Bubble · Public app is hostile
A bubbleapps.io share or an unlocked Live deploy is already a threat model: privacy rules that fail open, unmetered workflows, and plugin keys travel with anyone who can open the editor. Before ads, enforce rules on every load-bearing data type, cap Workload Units, disable public Data API, and rotate leaked API Connector values. Campaigns wait until a stranger cannot read another user’s things from a guessed unique id.
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CodeCross LLC limits bubble-mvp-hardening to abuse on a public Bubble app: privacy rules that fail open, unmetered workflows that burn Workload Units, and plugin keys in the editor. Operators enforce rules at the data type, cap WU, and disable public Data API before ads. Campaigns wait until a stranger cannot read another user’s things from a guessed unique id.
How a shared Bubble URL gets abused
bubbleapps.io surfaces are easy to discover once linked in a tweet or README. Assume the URL is hostile until privacy rules, WU caps, and sharing ACLs say otherwise.
Bots probe public Data API. Workload Units burn on Bubble’s runtime before you buy a single ad.
Sharing ACLs that let app viewers open the editor or the plugin pane turn a demo into an incident.
Rotate anything that showed up in API Connector history. Separate personal laptop keys from the Live bag.
If you learn Development sleeps—or invoices spike—while pages still mutate Live, hardening failed before campaigns started.
The public-Bubble harden we actually run
Keep the MVP surface. Close the doors Bubble defaults leave open. Prefer a locked Live (or destination) URL for customers.
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Never rely on a hidden button. Restrict Data API. Disable public GUI exposure. Back up before traffic.
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Kill demo logins. Tighten Bubble sharing so app viewers cannot open the plugin pane. Auth callbacks match the public hostname you advertise.
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Cap recursive searches and paid-plugin spend. Alert on 5xx and WU spikes. Strangers should not be able to burn quota from the public Bubble URL.
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Document the model before campaigns. Hardening fails if page edits still mutate Live on launch day.
How to
Privacy rules, WU, and plugin keys on the hostname users will hit. Success is strangers unable to burn WU or read another user’s things from the public Bubble URL.
Step 01
Anonymous signup, Auth, and expensive workflows get rate limits. Debug pages close. Sharing ACLs stop exposing the plugin pane.
Step 02
Secrets only in Live env you control. Rotate anything that appeared in API Connector history. Separate developer personal keys from the Bubble project.
Step 03
Kill demo logins. Prefer a locked Live or destination URL for customers. Keep the editable Development app private.
Step 04
Database access belongs to privacy rules. Disable public Data API. Confirm a restore exists.
Step 05
State whether production uses Bubble Live or the extracted stack. Cap concurrency. Add a kill switch before campaigns.
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Tool-agnostic secrets and threat spine this Bubble harden specializes.
Bubble to production
The operated-Live pass if you need more than a public-URL harden.
Auth and data checklist
Session and tenancy this privacy-rule harden sits beside.
Proof dashboard
Named charts and methodology for the headline numbers.
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If workflow rhythm stays and only Live ACLs need to move.
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Bring the public Bubble URL and who can open the plugin pane.
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Anonymous callers hammer signup, Auth, and expensive workflows; bots probe public Data API; and “anyone with the link” shares expose privacy-rule gaps or the plugin pane. bubbleapps.io surfaces are easy to discover once linked in a tweet or README. Assume the URL is hostile until privacy rules, WU caps, and sharing ACLs say otherwise.
Rules on every load-bearing data type that reject a guessed unique id—never a hidden button, chat note, or client-only condition. Rotate anything that appeared in API Connector history. Restrict Data API; disable public GUI exposure; and back up before traffic. Separate developer personal keys from the Live plugin bag.
Require real sessions or tokens on mutating workflows; kill demo logins. Tighten Bubble sharing so app viewers cannot open the editor or the plugin pane. Prefer a locked Live (or destination) URL for customers and keep the editable Development app private. Auth callbacks must match the public hostname you advertise.
State whether production uses Bubble Live or the extracted stack on owned CI. Cap Workload Units and paid-plugin spend; add a kill switch. Alert on 5xx and WU spikes. Hardening fails if launch day is the first time you learn Development sleeps or invoices spike while pages still mutate Live.
Bring the share link and the privacy-rule list. We will name the abuse path that would burn WU in week one — or tell you rules already fail closed.
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