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Take the Base44 export past Publish App into a place you ship from

Publish App is where you proved the prompt-to-app boots — not where strangers should live without an owned tree. Own a ZIP or GitHub export, restrict server-side secrets, and put a start path on paper so someone else can ship with the editor closed. First useful cut on a real address — not cancel-the-project.

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In plain words

The short answer

To-production here means the export becomes the thing you ship from. Auth checks live where they matter, exposed secrets rotate and private values stay server-side, you can name which version is live, and you know how to undo a bad Publish App. Built-in hosting stays a studio option — not an unexamined finish line. A short note that people can trust the app is.

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What living on Publish App still hides

Prompt-to-app is great at a screen you can show

That is the right first job. The second job is what users feel when Auth fails or the SDK still owns data — whether you wrote it down or not.

  • Hiding a button is not the same as permission

    If a row is only hidden on the screen, someone can still ask for it another way. Production checks every read and write where it counts.

  • The panel is not a safe place for keys

    Keys that only exist in Base44 settings are not a safe home. Rotate anything that lived there.

  • Publish App is not a release record by itself

    Production answers: what changed, which export is live, what checks passed, and how to undo.

  • One-click Publish App is not a full ship process

    Reviewed export builds beat panel publish when uptime and second-engineer deploys matter.

The handoff we actually run

Score the prompt-built app as something people can rely on

Keep the screens. Stop relying on untested Publish App to run the app.

01

Map which entity and Auth paths still call Base44 after export

Document VITE_BASE44_* and connectors you will keep vs replace.

02

Move secrets onto the destination host

Fresh values. Named in a vault. Fail closed when missing.

03

Stand a start path that works with the editor closed

Second person can release a known Vite/React tree.

04

Name the primary journey and how to roll back

Signup → session → write. Prior version ready.

How to

How to take a Base44 export past Publish App into a real ship

Own export, secrets, and start. First useful ship — not a full exit.

  1. Step 01

    List what still only works because Publish App is live

    Panel secrets, App Visibility, SDK Auth.

  2. Step 02

    Own a ZIP/GitHub or eject of record

    Lockfiles pinned.

  3. Step 03

    Inject destination secrets and re-check Auth redirects

    Production domain only.

  4. Step 04

    Ship a known version with the editor closed

    Logs tag the release.

  5. Step 05

    Keep Publish App as studio until the facts say leave

    Document which model production uses.

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Why does a live Publish App still fail a ZIP-owned-host check?

It proves the prompt-to-app is live on built-in hosting. It does not prove you own a ZIP/GitHub export, can rotate secrets without every editor opening the panel, or can roll back without republishing from the UI. If the export still requires Base44 backends for Auth and data, you have a convenient host — not full ownership.

What must be true of export before a custom-domain cutover off Base44 hosting?

Pull ZIP or GitHub sync (and eject when you need local backend resources). Pin lockfiles; map env names; document which entities and connectors still call Base44. Auth redirects and App Visibility must list only the production origin. Code export is not row export — plan data moves separately.

How should built-in hosting vs owned host be chosen?

Use built-in hosting while prompt iteration risk is acceptable — and budget SDK lock-in. Prefer org Git from ZIP/GitHub plus a destination host when rollback and second-engineer deploys matter. Document which model production uses.

How do you prove a ZIP/eject ship without regenerating every screen?

Run signup → session → write on the custom domain with production secrets after export. Confirm Auth fails closed when env is wrong, and closing the editor does not stop the destination host — or that Base44-hosted prod is an explicit choice.

Keep the prompt-to-app. Stop treating Publish App as the finish line.

Bring entity schemas, Auth paths that still call Base44, and who can Publish App today. We put owned ship first — and we leave the panel as a studio until the facts say leave.

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