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+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES
+# Copyright (c) 2024-2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import functools
+import typing
+import warnings
+
+import cloudai.handlers
+
+_P = typing.ParamSpec("_P")
+_R = typing.TypeVar("_R")
+
+
+def _deprecated(function: typing.Callable[_P, _R]) -> typing.Callable[_P, _R]:
+    @functools.wraps(function)
+    def wrapper(*args: _P.args, **kwargs: _P.kwargs) -> _R:
+        warnings.warn(
+            f"cloudai.cli.handlers.{function.__name__} is deprecated; do not call CLI handlers directly.",
+            DeprecationWarning,
+            stacklevel=2,
+        )
+        return getattr(cloudai.handlers, function.__name__)(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    return wrapper
+
+
+handle_install_and_uninstall = _deprecated(cloudai.handlers.handle_install_and_uninstall)
+prepare_installation = _deprecated(cloudai.handlers.prepare_installation)
+handle_dse_job = _deprecated(cloudai.handlers.handle_dse_job)
+generate_reports = _deprecated(cloudai.handlers.generate_reports)
+handle_non_dse_job = _deprecated(cloudai.handlers.handle_non_dse_job)
+register_signal_handlers = _deprecated(cloudai.handlers.register_signal_handlers)
+handle_dry_run_and_run = _deprecated(cloudai.handlers.handle_dry_run_and_run)
+handle_generate_report = _deprecated(cloudai.handlers.handle_generate_report)
+expand_file_list = _deprecated(cloudai.handlers.expand_file_list)
+verify_system_configs = _deprecated(cloudai.handlers.verify_system_configs)
+verify_test_configs = _deprecated(cloudai.handlers.verify_test_configs)
+verify_test_scenarios = _deprecated(cloudai.handlers.verify_test_scenarios)
+handle_verify_all_configs = _deprecated(cloudai.handlers.handle_verify_all_configs)
+load_tomls_by_type = _deprecated(cloudai.handlers.load_tomls_by_type)
+handle_list_registered_items = _deprecated(cloudai.handlers.handle_list_registered_items)
+validate_domain_randomization_active = _deprecated(cloudai.handlers.validate_domain_randomization_active)
+load_test_toml_file = _deprecated(cloudai.handlers.load_test_toml_file)
+format_toml_decode_error = _deprecated(cloudai.handlers.format_toml_decode_error)
+prepare_output_dir = _deprecated(cloudai.handlers.prepare_output_dir)