TL;DR: moto 5 deleted the per-service decorators like mock_dynamodb. Replace `from moto import mock_dynamodb` with `from moto import mock_aws`, and swap the @mock_dynamodb decorator for @mock_aws.

```text
from moto import mock_dynamodb
E   ImportError: cannot import name 'mock_dynamodb' from 'moto'
```

## Fix it

1. Change the import: from moto import mock_aws. Expected: imports cleanly.
2. Change decorators: @mock_aws instead of @mock_dynamodb (it mocks all services). Expected: tests pass.
3. Grep the suite for other removed decorators: mock_s3, mock_sqs, mock_ssm all became mock_aws. Expected: none left.
4. If you must stay on old decorators short-term: pip install "moto<5". Expected: mock_dynamodb works again, but you miss fixes.

## When this applies
- The import of mock_dynamodb (or mock_s3, mock_sqs, ...) fails and moto is 5.x.

## When it doesn't
- moto is 4.x: the old decorators exist; something else is wrong.
- The import works but mocks do nothing: check decorator placement and scope.

## Compatibility
- moto >= 5.0. For 1.x-4.x, mock_dynamodb still exists.

## Why it happens
moto unified dozens of per-service decorators into one mock_aws to simplify maintenance. The old names were removed, not deprecated, in 5.0.

## Edge cases
- mock_aws mocks every service, which can surprise tests that relied on unmocked calls failing; scope tests accordingly.
- The breaking-change list lives in moto's release docs; check it before any major moto upgrade.

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