diff --git a/packages/functions-compiler/README.md b/packages/functions-compiler/README.md
index 6789d491..f33c0a2f 100644
--- a/packages/functions-compiler/README.md
+++ b/packages/functions-compiler/README.md
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ Two consumers share this one engine:
 
 ## Status and scope
 
-Internal to Base44 — published **restricted**, and the CLI bundles it at build
-time so end users never install it. It compiles functions and nothing else:
-shard planning, size splitting, artifact writing, version creation and deploy
-all live above it.
+Internal to Base44 — published **public** so apper's bundler service can install
+it, but it is not a supported public API: the CLI bundles it at build time so
+end users never install it, and it carries no compatibility promise to anyone
+outside this repo. It compiles functions and nothing else: shard planning, size
+splitting, artifact writing, version creation and deploy all live above it.
 
 The package carries no credentials and reads no configuration of its own. It
 names the environment variables and headers the generated worker will use at
diff --git a/packages/functions-compiler/package.json b/packages/functions-compiler/package.json
index 270a31b5..10513db3 100644
--- a/packages/functions-compiler/package.json
+++ b/packages/functions-compiler/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "description": "Production compiler for Base44 backend functions — turns function sources into a single Cloudflare Workers module.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "publishConfig": {
-    "access": "restricted"
+    "access": "public"
   },
   "type": "module",
   "exports": {