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Introduced in branch: 
8.x-2.x
Introduced in version: 
8.x-2.0-beta4
Description: 

The *default* custom element generated for an entity reference field got improved, such that the referenced entity is linked to.
For example, for a tag reference field:

Previous:
<field-entity-reference target-id="2" slot="tags">

Now:

<field-entity-reference target-id="2" slot="tags">
<a href="/taxonomy/term/2" type="taxonomy_term" slot="entity">test</a>
</field-entity-reference>
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