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+deprecations: >
+    The indepedent Ironic Inspector project and client has been in
+    maintenance mode since 2024. All inspection functionality has been
+    enhanced and moved into Ironic. Deployers should not expect further
+    releases of an independent python-ironic-inspector-client.
+