fix(useEntityListProvider): sets arrayLimit to 10000 to solve problem parsing urls with more than 20 occurences of the same query parameter key

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nagayoshi <jonathan@nagayoshi.com.br>

.changeset/big-rabbits-think.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-react': patch
+---
+
+fixes bug related to qs library upgrade. makes the EntityListProvider return the correct queryParameters even when there are more than 20 occurences of the same value

plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntityListProvider.test.tsx

@@ -222,6 +222,27 @@ describe('<EntityListProvider />', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('resolves query param filter values with large arrays', async () => {
+    const largeArray = Array.from({ length: 50 }, (_, i) => `owner-${i}`);
+    const query = qs.stringify({
+      filters: { kind: 'component', owners: largeArray },
+    });
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => useEntityList(), {
+      wrapper: createWrapper({
+        location: `/catalog?${query}`,
+        pagination,
+      }),
+    });
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(result.current.queryParameters).toBeTruthy();
+    });
+    expect(result.current.queryParameters).toEqual({
+      kind: 'component',
+      owners: largeArray,
+    });
+  });
+
   it('does not fetch when only frontend filters change', async () => {
     const { result } = renderHook(() => useEntityList(), {
       wrapper: createWrapper({ pagination }),

plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntityListProvider.tsx

@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ export const EntityListProvider = <EntityFilters extends DefaultEntityFilters>(
   } = useMemo(() => {
     const parsed = qs.parse(location.search, {
       ignoreQueryPrefix: true,
+      arrayLimit: 10000,
     });
 
     let limit = paginationLimit;
@@ -398,6 +399,7 @@ export const EntityListProvider = <EntityFilters extends DefaultEntityFilters>(
 
       const oldParams = qs.parse(location.search, {
         ignoreQueryPrefix: true,
+        arrayLimit: 10000,
       });
       const newParams = qs.stringify(
         {