From 903d744bd18c8db63d628057b063f859f67af5ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 14:04:23 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] docs: add deprecation notice to README

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 README.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

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 # Photon
 
 > [!WARNING]
-> **Beta**: Photon is currently in beta. Some details may change before stable release.
+> **Deprecated**: This repository is deprecated in favor of [universal-deploy](https://github.com/universal-deploy/universal-deploy). See [issue #72](https://github.com/photon-js/photon/issues/72).
 
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