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+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-ldap': patch
+---
+
+Added the ability to configure disabling one side of the relations tree with LDAP.
+
+Groups have a `member` attribute and users have a `memberOf` attribute, however these often can drift out of sync, leaving weird states in the Catalog as we collate these results together and deduplicate them.
+
+You can chose to optionally disable one side of these relationships, or even both by providing config in `app-config.yaml` under either the `GroupConfig` or `UserConfig`:
+
+```yaml
+catalog:
+  providers:
+    ldapOrg:
+      default:
+        target: ldaps://ds.example.net
+        bind:
+          dn: uid=ldap-reader-user,ou=people,ou=example,dc=example,dc=net
+          secret: ${LDAP_SECRET}
+        users:
+          - dn: ou=people,ou=example,dc=example,dc=net
+            options:
+              filter: (uid=*)
+            parsing:
+              # this defaults to false, to disable use the following:
+              skipMemberOf: true
+        groups:
+          - dn: ou=access,ou=groups,ou=example,dc=example,dc=net
+            options:
+              filter: (&(objectClass=some-group-class)(!(groupType=email)))
+            map:
+              description: l
+            set:
+              metadata.customField: 'hello'
+            parsing:
+              # this defaults to false, to disable use the following:
+              skipMember: true
+```