diff --git a/client/ayon_core/pipeline/tempdir.py b/client/ayon_core/pipeline/tempdir.py
index fe057b7fc7..38b03f5c85 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/pipeline/tempdir.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/pipeline/tempdir.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import os
 import tempfile
 from pathlib import Path
+import warnings
 
 from ayon_core.lib import StringTemplate
 from ayon_core.pipeline import Anatomy
@@ -70,6 +71,21 @@ def _create_local_staging_dir(prefix, suffix, dirpath=None):
     )
 
 
+def create_custom_tempdir(project_name, anatomy=None):
+    """Backward compatibility deprecated since 2024/12/09.
+    """
+    warnings.warn(
+        "Used deprecated 'create_custom_tempdir' "
+        "use 'ayon_core.pipeline.tempdir.get_temp_dir' instead.",
+        DeprecationWarning,
+    )
+
+    if anatomy is None:
+        anatomy = Anatomy(project_name)
+
+    return _create_custom_tempdir(project_name, anatomy)
+
+
 def _create_custom_tempdir(project_name, anatomy):
     """ Create custom tempdir
 
diff --git a/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/extract_otio_review.py b/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/extract_otio_review.py
index c8d2086865..712ae7a886 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/extract_otio_review.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/extract_otio_review.py
@@ -71,15 +71,16 @@ def process(self, instance):
         # TODO: convert resulting image sequence to mp4
 
         # get otio clip and other time info from instance clip
-        # TODO: what if handles are different in `versionData`?
-        handle_start = instance.data["handleStart"]
-        handle_end = instance.data["handleEnd"]
         otio_review_clips = instance.data.get("otioReviewClips")
 
         if otio_review_clips is None:
             self.log.info(f"Instance `{instance}` has no otioReviewClips")
             return
 
+        # TODO: what if handles are different in `versionData`?
+        handle_start = instance.data["handleStart"]
+        handle_end = instance.data["handleEnd"]
+
         # add plugin wide attributes
         self.representation_files = []
         self.used_frames = []