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+'example-backend': patch
+'@backstage/backend-common': patch
+'@backstage/create-app': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-techdocs-backend': patch
+---
+
+Create a TokenManager interface and ServerTokenManager implementation to generate and validate server tokens for authenticated backend-to-backend API requests