# App created by anna-app dev stays hidden after review and publish **URL:** \ **Category:** Developers\ **Created:** [May 26, 2026, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.anna.partners/t/app-created-by-anna-app-dev-stays-hidden-after-review-and-publish/41 "2026-05-26T10:04:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HappyLight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7feea3/32.png) [@HappyLight](https://forum.anna.partners/u/HappyLight)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2026, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.anna.partners/t/app-created-by-anna-app-dev-stays-hidden-after-review-and-publish/41/1 "2026-05-26T10:04:21Z")
Hi Anna team, I found a more specific cause for the App Center visibility issue I mentioned earlier. It looks like the app I published was originally auto-created by local development, not created manually from a clean production app record. **Summary** `anna-ppt-app` shows as reviewed and `published` in the Developer Console, and its version also shows as `published` with a `bundle_ready` UI bundle. However, it does not appear in the App Center. My current suspicion is that apps initially registered by `anna-app dev --slug ...` are hidden from the App Center even if they are later completed, submitted for review, approved, and published. **App details** - App name: `anna-ppt-app` - Slug: `anna-ppt-app` - Category: `productivity` - App version: `0.1.0` - Developer Console app status: `published` - Version status: `published` - UI bundle status: `bundle_ready` - Latest version marker: `0.1.0` is marked as `latest` **How this app was created** 1. During local development, I started the app with: 2. This automatically created an app record in the Developer Console. 3. Later, I reused that same app record instead of creating a new one manually. 4. I filled in the listing metadata, uploaded/finalized the UI bundle, created version `0.1.0`, submitted it for review, and it was approved/published. **Expected result** After review approval and publishing, I expected the app to become visible in the App Center just like an app created directly through the Developer Console. **Actual result** The Developer Console shows the app and version as `published`, but the App Center at `https://staging.anna.partners/apps` still only shows `Anna Research`. `anna-ppt-app` is not visible in the all/productivity views or through search. **Question** Is this expected behavior for app records originally created by `anna-app dev --slug`? If dev-created app records are intentionally excluded from App Center listing, could the Developer Console make that state visible or prevent submitting/publishing those records? Also, is there a supported way to convert this existing app record into a store-visible app, or should I create a brand-new app from the Developer Console and avoid reusing the dev-created record? I can share screenshots of the Developer Console state if useful. ---
**Author:** ![hunter](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex033/user_avatar/forum.anna.partners/hunter/32/8_2.png) [@hunter](https://forum.anna.partners/u/hunter)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 6:33am UTC](https://forum.anna.partners/t/app-created-by-anna-app-dev-stays-hidden-after-review-and-publish/41/2 "2026-05-27T06:33:27Z")
Hi, Thanks for the detailed write-up — you’re right, and this is a bug on our side, not intended behavior. Root cause. Apps created by `anna-app dev --slug` … are flagged `is_dev=True` in our database. The App Center listing query intentionally filters out `is_dev=True` records as a safety net so dev placeholders never leak into the public store. Our design called for the publish flow to flip that flag back to `is_dev=False` once an app goes through real review, but that flip was never actually implemented — so any app that started life via `anna-app dev` stays invisible in the App Center even after being approved and published. That’s exactly what you’re seeing with anna-ppt-app. Fix. We’ve patched the publish path so that publishing a version now clears the` is_dev` flag automatically. The fix will ship in the next anna deploy. Going forward. Reusing the dev-created record is supported and is the right thing to do — you should not have to create a parallel app from scratch. We’ll also look at surfacing the dev-placeholder state more clearly in the Developer Console so this is less surprising next time. Sorry for the friction, and thanks for the clean repro — it made this trivial to pin down. ---
**Author:** ![hunter](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex033/user_avatar/forum.anna.partners/hunter/32/8_2.png) [@hunter](https://forum.anna.partners/u/hunter)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 6:33am UTC](https://forum.anna.partners/t/app-created-by-anna-app-dev-stays-hidden-after-review-and-publish/41/3 "2026-05-27T06:33:37Z")
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**Author:** ![hunter](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex033/user_avatar/forum.anna.partners/hunter/32/8_2.png) [@hunter](https://forum.anna.partners/u/hunter)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 11:07am UTC](https://forum.anna.partners/t/app-created-by-anna-app-dev-stays-hidden-after-review-and-publish/41/4 "2026-05-27T11:07:02Z")