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+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend': minor
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend-module-github': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node': patch
+---
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+Introducing checkpoints for scaffolder task action idempotency