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From: =?UTF-8?q?Fredrik=20Adel=C3=B6w?= <freben@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 15:27:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add changeset for cached service cleanup
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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Fredrik Adelöw <freben@gmail.com>
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 .changeset/cached-service-cleanup.md | 5 +++++
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 create mode 100644 .changeset/cached-service-cleanup.md

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+---
+'@backstage/backend-defaults': patch
+---
+
+Fixed a race condition in `CachedUserInfoService` where a failed request could incorrectly evict a newer cache entry for the same token. The error handler now verifies the map entry is still the same promise before deleting it.