chore(release): new release

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Releases

webpack-dev-middleware@8.1.1

Patch Changes

• Fixed a crash when calling close() in plugin mode (isPlugin = true). Since the host (webpack-cli, webpack-dev-server, etc.) owns compiler.watch(), the middleware has no watching of its own to close, so close() now just calls the callback instead of throwing. (by @bjohansebas in #2347)

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Release-only metadata (version, changelog, changeset cleanup); the behavioral fix is already merged and this PR does not alter source.

Overview
Automated Changesets release that publishes webpack-dev-middleware@8.1.1 with no runtime code changes in this diff.

Bumps package.json from 8.1.0 to 8.1.1, adds the 8.1.1 section to CHANGELOG.md, and removes the consumed changeset file .changeset/plugin-mode-close.md.

The release documents a patch fix (from #2347): calling close() when the middleware runs as a webpack plugin (isPlugin = true) no longer crashes when there is no internal watching instance—the callback runs instead, since the host owns compiler.watch().

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