From 7461a8646a2850a9f45b418432425c7daa24d2d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kashish Mittal <kmittal@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 10:40:36 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] pass the identityApi to ScaffolderClient

Signed-off-by: Kashish Mittal <kmittal@redhat.com>
---
 .changeset/cold-shirts-strive.md | 5 +++++
 packages/app/src/apis.ts         | 5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/cold-shirts-strive.md

diff --git a/.changeset/cold-shirts-strive.md b/.changeset/cold-shirts-strive.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0083cca71d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/cold-shirts-strive.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'example-app': patch
+---
+
+Fixes https://github.com/backstage/backstage/issues/30581 by adding the `identityApi` while creating a new `ScaffolderClient` in `apis.ts`
diff --git a/packages/app/src/apis.ts b/packages/app/src/apis.ts
index 5d300d67cb..8a05f100bc 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/apis.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/apis.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import {
   createApiFactory,
   discoveryApiRef,
   fetchApiRef,
+  identityApiRef,
 } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import { AuthProxyDiscoveryApi } from './AuthProxyDiscoveryApi';
 import { formDecoratorsApiRef } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder/alpha';
@@ -51,13 +52,15 @@ export const apis: AnyApiFactory[] = [
       discoveryApi: discoveryApiRef,
       fetchApi: fetchApiRef,
       scmIntegrationsApi: scmIntegrationsApiRef,
+      identityApi: identityApiRef,
     },
-    factory: ({ discoveryApi, fetchApi, scmIntegrationsApi }) =>
+    factory: ({ discoveryApi, fetchApi, scmIntegrationsApi, identityApi }) =>
       new ScaffolderClient({
         useLongPollingLogs: true,
         discoveryApi,
         fetchApi,
         scmIntegrationsApi,
+        identityApi,
       }),
   }),