From baeef13ec0a7bb3adbb96cc8a21f99e19c433136 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johan Haals <johan.haals@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2024 15:45:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add changeset

Signed-off-by: Johan Haals <johan.haals@gmail.com>
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+'@backstage/backend-defaults': minor
+---
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+Deprecated `createLifecycleMiddleware` to clean up API surface, it has no external references, let us know if you use this directly.