diff --git a/Sources/CoreDataRepository/CoreDataRepository+Batch.swift b/Sources/CoreDataRepository/CoreDataRepository+Batch.swift
index 20c7aa9..59f819b 100644
--- a/Sources/CoreDataRepository/CoreDataRepository+Batch.swift
+++ b/Sources/CoreDataRepository/CoreDataRepository+Batch.swift
@@ -82,10 +82,20 @@ extension CoreDataRepository {
     ///     - urls: [URL]
     /// - Returns
     ///     - (success: [Model, failed: [Model])
+    @available(*, deprecated, message: "This method has an unused parameter for transactionAuthor.")
     public func read<Model: UnmanagedModel>(
         urls: [URL],
         transactionAuthor _: String? = nil
     ) async -> (success: [Model], failed: [URL]) {
+        await read(urls: urls)
+    }
+
+    /// Batch update objects in CoreData
+    /// - Parameters
+    ///     - urls: [URL]
+    /// - Returns
+    ///     - (success: [Model, failed: [Model])
+    public func read<Model: UnmanagedModel>(urls: [URL]) async -> (success: [Model], failed: [URL]) {
         var successes = [Model]()
         var failures = [URL]()
         await withTaskGroup(of: _Result<Model, URL>.self, body: { [weak self] group in
diff --git a/Tests/CoreDataRepositoryTests/BatchRepositoryTests.swift b/Tests/CoreDataRepositoryTests/BatchRepositoryTests.swift
index 6159129..ad5124e 100644
--- a/Tests/CoreDataRepositoryTests/BatchRepositoryTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/CoreDataRepositoryTests/BatchRepositoryTests.swift
@@ -142,6 +142,28 @@ final class BatchRepositoryTests: CoreDataXCTestCase {
         try verify(transactionAuthor: transactionAuthor, timeStamp: historyTimeStamp)
     }
 
+    func testDeprecatedReadSuccess() async throws {
+        let fetchRequest = NSFetchRequest<RepoMovie>(entityName: "RepoMovie")
+        var movies = [Movie]()
+        try await repositoryContext().perform {
+            let count = try self.repositoryContext().count(for: fetchRequest)
+            XCTAssertEqual(count, 0, "Count of objects in CoreData should be zero at the start of each test.")
+
+            let repoMovies = try self.movies
+                .map(self.mapDictToRepoMovie(_:))
+            try self.repositoryContext().save()
+            movies = repoMovies.map(\.asUnmanaged)
+        }
+
+        let result: (success: [Movie], failed: [URL]) = try await repository()
+            .read(urls: movies.compactMap(\.url), transactionAuthor: "Unused")
+
+        XCTAssertEqual(result.success.count, movies.count)
+        XCTAssertEqual(result.failed.count, 0)
+
+        XCTAssertEqual(Set(movies), Set(result.success))
+    }
+
     func testReadSuccess() async throws {
         let fetchRequest = NSFetchRequest<RepoMovie>(entityName: "RepoMovie")
         var movies = [Movie]()