From 2d11521f8cb40757735e6dd317015840799949d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stephen Glass <stephen@stephen.glass>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 13:02:31 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix home starred entities display

Signed-off-by: Stephen Glass <stephen@stephen.glass>
---
 .changeset/cyan-needles-hear.md                          | 5 +++++
 .../src/homePageComponents/StarredEntities/Content.tsx   | 9 ++++++++-
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/cyan-needles-hear.md

diff --git a/.changeset/cyan-needles-hear.md b/.changeset/cyan-needles-hear.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0decabf45b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/cyan-needles-hear.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-home': patch
+---
+
+The starred entities component uses the entity title or display name if it exists
diff --git a/plugins/home/src/homePageComponents/StarredEntities/Content.tsx b/plugins/home/src/homePageComponents/StarredEntities/Content.tsx
index bc5e3e2923..ce1810a9d0 100644
--- a/plugins/home/src/homePageComponents/StarredEntities/Content.tsx
+++ b/plugins/home/src/homePageComponents/StarredEntities/Content.tsx
@@ -73,7 +73,14 @@ export const Content = ({
     return (
       await catalogApi.getEntitiesByRefs({
         entityRefs: [...starredEntities],
-        fields: ['kind', 'metadata.namespace', 'metadata.name', 'spec.type'],
+        fields: [
+          'kind',
+          'metadata.namespace',
+          'metadata.name',
+          'spec.type',
+          'metadata.title',
+          'spec.profile.displayName',
+        ],
       })
     ).items.filter((e): e is Entity => !!e);
   }, [catalogApi, starredEntities]);