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npm @backstage/plugin-catalog-backend @3.8.1

score
0.65 med
flagged 2026-07-21 22:39
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topology 2

maintainers added:

package profile →

Signals fired

signalweightrationale
topology
dist_tag_anomaly 0.5 dist-tags.latest=3.8.1 but max published is 3.8.2-next.0
mass_publish_burst 0.8 publisher 'patriko' pushed 47 packages in the last 15min on npm

Prior profile (what it deviated from)

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  "maintainers": [
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    "freben",
    "marcuseide"
  ],
  "versions": 2048
}

Evidence (package doc at flag time)

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    },
    {
      "email": "freben@spotify.com",
      "name": "freben"
    },
    {
      "email": "eide@spotify.com",
      "name": "marcuseide"
    }
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    "url": "https://github.com/backstage/backstage"
  },
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    "clean": "backstage-cli package clean",
    "fuzz": "backstage-repo-tools package schema openapi fuzz --exclude-checks response_schema_conformance",
    "generate": "backstage-repo-tools package schema openapi generate --server --client-package packages/catalog-client",
    "lint": "backstage-cli package lint",
    "postpack": "backstage-cli package postpack",
    "prepack": "backstage-cli package prepack",
    "start": "backstage-cli package start",
    "test": "backstage-cli package test"
  },
  "signal_details": {
    "dist_tag_anomaly": "dist-tags.latest=3.8.1 but max published is 3.8.2-next.0",
    "mass_publish_burst": "publisher 'patriko' pushed 47 packages in the last 15min on npm"
  },
  "time": {
    "created": "2020-06-17T14:13:37.050Z",
    "modified": "2026-07-21T23:15:52.098Z"
  }
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