Release V7_6_1 mergeback

hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/resources/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/changelog/7_6_0/version.yaml

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ---
 release-date: "2024-11-15"
-codename: "TBD"
+codename: "Despina"

hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/resources/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/changelog/7_6_1/6424-change-structure-definitions-to-never-expire-in-cache-during-validation.yaml

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+---
+type: change
+issue: 6424
+title: "Changed VersionSpecificWorkerContextWrapper to never expire StructureDefinition entries in the cache, 
+which is needed because the validator makes assumptions about StructureDefinitions never changing."

hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/resources/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/changelog/7_6_1/6538-improve-transaction-performance.yaml

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+---
+type: perf
+issue: 6538
+title: "In HAPI FHIR 8.0.0, transaction processing has been significantly improved thanks
+   to ticket [#6460](https://github.com/hapifhir/hapi-fhir/pull/6460). This enhancement
+   has been partially backported to the 7.6.x release line in order to provide partial improvement
+   prior to the release of HAPI FHIR 8.0.0."

hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/resources/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/changelog/7_6_1/6538-improve-validation-performance.yaml

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+---
+type: perf
+issue: 6538
+title: "In HAPI FHIR 8.0.0, validation processing has been significantly improved thanks
+   to ticket [#6508](https://github.com/hapifhir/hapi-fhir/pull/6508). This enhancement
+   has been partially backported to the 7.6.x release line in order to provide partial improvement
+   prior to the release of HAPI FHIR 8.0.0."

hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/resources/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/changelog/7_6_1/upgrade.md

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+## Device membership in Patient Compartment
+
+As of 7.6.1, versions of FHIR below R5 now consider the `Device` resource's `patient` Search Parameter to be in the Patient Compartment. The following features are affected:
+
+- Patient Search with `_revInclude=*`
+- Patient instance-level `$everything` operation
+- Patient type-level `$everything` operation
+- Automatic Search Narrowing
+- Bulk Export
+
+Previously, there were various shims in the code that permitted similar behaviour in these features. Those shims have been removed. The only remaining component is [Advanced Compartment Authorization](/hapi-fhir/docs/security/authorization_interceptor.html#advanced-compartment-authorization), which can still be used 
+to add other Search Parameters into a given compartment.

hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/resources/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/changelog/7_6_1/version.yaml

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+---
+release-date: "2024-12-18"
+codename: "Despina"

hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/resources/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/changelog/7_8_0/6536-make-device-part-of-patient-compartment.yaml

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 ---
 type: add
 jira: SMILE-9260
+backport: 7.6.1
 title: "The `patient` search parameter for the `Device` resource has been added to the Patient Compartment for the purposes of: 
 
 - AuthorizationInterceptor