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+'@backstage/create-app': patch
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+Enable `catalog.useUrlReadersSearch` configuration by default in newly created Backstage installations.
+
+This parameter makes `UrlReaderProcessor` always use the search method.
+New adopters are encouraged to enable it as this behavior will be the default in a future release.