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+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-react': minor
+---
+
+Removed some previously deprecated `routeRefs` as follows:
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+- **BREAKING**: Removed `entityRoute` in favor of `entityRouteRef`.
+- **BREAKING**: Removed the previously deprecated `rootRoute` and `catalogRouteRef`. If you want to refer to the catalog index page from a public plugin you now need to use an `ExternalRouteRef` instead. For private plugins it is possible to take the shortcut of referring directly to `catalogPlugin.routes.indexPage` instead.
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+'@backstage/plugin-catalog': patch
+---
+
+- Replaced usage of the deprecated and now removed `rootRoute` and `catalogRouteRef`s from the `catalog-react` package