Closes #17143: Deprecate the use of dedicated nested API serializers

netbox/extras/api/nested_serializers.py

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import warnings
+
 from rest_framework import serializers
 
 from extras import models
@@ -20,6 +22,12 @@ __all__ = [
     'NestedWebhookSerializer',
 ]
 
+# TODO: Remove in v4.2
+warnings.warn(
+    f"Dedicated nested serializers will be removed in NetBox v4.2. Use Serializer(nested=True) instead.",
+    DeprecationWarning
+)
+
 
 class NestedEventRuleSerializer(WritableNestedSerializer):
 

netbox/extras/api/serializers.py

@@ -13,4 +13,3 @@ from .serializers_.configtemplates import *
 from .serializers_.savedfilters import *
 from .serializers_.scripts import *
 from .serializers_.tags import *
-from .nested_serializers import *