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+---
+'@backstage/create-app': patch
+---
+
+Added the Kubernetes plugin to `create-app`
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-'@backstage/create-app': patch
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-
-Added `MyGroupsSidebarItem` to the sidebar in the `create-app` template
diff --git a/.changeset/bright-panthers-leave.md b/.changeset/bright-panthers-leave.md
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-'@backstage/backend-plugin-api': patch
-'@backstage/backend-defaults': patch
----
-
-Added a new Root Health Service which adds new endpoints for health checks.
diff --git a/.changeset/bright-trainers-brake.md b/.changeset/bright-trainers-brake.md
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+---
+'@backstage/cli': patch
+---
+
+Add frontend-dynamic-container role to eslint config factory
diff --git a/.changeset/calm-jeans-ring.md b/.changeset/calm-jeans-ring.md
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-'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder': minor
----
-
-Use virtualization with `EntityPicker` as done earlier with `MultiEntityPicker` to fix performance issues with large data sets. `VirtualizedListbox` extracted into reusable component.
diff --git a/.changeset/chilly-roses-trade.md b/.changeset/chilly-roses-trade.md
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-'@backstage/backend-common': patch
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-
-Deprecate legacy status check factory, handler and types.
diff --git a/.changeset/chilly-trains-sleep.md b/.changeset/chilly-trains-sleep.md
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+---
+'@backstage/plugin-events-backend-module-aws-sqs': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-aws': patch
+'@backstage/backend-common': patch
+---
+
+Setup user agent header for AWS sdk clients, this enables users to better track API calls made from Backstage to AWS APIs through things like CloudTrail.
diff --git a/.changeset/clever-waves-judge.md b/.changeset/clever-waves-judge.md
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-'@backstage/plugin-techdocs-react': patch
----
-
-Resolved the issue where changes in TechDoc add-ons, including the TextSize add-on, were not reapplying during navigation
diff --git a/.changeset/cool-insects-remember.md b/.changeset/cool-insects-remember.md
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+---
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend-module-notifications': patch
+---
+
+Add examples for notification:send scaffolder action & improve related tests
diff --git a/.changeset/create-app-1719320674.md b/.changeset/create-app-1719320674.md
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-'@backstage/create-app': patch
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-
-Bumped create-app version.
diff --git a/.changeset/cuddly-zebras-crash.md b/.changeset/cuddly-zebras-crash.md
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+---
+'@backstage/cli': patch
+---
+
+Use ES2022 in CLI bundler
diff --git a/.changeset/curvy-teachers-smell.md b/.changeset/curvy-teachers-smell.md
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-'@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-ldap': patch
-'@backstage/backend-plugin-api': patch
-'@backstage/backend-defaults': patch
-'@backstage/backend-tasks': patch
----
-
-Fix bug where ISO durations could no longer be used for schedules
diff --git a/.changeset/dry-squids-tap.md b/.changeset/dry-squids-tap.md
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+---
+'@backstage/frontend-plugin-api': patch
+---
+
+Introduce a new way to encapsulate extension kinds that replaces the extension creator pattern with `createExtensionBlueprint`
+
+This allows the creation of extension instances with the following pattern:
+
+```tsx
+// create the extension blueprint which is used to create instances
+const EntityCardBlueprint = createExtensionBlueprint({
+ kind: 'entity-card',
+ attachTo: { id: 'test', input: 'default' },
+ output: {
+ element: coreExtensionData.reactElement,
+ },
+ factory(params: { text: string }) {
+ return {
+ element: {params.text}
,
+ };
+ },
+});
+
+// create an instance of the extension blueprint with params
+const testExtension = EntityCardBlueprint.make({
+ name: 'foo',
+ params: {
+ text: 'Hello World',
+ },
+});
+```
diff --git a/.changeset/dull-ghosts-double.md b/.changeset/dull-ghosts-double.md
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+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-react': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-search-react': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-home': patch
+---
+
+Updated alpha definitions of extension data references.
diff --git a/.changeset/early-trees-dance.md b/.changeset/early-trees-dance.md
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+---
+'@backstage/frontend-plugin-api': patch
+---
+
+The `ExtensionBoundary` now by default infers whether it's routable from whether it outputs a route path.
diff --git a/.changeset/eighty-games-wink.md b/.changeset/eighty-games-wink.md
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-'@backstage/core-components': patch
----
-
-Fixed bug where `