diff --git a/aerospike_helpers/batch/records.py b/aerospike_helpers/batch/records.py
index 99e9f5816e..7de31879c9 100644
--- a/aerospike_helpers/batch/records.py
+++ b/aerospike_helpers/batch/records.py
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ def __init__(self, key: tuple) -> None:
 class Write(BatchRecord):
     """ Write is used for executing Batch write commands with batch_write and retrieving batch write results.
 
+        .. include:: ./deprecate_meta.rst
+
         Attributes:
             key (:obj:`tuple`): The aerospike key to send the command to.
             record (:obj:`tuple`): The record corresponding to the requested key.
@@ -111,6 +113,8 @@ def __init__(
 class Read(BatchRecord):
     """ Read is used for executing Batch read commands with batch_write and retrieving results.
 
+        .. include:: ./deprecate_meta.rst
+
         Attributes:
             key (:obj:`tuple`): The aerospike key to send the command to.
             record (:obj:`tuple`): The record corresponding to the requested key.
diff --git a/aerospike_helpers/operations/operations.py b/aerospike_helpers/operations/operations.py
index eda976d78c..ff10701bbd 100644
--- a/aerospike_helpers/operations/operations.py
+++ b/aerospike_helpers/operations/operations.py
@@ -119,18 +119,18 @@ def increment(bin_name, amount):
 def touch(ttl: Optional[int] = None):
     """Create a touch operation dictionary.
 
-    Using ttl here is deprecated. It should be set in the record metadata for the operate method.
+    Using ttl here is deprecated. It should be set in the policy parameter for the operate method.
 
     Args:
         ttl (int): Deprecated. The ttl that should be set for the record.
-            This should be set in the metadata passed to the operate or
+            This should be set in the policy parameter passed to the operate or
             operate_ordered methods.
     Returns:
         A dictionary to be passed to operate or operate_ordered.
     """
     op_dict = {"op": aerospike.OPERATOR_TOUCH}
     if ttl:
-        warnings.warn("TTL should be specified in the meta dictionary for operate", DeprecationWarning)
+        warnings.warn("TTL should be specified in the policy parameter for operate", DeprecationWarning)
         op_dict["val"] = ttl
     return op_dict
 
diff --git a/doc/client.rst b/doc/client.rst
index 5593f14f75..ffbdf132a6 100755
--- a/doc/client.rst
+++ b/doc/client.rst
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ Record Commands
 
         Create a new record, or remove / add bins to a record.
 
+        .. include:: ./deprecate_meta.rst
+
         :param tuple key: a :ref:`aerospike_key_tuple` associated with the record.
         :param dict bins: contains bin name-value pairs of the record.
         :param dict meta: record metadata to be set. see :ref:`metadata_dict`.
@@ -181,6 +183,8 @@ Record Commands
         (In Aerospike server versions prior to 3.6.0, non-existent bins being read will have a \
         :py:obj:`None` value. )
 
+        .. include:: ./deprecate_meta.rst
+
         :param tuple key: a :ref:`aerospike_key_tuple` associated with the record.
         :param list list: See :ref:`aerospike_operation_helpers.operations`.
         :param dict meta: record metadata to be set. See :ref:`metadata_dict`.
@@ -207,6 +211,8 @@ Record Commands
 
         Write operations or read operations that fail will not return a ``(bin-name, result)`` tuple.
 
+        .. include:: ./deprecate_meta.rst
+
         :param tuple key: a :ref:`aerospike_key_tuple` associated with the record.
         :param list list: See :ref:`aerospike_operation_helpers.operations`.
         :param dict meta: record metadata to be set. See :ref:`metadata_dict`.
@@ -224,6 +230,8 @@ Record Commands
 
         Touch the given record, setting its time-to-live and incrementing its generation.
 
+        .. include:: ./deprecate_meta.rst
+
         :param tuple key: a :ref:`aerospike_key_tuple` associated with the record.
         :param int val: ttl in seconds, with ``0`` resolving to the default value in the server config.
         :param dict meta: record metadata to be set. see :ref:`metadata_dict`
@@ -238,6 +246,8 @@ Record Commands
 
         Remove a record matching the *key* from the cluster.
 
+        .. include:: ./deprecate_meta.rst
+
         :param tuple key: a :ref:`aerospike_key_tuple` associated with the record.
         :param dict meta: contains the expected generation of the record in a key called ``"gen"``.
         :param dict policy: see :ref:`aerospike_remove_policies`. May be passed as a keyword argument.
@@ -252,6 +262,8 @@ Record Commands
         Remove a list of bins from a record with a given *key*. Equivalent to \
         setting those bins to :meth:`aerospike.null` with a :meth:`~aerospike.put`.
 
+        .. include:: ./deprecate_meta.rst
+
         :param tuple key: a :ref:`aerospike_key_tuple` associated with the record.
         :param list list: the bins names to be removed from the record.
         :param dict meta: record metadata to be set. See :ref:`metadata_dict`.
@@ -408,6 +420,8 @@ String Operations
 
         Append a string to the string value in bin.
 
+        .. include:: ./deprecate_meta.rst
+
         :param tuple key: a :ref:`aerospike_key_tuple` tuple associated with the record.
         :param str bin: the name of the bin.
         :param str val: the string to append to the bin value.
@@ -427,6 +441,8 @@ String Operations
 
         Prepend the string value in *bin* with the string *val*.
 
+        .. include:: ./deprecate_meta.rst
+
         :param tuple key: a :ref:`aerospike_key_tuple` tuple associated with the record.
         :param str bin: the name of the bin.
         :param str val: the string to prepend to the bin value.
@@ -456,6 +472,8 @@ Numeric Operations
 
         Increment the integer value in *bin* by the integer *val*.
 
+        .. include:: ./deprecate_meta.rst
+
         :param tuple key: a :ref:`aerospike_key_tuple` tuple associated with the record.
         :param str bin: the name of the bin.
         :param int offset: the value by which to increment the value in *bin*.
diff --git a/doc/deprecate_meta.rst b/doc/deprecate_meta.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e721c10750
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/deprecate_meta.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.. versionchanged:: 18.1.0
+
+    Deprecated the ``meta`` parameter. Use the policy parameter to set ``ttl`` and ``gen`` instead.
diff --git a/src/include/client.h b/src/include/client.h
index 4ba9447916..f66860ffbf 100644
--- a/src/include/client.h
+++ b/src/include/client.h
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
 
 #define CLUSTER_NPARTITIONS (4096)
 
+#define DEPRECATE_META_PARAMETER_WARNING_MESSAGE                               \
+    "meta parameter is deprecated and will be removed in the "                 \
+    "next client major release"
+
 /*******************************************************************************
  * Macros for UDF operations.
  ******************************************************************************/
diff --git a/src/main/client/operate.c b/src/main/client/operate.c
index 2910558c8a..352957cce1 100644
--- a/src/main/client/operate.c
+++ b/src/main/client/operate.c
@@ -926,6 +926,11 @@ static PyObject *AerospikeClient_Operate_Invoke(AerospikeClient *self,
     as_exp exp_list;
     as_exp *exp_list_p = NULL;
 
+    if (py_meta) {
+        PyErr_WarnEx(PyExc_DeprecationWarning,
+                     DEPRECATE_META_PARAMETER_WARNING_MESSAGE, 2);
+    }
+
     as_vector *unicodeStrVector = as_vector_create(sizeof(char *), 128);
 
     as_operations ops;
@@ -1264,6 +1269,11 @@ PyObject *AerospikeClient_OperateOrdered(AerospikeClient *self, PyObject *args,
         return NULL;
     }
 
+    if (py_meta) {
+        PyErr_WarnEx(PyExc_DeprecationWarning,
+                     DEPRECATE_META_PARAMETER_WARNING_MESSAGE, 2);
+    }
+
     CHECK_CONNECTED(&err);
 
     if (pyobject_to_key(&err, py_key, &key) != AEROSPIKE_OK) {
diff --git a/src/main/client/put.c b/src/main/client/put.c
index 4822b0d670..9b139ae360 100644
--- a/src/main/client/put.c
+++ b/src/main/client/put.c
@@ -168,6 +168,11 @@ PyObject *AerospikeClient_Put(AerospikeClient *self, PyObject *args,
         return NULL;
     }
 
+    if (py_meta) {
+        PyErr_WarnEx(PyExc_DeprecationWarning,
+                     DEPRECATE_META_PARAMETER_WARNING_MESSAGE, 2);
+    }
+
     if (py_serializer_option) {
         if (PyLong_Check(py_serializer_option)) {
             self->is_client_put_serializer = true;
diff --git a/src/main/client/remove.c b/src/main/client/remove.c
index 0b76b6b358..1ead859625 100644
--- a/src/main/client/remove.c
+++ b/src/main/client/remove.c
@@ -170,6 +170,11 @@ PyObject *AerospikeClient_Remove(AerospikeClient *self, PyObject *args,
         return NULL;
     }
 
+    if (py_meta) {
+        PyErr_WarnEx(PyExc_DeprecationWarning,
+                     DEPRECATE_META_PARAMETER_WARNING_MESSAGE, 2);
+    }
+
     // Invoke Operation
     return AerospikeClient_Remove_Invoke(self, py_key, py_meta, py_policy);
 }
diff --git a/src/main/client/remove_bin.c b/src/main/client/remove_bin.c
index 0451d534b2..0c72bfbbf0 100644
--- a/src/main/client/remove_bin.c
+++ b/src/main/client/remove_bin.c
@@ -168,6 +168,11 @@ PyObject *AerospikeClient_RemoveBin(AerospikeClient *self, PyObject *args,
         return NULL;
     }
 
+    if (py_meta) {
+        PyErr_WarnEx(PyExc_DeprecationWarning,
+                     DEPRECATE_META_PARAMETER_WARNING_MESSAGE, 2);
+    }
+
     if (!self || !self->as) {
         as_error_update(&err, AEROSPIKE_ERR_PARAM, "Invalid aerospike object");
         goto CLEANUP;
diff --git a/test/new_tests/test_append.py b/test/new_tests/test_append.py
index bf0a4cbbef..f5082da5d4 100644
--- a/test/new_tests/test_append.py
+++ b/test/new_tests/test_append.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from aerospike import exception as e
 
 import aerospike
+import warnings
 
 # @pytest.mark.usefixtures("as_connection")
 
@@ -116,7 +117,11 @@ def test_pos_append_with_policy_key_gen_EQ_ignore(self):
         }
 
         meta = {"gen": 10, "ttl": 1200}
-        self.as_connection.append(key, "name", "str", meta, policy)
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as warning_list:
+            self.as_connection.append(key, "name", "str", meta, policy)
+
+        assert len(warning_list) == 1
+        assert warning_list[0].category == DeprecationWarning
 
         (key, meta, bins) = self.as_connection.get(key)
 
diff --git a/test/new_tests/test_new_constructor.py b/test/new_tests/test_client_config_level_options.py
similarity index 99%
rename from test/new_tests/test_new_constructor.py
rename to test/new_tests/test_client_config_level_options.py
index d9233c5b1e..9059b23e8d 100644
--- a/test/new_tests/test_new_constructor.py
+++ b/test/new_tests/test_client_config_level_options.py
@@ -280,7 +280,6 @@ def test_query_invalid_expected_duration():
 # Some of these options may not be documented, but they are allowed in the code and customers may be using them
 def test_config_level_misc_options():
     config = copy.deepcopy(gconfig)
-    config["policies"]["socket_timeout"] = 1
     config["policies"]["total_timeout"] = 1
     config["policies"]["max_retries"] = 1
     config["policies"]["exists"] = aerospike.POLICY_EXISTS_CREATE
@@ -322,6 +321,8 @@ def test_config_level_misc_options():
     # We just make sure that the above options are allowed as dict keys
     try:
         aerospike.client(config)
+    except e.ParamError as exc:
+        raise exc
     except:
         pass
 
diff --git a/test/new_tests/test_get_put.py b/test/new_tests/test_get_put.py
index 628078a5bd..74c000d538 100644
--- a/test/new_tests/test_get_put.py
+++ b/test/new_tests/test_get_put.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 import aerospike
 from aerospike import exception as e
+import warnings
 
 
 @contextmanager
@@ -262,7 +263,11 @@ def test_pos_put_with_policy_exists_create_or_replace(self):
             "gen": aerospike.POLICY_GEN_IGNORE,
             "key": aerospike.POLICY_KEY_SEND,
         }
-        assert 0 == self.as_connection.put(key, rec, meta, policy)
+
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as warning_list:
+            assert 0 == self.as_connection.put(key, rec, meta, policy)
+        assert len(warning_list) == 1
+        assert warning_list[0].category == DeprecationWarning
 
         (key, meta, bins) = self.as_connection.get(key)
         assert rec == bins
diff --git a/test/new_tests/test_increment.py b/test/new_tests/test_increment.py
index 1f6e71acae..9ad084c827 100644
--- a/test/new_tests/test_increment.py
+++ b/test/new_tests/test_increment.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from aerospike import exception as e
 
 import aerospike
+import warnings
 
 
 class TestIncrement(object):
@@ -127,7 +128,11 @@ def test_increment_with_policy_key_gen_EQ_ignore(self):
         }
 
         meta = {"gen": 10, "ttl": 1200}
-        self.as_connection.increment(key, "age", 5, meta, policy)
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as warning_list:
+            self.as_connection.increment(key, "age", 5, meta, policy)
+
+        assert len(warning_list) == 1
+        assert warning_list[0].category == DeprecationWarning
 
         (key, meta, bins) = self.as_connection.get(key)
 
diff --git a/test/new_tests/test_operate.py b/test/new_tests/test_operate.py
index 3c5a9550b8..ce4406bd52 100644
--- a/test/new_tests/test_operate.py
+++ b/test/new_tests/test_operate.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 import aerospike
 from aerospike import exception as e
+import warnings
 
 # OPERATIONS
 # aerospike.OPERATOR_WRITE
@@ -297,7 +298,10 @@ def test_pos_operate_with_policy_gen_ignore(self, key, policy, meta, llist):
         Invoke operate() with gen ignore.
         """
 
-        key, meta, bins = self.as_connection.operate(key, llist, meta, policy)
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as warning_list:
+            key, meta, bins = self.as_connection.operate(key, llist, meta, policy)
+        assert len(warning_list) == 1
+        assert warning_list[0].category == DeprecationWarning
 
         assert bins == {"name": "name1aa"}
         assert key == (
diff --git a/test/new_tests/test_operate_ordered.py b/test/new_tests/test_operate_ordered.py
index 67a10299b0..f940965a0c 100644
--- a/test/new_tests/test_operate_ordered.py
+++ b/test/new_tests/test_operate_ordered.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import aerospike
 from aerospike import exception as e
 from aerospike_helpers.operations import operations
+import warnings
 
 
 class TestOperateOrdered(object):
@@ -222,7 +223,10 @@ def test_pos_operate_ordered_policy_gen_ignore(self, key, policy, meta, llist):
         """
         Invoke operate_ordered() with gen ignore.
         """
-        key, meta, bins = self.as_connection.operate_ordered(key, llist, meta, policy)
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as warning_list:
+            key, meta, bins = self.as_connection.operate_ordered(key, llist, meta, policy)
+        assert len(warning_list) == 1
+        assert warning_list[0].category == DeprecationWarning
 
         assert bins == [("name", "name1aa")]
 
diff --git a/test/new_tests/test_prepend.py b/test/new_tests/test_prepend.py
index e6bfb08e9a..e5b67bd8e1 100644
--- a/test/new_tests/test_prepend.py
+++ b/test/new_tests/test_prepend.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from .test_base_class import TestBaseClass
 import aerospike
 from aerospike import exception as e
+import warnings
 
 
 class TestPrepend:
@@ -101,7 +102,10 @@ def test_pos_prepend_with_policy_key_gen_EQ_ignore(self):
         }
 
         meta = {"gen": 10, "ttl": 1200}
-        self.as_connection.prepend(key, "name", "str", meta, policy)
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as warning_list:
+            self.as_connection.prepend(key, "name", "str", meta, policy)
+        assert len(warning_list) == 1
+        assert warning_list[0].category == DeprecationWarning
 
         (key, meta, bins) = self.as_connection.get(key)
 
diff --git a/test/new_tests/test_remove.py b/test/new_tests/test_remove.py
index c0ed09126e..55643433f1 100644
--- a/test/new_tests/test_remove.py
+++ b/test/new_tests/test_remove.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from .test_base_class import TestBaseClass
 import aerospike
 from aerospike import exception as e
+import warnings
 
 
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures("as_connection")