From 302cd661451907eeffa706d9e9e2d8e6221ad82f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:17:23 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] feat: Deprecate the provider getState method

Co-Authored-By: rlamb@launchdarkly.com <4955475+kinyoklion@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .../launchdarkly/openfeature/serverprovider/Provider.java | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/main/java/com/launchdarkly/openfeature/serverprovider/Provider.java b/src/main/java/com/launchdarkly/openfeature/serverprovider/Provider.java
index acb8e15..c897b0f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/launchdarkly/openfeature/serverprovider/Provider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/launchdarkly/openfeature/serverprovider/Provider.java
@@ -129,6 +129,14 @@ public ProviderEvaluation<Value> getObjectEvaluation(String key, Value defaultVa
         return evaluationDetailConverter.toEvaluationDetailsLdValue(detail);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the state of this provider.
+     *
+     * @deprecated The OpenFeature SDK tracks provider state itself, based on initialization and the events this
+     * provider emits. Use {@link Client#getProviderState()} instead.
+     * @return the state of this provider
+     */
+    @Deprecated
     @Override
     public ProviderState getState() {
         synchronized (state) {