diff --git a/src/Speckle.Sdk/Api/GraphQL/Inputs/FileImportInputs.cs b/src/Speckle.Sdk/Api/GraphQL/Inputs/FileImportInputs.cs
index 9ccf478b..0a1ebee5 100644
--- a/src/Speckle.Sdk/Api/GraphQL/Inputs/FileImportInputs.cs
+++ b/src/Speckle.Sdk/Api/GraphQL/Inputs/FileImportInputs.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 
 public record GenerateFileUploadUrlInput(string projectId, string fileName);
 
+[Obsolete(FileImportInputBase.FILE_IMPORT_DEPRECATION_MESSAGE)]
 public record StartFileImportInput(string projectId, string modelId, string fileId, string etag);
 
+[Obsolete(FileImportInputBase.FILE_IMPORT_DEPRECATION_MESSAGE)]
 public record FileImportResult(
   double durationSeconds,
   double downloadDurationSeconds,
@@ -14,14 +16,23 @@ public record FileImportResult(
 
 public abstract class FileImportInputBase
 {
+  internal const string FILE_IMPORT_DEPRECATION_MESSAGE =
+    "Part of the old API surface and will be removed in the future. Use the new ingestion API instead. Field will be deleted on June 1st, 2026";
+
+  [Obsolete(FileImportInputBase.FILE_IMPORT_DEPRECATION_MESSAGE)]
+  protected FileImportInputBase() { }
+
   public required string projectId { get; init; }
   public required string jobId { get; init; }
   public required IReadOnlyCollection<string> warnings { get; init; }
+
+  [Obsolete(FileImportInputBase.FILE_IMPORT_DEPRECATION_MESSAGE)]
   public required FileImportResult result { get; init; }
 }
 
 #pragma warning disable CA1822 //Mark members as static
 
+[Obsolete(FILE_IMPORT_DEPRECATION_MESSAGE)]
 public sealed class FileImportSuccessInput() : FileImportInputBase()
 {
   public const string TYPE_STATUS = "success";
@@ -29,6 +40,7 @@ public sealed class FileImportSuccessInput() : FileImportInputBase()
   public string status => TYPE_STATUS;
 }
 
+[Obsolete(FILE_IMPORT_DEPRECATION_MESSAGE)]
 public sealed class FileImportErrorInput() : FileImportInputBase()
 {
   public const string TYPE_STATUS = "error";
diff --git a/src/Speckle.Sdk/Api/GraphQL/Resources/FileImportResource.cs b/src/Speckle.Sdk/Api/GraphQL/Resources/FileImportResource.cs
index 98eb9951..e8dda92e 100644
--- a/src/Speckle.Sdk/Api/GraphQL/Resources/FileImportResource.cs
+++ b/src/Speckle.Sdk/Api/GraphQL/Resources/FileImportResource.cs
@@ -29,8 +29,10 @@ public sealed class FileImportResource : IDisposable
   /// <remarks>
   /// Only use this if you are writing a file importer, that is responsible for
   /// processing file import jobs.
-  /// Only works on servers version >=2.25.8
+  /// Only works on servers version >=2.25.8 but from 3.0.7 onwards has been deprecated and replaced by model ingestion api
+  /// see <see cref="ModelIngestionResource.Complete"/>
   /// </remarks>
+  [Obsolete(FileImportInputBase.FILE_IMPORT_DEPRECATION_MESSAGE)]
   public async Task<bool> FinishFileImportJob(FileImportInputBase input, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   {
     //language=graphql
@@ -57,7 +59,11 @@ public sealed class FileImportResource : IDisposable
   /// <param name="cancellationToken"></param>
   /// <returns></returns>
   /// <inheritdoc cref="ISpeckleGraphQLClient.ExecuteGraphQLRequest{T}"/>
-  /// <remarks>Only works on servers version >=2.25.8</remarks>
+  /// <remarks>
+  /// Only works on servers version >=2.25.8 but from 3.0.7 onwards has been deprecated and replaced by model ingestion api
+  /// see <see cref="ModelIngestionResource.StartProcessing"/>
+  /// </remarks>
+  [Obsolete(FileImportInputBase.FILE_IMPORT_DEPRECATION_MESSAGE)]
   public async Task<FileImport> StartFileImportJob(
     StartFileImportInput input,
     CancellationToken cancellationToken = default