Backstage 1.55 Adds Scaffolder Task Recovery and Removes Deprecated Catalog APIs

By Mark Silvester · InfoQ · Tuesday, 13 October 2026 at 17:00 (2h ago) · Original article ↗

Backstage 1.55 adds opt-in recovery for Software Template tasks, resuming crashed or timed-out runs from the last completed step. The release also carries breaking changes to the catalog, search and TechDocs, so teams should review their configuration before upgrading to the current 1.55.3 patch.

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