From 59a4e02a4050f1ccd2921f7e9068ad8b652e39be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian Hincks <ian.hincks@ibm.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2024 15:57:23 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add a private alias to decode_backend_configuration() (#2028)

---
 qiskit_ibm_runtime/utils/backend_decoder.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/qiskit_ibm_runtime/utils/backend_decoder.py b/qiskit_ibm_runtime/utils/backend_decoder.py
index 229e2920c..fcb61cd4b 100644
--- a/qiskit_ibm_runtime/utils/backend_decoder.py
+++ b/qiskit_ibm_runtime/utils/backend_decoder.py
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ def decode_backend_configuration(config: Dict) -> None:
                 u_channel_lo["scale"] = _to_complex(u_channel_lo["scale"])
 
 
+# TODO: remove this when no longer needed server-side
+_decode_backend_configuration = decode_backend_configuration
+
+
 def _to_complex(value: Union[List[float], complex]) -> complex:
     """Convert the input value to type ``complex``.