv": "py311-fuse3", "binary": "borg-linux-glibc235-x86_64-gh"},
+              {"os": "ubuntu-22.04-arm", "python-version": "3.11", "toxenv": "py311-fuse3", "binary": "borg-linux-glibc235-arm64-gh"},
               {"os": "ubuntu-24.04", "python-version": "3.12", "toxenv": "py312-fuse3"},
               {"os": "ubuntu-24.04", "python-version": "3.13", "toxenv": "py313-fuse3"},
               {"os": "ubuntu-24.04", "python-version": "3.14", "toxenv": "py314-fuse3"},
diff --git a/docs/changes.rst b/docs/changes.rst
index 460e2f0de..8b85c7c8a 100644
--- a/docs/changes.rst
+++ b/docs/changes.rst
@@ -414,14 +414,41 @@ Compatibility notes:
 Change Log
 ==========
 
-Version 1.4.3 (2025-12-02)
---------------------------
+Version 1.4.4 (not yet released)
+--------------------------------
 
 For upgrade and compatibility hints, please also read the "Upgrade Notes" section
 above.
 
 New features:
 
+- prune: added -v / --info output, #9262
+- mount: warn about symlinks pointing outside of the mountpoint, #9254    
+
+Fixes:
+
+- compress: make Padme size obfuscation usable ("obfuscate,250,...")
+
+Other changes:
+
+- pyinstaller binary: do not exclude ssl, needed for pyfuse3/trio, #9196
+- mount: fuse fs performance improvement
+- CI / tests:
+
+  - build linux binaries with pyfuse3
+  - use macos-15 to build the binaries
+  - tox: use pytest -n auto by default to speed up tests
+  - scripts/linux-run: run commands (e.g. tox) in a podman linux container
+- docs:
+  - fix typos found by codespell
+  - update binary readme
+
+
+Version 1.4.3 (2025-12-02)
+--------------------------
+
+New features:
+
 - None.
 
 Fixes:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dafcb15a9..063cb1d8d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ description = "Run tests with pytest"
 package = "editable-legacy"  # without this it does not find setup_docs when running under fakeroot
 deps = ["-rrequirements.d/development.txt"]
 commands = [
-    ["pytest", "-v", "-n", "{env:XDISTN:1}", "-rs", "--cov=borg", "--cov-config=pyproject.toml", "--benchmark-skip", "--pyargs", "{posargs:borg.testsuite}"]
+    ["pytest", "-v", "-n", "{env:XDISTN:auto}", "-rs", "--cov=borg", "--cov-config=pyproject.toml", "--benchmark-skip", "--pyargs", "{posargs:borg.testsuite}"]
 ]
 pass_env = ["*"]  # fakeroot -u needs some env vars
 labels = ["test"]
diff --git a/scripts/Dockerfile.linux-tox b/scripts/Dockerfile.linux-run
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/Dockerfile.linux-tox
rename to scripts/Dockerfile.linux-run
diff --git a/scripts/borg.exe.spec b/scripts/borg.exe.spec
index a77520c80..d7272e5ae 100644
--- a/scripts/borg.exe.spec
+++ b/scripts/borg.exe.spec
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ a = Analysis([os.path.join(basepath, 'src', 'borg', '__main__.py'), ],
              hookspath=[],
              runtime_hooks=[],
              excludes=[
-                '_ssl', 'ssl',
+                # '_ssl', 'ssl',  # do not exclude these, needed for pyfuse3/trio
                 'pkg_resources',  # avoid pkg_resources related warnings
              ],
              win_no_prefer_redirects=False,
diff --git a/scripts/linux-run b/scripts/linux-run
index c56f8db65..1e0b0ccf1 100755
--- a/scripts/linux-run
+++ b/scripts/linux-run
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ if [[ "$REBUILD" == "true" ]] || ! podman image exists "$FULL_IMAGE_NAME"; then
     podman build \
         --build-arg BASE_IMAGE="$BASE_IMAGE" \
         -t "$FULL_IMAGE_NAME" \
-        -f scripts/Dockerfile.linux-tox .
+        -f scripts/Dockerfile.linux-run .
 fi
 
 echo "Running in container..."