From 6aeb5533914ad5369eccd3891c1b9c59f9ef7f8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Stretch <jstretch@netboxlabs.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 15:58:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Closes #17029: Deprecate PluginTemplateExtension.model

---
 netbox/netbox/plugins/registration.py | 8 +++++++-
 netbox/netbox/plugins/templates.py    | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/netbox/netbox/plugins/registration.py b/netbox/netbox/plugins/registration.py
index c84572794..515405f1b 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/plugins/registration.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/plugins/registration.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import inspect
+import warnings
 
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from netbox.registry import registry
@@ -37,7 +38,12 @@ def register_template_extensions(class_list):
             # Registration for multiple models
             models = template_extension.models
         elif template_extension.model:
-            # Registration for a single model
+            # Registration for a single model (deprecated)
+            warnings.warn(
+                "PluginTemplateExtension.model is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use "
+                "'models' instead.",
+                DeprecationWarning
+            )
             models = [template_extension.model]
         else:
             # Global registration (no specific models)
diff --git a/netbox/netbox/plugins/templates.py b/netbox/netbox/plugins/templates.py
index e1f4b7a47..4ea90b4db 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/plugins/templates.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/plugins/templates.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class PluginTemplateExtension:
     * config - Plugin-specific configuration parameters
     """
     models = None
-    model = None
+    model = None  # Deprecated; use `models` instead
 
     def __init__(self, context):
         self.context = context