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+'@backstage/core-components': patch
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+Fixed compatibility with Safari <16.3 by eliminating RegEx lookbehind in `extractInitials`.
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+This PR also changed how initials are generated resulting in _John Jonathan Doe_ => _JD_ instead of _JJ_.