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+'@backstage/backend-common': minor
+'@backstage/create-app': minor
+---
+Auto-create plugin databases
+
+Relates to #1598.
+
+This creates databases for plugins before handing off control to plugins.
+
+The list of plugins currently need to be hardcoded depending on the installed plugins. A later PR will properly refactor the code to provide a factory pattern where plugins specify what they need, and knex instances will be provided based on the input.