14412 shows that we need a way to offer deprecated auto-configuration classes. Such classes would not need to actually contain configuration, but would still be valid when used as an `exclude` or and `@AutoConfigureBefore`/`@AutoConfigureAfter` value.

Comment From: philwebb

Prototype work https://github.com/philwebb/spring-boot/tree/gh-14860

Comment From: mbhave

This one looks similar: #6684

Comment From: wilkinsona

We have no need for this at this time. Closing for now.

Comment From: mhalbritter

We talked about that today and decided to resurrect that issue. We have a need for it due to #36544 where we want to rename OpenTelemetryAutoConfiguration to OpenTelemetryTracingAutoConfiguration without breaking users.

SpringBoot Provide support for deprecated auto-configuration classes

14412 shows that we need a way to offer deprecated auto-configuration classes. Such classes would not need to actually contain configuration, but would still be valid when used as an exclude or and @AutoConfigureBefore/@AutoConfigureAfter value.

14412 shows that we need a way to offer deprecated auto-configuration classes. Such classes would not need to actually contain configuration, but would still be valid when used as an `exclude` or and `@AutoConfigureBefore`/`@AutoConfigureAfter` value.