From 096d9bdf7e6e870b9502f98e9fb698fa6bc2d8fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Yang <himself65@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 12:46:10 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix(adapters): restore deprecated createAdapter and type
 exports for backcompat (#8461)

---
 docs/content/blogs/1-5.mdx                 |  1 -
 packages/better-auth/src/adapters/index.ts | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/content/blogs/1-5.mdx b/docs/content/blogs/1-5.mdx
index f57f559675..0c9af5af54 100644
--- a/docs/content/blogs/1-5.mdx
+++ b/docs/content/blogs/1-5.mdx
@@ -779,7 +779,6 @@ All previously deprecated APIs have been removed. This includes deprecated adapt
 
 | Removed | Replacement |
 | --- | --- |
-| `createAdapter` | `createAdapterFactory` |
 | `Adapter` | `DBAdapter` |
 | `TransactionAdapter` | `DBTransactionAdapter` |
 | `Store` (client) | `ClientStore` |
diff --git a/packages/better-auth/src/adapters/index.ts b/packages/better-auth/src/adapters/index.ts
index cd852588a3..2d4e8e90d8 100644
--- a/packages/better-auth/src/adapters/index.ts
+++ b/packages/better-auth/src/adapters/index.ts
@@ -35,3 +35,23 @@ export {
 	initGetFieldAttributes,
 	initGetIdField,
 };
+
+/**
+ * @deprecated Use `createAdapterFactory` instead.
+ */
+export const createAdapter = createAdapterFactory;
+
+/**
+ * @deprecated Use `AdapterFactoryOptions` instead.
+ */
+export type CreateAdapterOptions = AdapterFactoryOptions;
+
+/**
+ * @deprecated Use `AdapterFactoryConfig` instead.
+ */
+export type AdapterConfig = AdapterFactoryConfig;
+
+/**
+ * @deprecated Use `AdapterFactoryCustomizeAdapterCreator` instead.
+ */
+export type CreateCustomAdapter = AdapterFactoryCustomizeAdapterCreator;