Publish app using tunnel not working

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Hey there,

We have been using in our dev, pre and pro environments the new approach of using tunnels for openai apps.

We are now ready to publish our app to the users but the submission form does not have any option to select a tunnel in order to publish the app.

Is this intentional? What’s the purpose of using tunnels to secure connections if not?

Thanks.

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Hi there. Yeah, this is fairly intentional.

The goal of the secure tunnel is to allow you to access your own infrastructure without exposing it to the entire internet, which is antithetical to being able to publish the app. If your goal is to publish an app to the app directory, you’ll need a public URL for it.