diff --git a/client/ayon_core/pipeline/farm/pyblish_functions.py b/client/ayon_core/pipeline/farm/pyblish_functions.py
index a5053844b9..2193e96cb1 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/pipeline/farm/pyblish_functions.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/pipeline/farm/pyblish_functions.py
@@ -1045,7 +1045,9 @@ def get_resources(project_name, version_entity, extension=None):
             filtered.append(repre_entity)
 
     representation = filtered[0]
-    directory = get_representation_path(representation)
+    directory = get_representation_path(
+        project_name, representation
+    )
     print("Source: ", directory)
     resources = sorted(
         [
diff --git a/client/ayon_core/pipeline/load/__init__.py b/client/ayon_core/pipeline/load/__init__.py
index 2a33fa119b..b5b09a5dc9 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/pipeline/load/__init__.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/pipeline/load/__init__.py
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ from .utils import (
     get_loader_identifier,
     get_loaders_by_name,
 
-    get_representation_path_from_context,
     get_representation_path,
+    get_representation_path_from_context,
     get_representation_path_with_anatomy,
 
     is_compatible_loader,
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ __all__ = (
     "get_loader_identifier",
     "get_loaders_by_name",
 
-    "get_representation_path_from_context",
     "get_representation_path",
+    "get_representation_path_from_context",
     "get_representation_path_with_anatomy",
 
     "is_compatible_loader",
diff --git a/client/ayon_core/pipeline/load/utils.py b/client/ayon_core/pipeline/load/utils.py
index d1731d4cf9..8aed7b8b52 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/pipeline/load/utils.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/pipeline/load/utils.py
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import os
 import uuid
-import platform
+import warnings
 import logging
 import inspect
 import collections
 import numbers
-from typing import Optional, Union, Any
+import copy
+from functools import wraps
+from typing import Optional, Union, Any, overload
 
 import ayon_api
 
@@ -14,9 +18,8 @@ from ayon_core.lib import (
     StringTemplate,
     TemplateUnsolved,
 )
-from ayon_core.pipeline import (
-    Anatomy,
-)
+from ayon_core.lib.path_templates import TemplateResult
+from ayon_core.pipeline import Anatomy
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -644,15 +647,15 @@ def get_representation_path_from_context(context):
 
     representation = context["representation"]
     project_entity = context.get("project")
-    root = None
-    if (
-        project_entity
-        and project_entity["name"] != get_current_project_name()
-    ):
-        anatomy = Anatomy(project_entity["name"])
-        root = anatomy.roots
-
-    return get_representation_path(representation, root)
+    if project_entity:
+        project_name = project_entity["name"]
+    else:
+        project_name = get_current_project_name()
+    return get_representation_path(
+        project_name,
+        representation,
+        project_entity=project_entity,
+    )
 
 
 def get_representation_path_with_anatomy(repre_entity, anatomy):
@@ -671,139 +674,248 @@ def get_representation_path_with_anatomy(repre_entity, anatomy):
         anatomy (Anatomy): Project anatomy object.
 
     Returns:
-        Union[None, TemplateResult]: None if path can't be received
+        TemplateResult: Resolved representation path.
 
     Raises:
         InvalidRepresentationContext: When representation data are probably
             invalid or not available.
+
     """
+    return get_representation_path(
+        anatomy.project_name,
+        repre_entity,
+        anatomy=anatomy,
+    )
+
+
+def get_representation_path_with_roots(
+    representation: dict[str, Any],
+    roots: dict[str, str],
+) -> Optional[TemplateResult]:
+    """Get filename from representation with custom root.
+
+    Args:
+        representation(dict): Representation entity.
+        roots (dict[str, str]): Roots to use.
+
+
+    Returns:
+        Optional[TemplateResult]: Resolved representation path.
+
+    """
+    try:
+        template = representation["attrib"]["template"]
+    except KeyError:
+        return None
+
+    try:
+        context = representation["context"]
+
+        _fix_representation_context_compatibility(context)
+
+        context["root"] = roots
+        path = StringTemplate.format_strict_template(
+            template, context
+        )
+    except (TemplateUnsolved, KeyError):
+        # Template references unavailable data
+        return None
+
+    return path.normalized()
+
+
+def _backwards_compatibility_repre_path(func):
+    """Wrapper handling backwards compatibility of 'get_representation_path'.
+
+    Allows 'get_representation_path' to support old and new signatures of the
+        function. The old signature supported passing in representation entity
+        and optional roots. The new signature requires the project name
+        to be passed. In case custom roots should be used, a dedicated function
+        'get_representation_path_with_roots' is available.
+
+    The wrapper handles passed arguments, and based on kwargs and types
+        of the arguments will call the function which relates to
+        the arguments.
+
+    The function is also marked with an attribute 'version' so other addons
+        can check if the function is using the new signature or is using
+        the old signature. That should allow addons to adapt to new signature.
+        >>> if getattr(get_representation_path, "version", None) == 2:
+        >>>     path = get_representation_path(project_name, repre_entity)
+        >>> else:
+        >>>     path = get_representation_path(repre_entity)
+
+    The plan to remove backwards compatibility is 1.1.2026.
+
+    """
+    # Add an attribute to the function so addons can check if the new variant
+    #   of the function is available.
+    # >>> getattr(get_representation_path, "version", None) == 2
+    # >>> True
+    setattr(func, "version", 2)
+
+    @wraps(func)
+    def inner(*args, **kwargs):
+        from ayon_core.pipeline import get_current_project_name
+
+        # Decide which variant of the function based on passed arguments
+        #   will be used.
+        if args:
+            arg_1 = args[0]
+            if isinstance(arg_1, str):
+                return func(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        elif "project_name" in kwargs:
+            return func(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        warnings.warn(
+            (
+                "Used deprecated variant of 'get_representation_path'."
+                " Please change used arguments signature to follow"
+                " new definition. Will be removed 1.1.2026."
+            ),
+            DeprecationWarning,
+            stacklevel=2,
+        )
+
+        # Find out which arguments were passed
+        if args:
+            representation = args[0]
+        else:
+            representation = kwargs.get("representation")
+
+        if len(args) > 1:
+            roots = args[1]
+        else:
+            roots = kwargs.get("root")
+
+        if roots is not None:
+            return get_representation_path_with_roots(
+                representation, roots
+            )
+
+        project_name = (
+            representation["context"].get("project", {}).get("name")
+        )
+        if project_name is None:
+            project_name = get_current_project_name()
+
+        return func(project_name, representation)
+
+    return inner
+
+
+@overload
+def get_representation_path(
+    representation: dict[str, Any],
+    root: Optional[dict[str, Any]] = None,
+) -> TemplateResult:
+    """DEPRECATED Get filled representation path.
+
+    Use 'get_representation_path' using the new function signature.
+
+    Args:
+        representation (dict[str, Any]): Representation entity.
+        root (Optional[dict[str, Any]): Roots to fill the path.
+
+    Returns:
+        TemplateResult: Resolved path to representation.
+
+    Raises:
+        InvalidRepresentationContext: When representation data are probably
+            invalid or not available.
+
+    """
+    pass
+
+
+@overload
+def get_representation_path(
+    project_name: str,
+    repre_entity: dict[str, Any],
+    *,
+    anatomy: Optional[Anatomy] = None,
+    project_entity: Optional[dict[str, Any]] = None,
+) -> TemplateResult:
+    """Get filled representation path.
+
+    Args:
+        project_name (str): Project name.
+        repre_entity (dict[str, Any]): Representation entity.
+        anatomy (Optional[Anatomy]): Project anatomy.
+        project_entity (Optional[dict[str, Any]): Project entity. Is used to
+            initialize Anatomy and is not needed if 'anatomy' is passed in.
+
+    Returns:
+        TemplateResult: Resolved path to representation.
+
+    Raises:
+        InvalidRepresentationContext: When representation data are probably
+            invalid or not available.
+
+    """
+    pass
+
+
+@_backwards_compatibility_repre_path
+def get_representation_path(
+    project_name: str,
+    repre_entity: dict[str, Any],
+    *,
+    anatomy: Optional[Anatomy] = None,
+    project_entity: Optional[dict[str, Any]] = None,
+) -> TemplateResult:
+    """Get filled representation path.
+
+    Args:
+        project_name (str): Project name.
+        repre_entity (dict[str, Any]): Representation entity.
+        anatomy (Optional[Anatomy]): Project anatomy.
+        project_entity (Optional[dict[str, Any]): Project entity. Is used to
+            initialize Anatomy and is not needed if 'anatomy' is passed in.
+
+    Returns:
+        TemplateResult: Resolved path to representation.
+
+    Raises:
+        InvalidRepresentationContext: When representation data are probably
+            invalid or not available.
+
+    """
+    if anatomy is None:
+        anatomy = Anatomy(project_name, project_entity=project_entity)
 
     try:
         template = repre_entity["attrib"]["template"]
 
-    except KeyError:
-        raise InvalidRepresentationContext((
-            "Representation document does not"
-            " contain template in data ('data.template')"
-        ))
+    except KeyError as exc:
+        raise InvalidRepresentationContext(
+            "Failed to receive template from representation entity."
+        ) from exc
 
     try:
-        context = repre_entity["context"]
+        context = copy.deepcopy(repre_entity["context"])
         _fix_representation_context_compatibility(context)
         context["root"] = anatomy.roots
 
         path = StringTemplate.format_strict_template(template, context)
 
     except TemplateUnsolved as exc:
-        raise InvalidRepresentationContext((
-            "Couldn't resolve representation template with available data."
-            " Reason: {}".format(str(exc))
-        ))
+        raise InvalidRepresentationContext(
+            "Failed to resolve representation template with available data."
+        ) from exc
 
     return path.normalized()
 
 
-def get_representation_path(representation, root=None):
-    """Get filename from representation document
-
-    There are three ways of getting the path from representation which are
-    tried in following sequence until successful.
-    1. Get template from representation['data']['template'] and data from
-       representation['context']. Then format template with the data.
-    2. Get template from project['config'] and format it with default data set
-    3. Get representation['data']['path'] and use it directly
-
-    Args:
-        representation(dict): representation document from the database
-
-    Returns:
-        str: fullpath of the representation
-
-    """
-    if root is None:
-        from ayon_core.pipeline import get_current_project_name, Anatomy
-
-        anatomy = Anatomy(get_current_project_name())
-        return get_representation_path_with_anatomy(
-            representation, anatomy
-        )
-
-    def path_from_representation():
-        try:
-            template = representation["attrib"]["template"]
-        except KeyError:
-            return None
-
-        try:
-            context = representation["context"]
-
-            _fix_representation_context_compatibility(context)
-
-            context["root"] = root
-            path = StringTemplate.format_strict_template(
-                template, context
-            )
-            # Force replacing backslashes with forward slashed if not on
-            #   windows
-            if platform.system().lower() != "windows":
-                path = path.replace("\\", "/")
-        except (TemplateUnsolved, KeyError):
-            # Template references unavailable data
-            return None
-
-        if not path:
-            return path
-
-        normalized_path = os.path.normpath(path)
-        if os.path.exists(normalized_path):
-            return normalized_path
-        return path
-
-    def path_from_data():
-        if "path" not in representation["attrib"]:
-            return None
-
-        path = representation["attrib"]["path"]
-        # Force replacing backslashes with forward slashed if not on
-        #   windows
-        if platform.system().lower() != "windows":
-            path = path.replace("\\", "/")
-
-        if os.path.exists(path):
-            return os.path.normpath(path)
-
-        dir_path, file_name = os.path.split(path)
-        if not os.path.exists(dir_path):
-            return None
-
-        base_name, ext = os.path.splitext(file_name)
-        file_name_items = None
-        if "#" in base_name:
-            file_name_items = [part for part in base_name.split("#") if part]
-        elif "%" in base_name:
-            file_name_items = base_name.split("%")
-
-        if not file_name_items:
-            return None
-
-        filename_start = file_name_items[0]
-
-        for _file in os.listdir(dir_path):
-            if _file.startswith(filename_start) and _file.endswith(ext):
-                return os.path.normpath(path)
-
-    return (
-        path_from_representation() or path_from_data()
-    )
-
-
 def get_representation_path_by_names(
-        project_name: str,
-        folder_path: str,
-        product_name: str,
-        version_name: str,
-        representation_name: str,
-        anatomy: Optional[Anatomy] = None) -> Optional[str]:
+    project_name: str,
+    folder_path: str,
+    product_name: str,
+    version_name: Union[int, str],
+    representation_name: str,
+    anatomy: Optional[Anatomy] = None
+) -> Optional[TemplateResult]:
     """Get (latest) filepath for representation for folder and product.
 
     See `get_representation_by_names` for more details.
@@ -820,22 +932,21 @@ def get_representation_path_by_names(
         representation_name
     )
     if not representation:
-        return
+        return None
 
-    if not anatomy:
-        anatomy = Anatomy(project_name)
-
-    if representation:
-        path = get_representation_path_with_anatomy(representation, anatomy)
-        return str(path).replace("\\", "/")
+    return get_representation_path(
+        project_name,
+        representation,
+        anatomy=anatomy,
+    )
 
 
 def get_representation_by_names(
-        project_name: str,
-        folder_path: str,
-        product_name: str,
-        version_name: Union[int, str],
-        representation_name: str,
+    project_name: str,
+    folder_path: str,
+    product_name: str,
+    version_name: Union[int, str],
+    representation_name: str,
 ) -> Optional[dict]:
     """Get representation entity for asset and subset.
 
@@ -852,7 +963,7 @@ def get_representation_by_names(
         folder_entity = ayon_api.get_folder_by_path(
             project_name, folder_path, fields=["id"])
     if not folder_entity:
-        return
+        return None
 
     if isinstance(product_name, dict) and "name" in product_name:
         # Allow explicitly passing subset document
@@ -864,7 +975,7 @@ def get_representation_by_names(
             folder_id=folder_entity["id"],
             fields=["id"])
     if not product_entity:
-        return
+        return None
 
     if version_name == "hero":
         version_entity = ayon_api.get_hero_version_by_product_id(
@@ -876,7 +987,7 @@ def get_representation_by_names(
         version_entity = ayon_api.get_version_by_name(
             project_name, version_name, product_id=product_entity["id"])
     if not version_entity:
-        return
+        return None
 
     return ayon_api.get_representation_by_name(
         project_name, representation_name, version_id=version_entity["id"])
diff --git a/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/extract_usd_layer_contributions.py b/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/extract_usd_layer_contributions.py
index 0dc9a5e34d..9db8c49a02 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/extract_usd_layer_contributions.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/extract_usd_layer_contributions.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from operator import attrgetter
 import dataclasses
 import os
+import platform
 from typing import Any, Dict, List
 
 import pyblish.api
@@ -179,6 +180,8 @@ def get_instance_uri_path(
 
         # Ensure `None` for now is also a string
         path = str(path)
+        if platform.system().lower() == "windows":
+            path = path.replace("\\", "/")
 
     return path