AI-powered code generation tools are increasingly adding deprecation aliases during refactoring, mirroring patterns learned from public API development practices. This behavior, while intended to prevent breaking changes, creates technical debt within internal systems by generating persistent, unused aliases that complicate debugging and maintenance. To address this, teams should mandate a two-step process: either immediately removing the old name if no external dependencies exist, or explicitly scheduling its removal in a future release.
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