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+'@backstage/create-app': patch
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+(fix) Adds locationAnalyzer to default-app template
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+The locationAnalyzer was missing from the default-app template.
+This resulted in 404 errors for newly bootstraped backstage applications, when adding components without configuration.
+
+To fix this in an existing backstage application, the locationAnalyzer needs to be added to the `packages/backend/src/plugins/catalog.ts` file.
+Check out `/backstage/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/src/plugins/catalog.ts` for reference.