diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog.txt b/doc/ChangeLog.txt
index fea750c3..b0777737 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ pin activities for power analysis.
 
 The report_cell command has been removed; use report_instance.
 
+The read_liberty command latch inference (see OpenSTA.pdf) is now disabled by default.
+The -no_latch_infer flag is deprecated.
+To enable latch inference, use the -infer_latches flag.
+
 Release 2.3.3 2022/09/24
 -------------------------
 
diff --git a/doc/OpenSTA.odt b/doc/OpenSTA.odt
index 98a03814..cadcc78f 100644
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diff --git a/doc/OpenSTA.pdf b/doc/OpenSTA.pdf
index a99d3a7f..ea9aca4c 100644
Binary files a/doc/OpenSTA.pdf and b/doc/OpenSTA.pdf differ
diff --git a/liberty/Liberty.cc b/liberty/Liberty.cc
index 4ed08ec1..dea3e49b 100644
--- a/liberty/Liberty.cc
+++ b/liberty/Liberty.cc
@@ -1301,8 +1301,7 @@ LibertyCell::finish(bool infer_latches,
   makeTimingArcPortMaps();
   findDefaultCondArcs();
   makeLatchEnables(report, debug);
-  if (infer_latches
-      && !interface_timing_)
+  if (infer_latches)
     inferLatchRoles(debug);
 }
 
diff --git a/liberty/LibertyWriter.cc b/liberty/LibertyWriter.cc
index 87792688..6d6a7b80 100644
--- a/liberty/LibertyWriter.cc
+++ b/liberty/LibertyWriter.cc
@@ -273,6 +273,8 @@ LibertyWriter::writeCell(const LibertyCell *cell)
     fprintf(stream_, "    area : %.3f \n", area);
   if (cell->isMacro())
     fprintf(stream_, "    is_macro : true;\n");
+  if (cell->interfaceTiming())
+    fprintf(stream_, "    interface_timing : true;\n");
 
   LibertyCellPortIterator port_iter(cell);
   while (port_iter.hasNext()) {
diff --git a/search/MakeTimingModel.cc b/search/MakeTimingModel.cc
index fa168456..6cbae47e 100644
--- a/search/MakeTimingModel.cc
+++ b/search/MakeTimingModel.cc
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ void
 MakeTimingModel::makeCell()
 {
   cell_ = lib_builder_->makeCell(library_, cell_name_, filename_);
+  cell_->setInterfaceTiming(true);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/tcl/Liberty.tcl b/tcl/Liberty.tcl
index e91cb9f0..9c5ef0f7 100644
--- a/tcl/Liberty.tcl
+++ b/tcl/Liberty.tcl
@@ -23,13 +23,16 @@ define_cmd_args "read_liberty" \
 
 proc_redirect read_liberty {
   parse_key_args "read_liberty" args keys {-corner} \
-    flags {-min -max -no_latch_infer}
+    flags {-min -max -no_latch_infer -infer_latches}
   check_argc_eq1 "read_liberty" $args
 
   set filename [file nativename [lindex $args 0]]
   set corner [parse_corner keys]
   set min_max [parse_min_max_all_flags flags]
-  set infer_latches [expr ![info exists flags(-no_latch_infer)]]
+  if { [info exists flags(-no_latch_infer)] } {
+    sta_warn 625 "-no_latch_infer is deprecated."
+  }
+  set infer_latches [info exists flags(-infer_latches)]
   read_liberty_cmd $filename $corner $min_max $infer_latches
 }