diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 58a7e27..660dd18 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,8 +21,18 @@ replacement or rewiring.
 
 ## Install
 
-Clone the public repository into ComfyUI's `custom_nodes` directory and restart
-ComfyUI:
+Install the immutable Registry release with Comfy CLI:
+
+```bash
+comfy node install etk-from-list-index@1.0.0
+```
+
+New Registry releases have a short pending security-scan window. During that
+window the exact version remains installable, but the `@latest` alias is not
+added to ComfyUI-Manager's active CNR index yet.
+
+Alternatively, clone the public repository into ComfyUI's `custom_nodes`
+directory and restart ComfyUI:
 
 ```bash
 git clone https://git.hoppingmadgames.com/hmg-comfy/ComfyUI_ETK_From_List_Index.git
diff --git a/tests/test_publish_release.py b/tests/test_publish_release.py
index 2b2a52b..b0cc8c7 100644
--- a/tests/test_publish_release.py
+++ b/tests/test_publish_release.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from io import BytesIO
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
@@ -56,3 +57,47 @@ def test_publish_keeps_token_out_of_arguments_and_environment(monkeypatch, tmp_p
     assert "private-token" not in repr(calls[1][0])
     assert "private-token" not in repr(publish_kwargs["env"])
     assert publish_kwargs["env"]["COMFY_NODE_CHANGELOG"] == "release notes"
+
+
+def test_registry_release_status_finds_exact_published_version(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
+    (tmp_path / "pyproject.toml").write_text(
+        '[project]\nname = "etk-from-list-index"\nversion = "1.0.0"\n',
+        encoding="utf-8",
+    )
+
+    class Response(BytesIO):
+        def __enter__(self):
+            return self
+
+        def __exit__(self, *args):
+            self.close()
+
+    payload = b'{"versions":[{"version":"1.0.0","status":"NodeVersionStatusPending"}]}'
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        publish_registry_release.urllib.request,
+        "urlopen",
+        lambda *args, **kwargs: Response(payload),
+    )
+
+    assert publish_registry_release.registry_release_status(tmp_path) == (
+        "etk-from-list-index",
+        "1.0.0",
+        "NodeVersionStatusPending",
+    )
+
+
+def test_pending_registry_status_does_not_claim_latest_is_ready(
+    monkeypatch, capsys, tmp_path
+):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        publish_registry_release,
+        "registry_release_status",
+        lambda source: ("etk-from-list-index", "1.0.0", "NodeVersionStatusPending"),
+    )
+
+    publish_registry_release.print_registry_install_status(tmp_path)
+
+    output = capsys.readouterr().out
+    assert "comfy node install etk-from-list-index@1.0.0" in output
+    assert "unavailable until" in output
+    assert "etk-from-list-index@latest" not in output
diff --git a/tools/publish_registry_release.py b/tools/publish_registry_release.py
index bd240e0..d50a33c 100755
--- a/tools/publish_registry_release.py
+++ b/tools/publish_registry_release.py
@@ -5,15 +5,22 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import argparse
 import getpass
+import json
 import os
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import tomllib
+import urllib.parse
+import urllib.request
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from tools.verify_manager_install import verify_manager_install
 
 
+REGISTRY_VERSIONS_URL = "https://api.comfy.org/versions"
+
+
 def publish_release(
     source: Path,
     *,
@@ -35,6 +42,41 @@ def publish_release(
     )
 
 
+def registry_release_status(source: Path) -> tuple[str, str, str]:
+    with (source / "pyproject.toml").open("rb") as stream:
+        project = tomllib.load(stream)["project"]
+    node_id = str(project["name"])
+    version = str(project["version"])
+    query = urllib.parse.urlencode(
+        {
+            "nodeId": node_id,
+            "include_status_reason": "true",
+            "pageSize": "100",
+        }
+    )
+    with urllib.request.urlopen(
+        f"{REGISTRY_VERSIONS_URL}?{query}", timeout=30
+    ) as response:
+        versions = json.load(response)["versions"]
+    release = next((item for item in versions if item.get("version") == version), None)
+    if release is None:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"Registry upload is not visible: {node_id}@{version}")
+    return node_id, version, str(release.get("status", "unknown"))
+
+
+def print_registry_install_status(source: Path) -> None:
+    node_id, version, status = registry_release_status(source)
+    print(f"REGISTRY VERSION STATUS: {node_id}@{version} {status}")
+    print(f"EXACT CNR INSTALL: comfy node install {node_id}@{version}")
+    if status != "NodeVersionStatusActive":
+        print(
+            "LATEST CNR ALIAS: unavailable until the Registry security scan "
+            "activates this version"
+        )
+    else:
+        print(f"LATEST CNR INSTALL: comfy node install {node_id}@latest")
+
+
 def main() -> int:
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument(
@@ -57,6 +99,7 @@ def main() -> int:
             token=token,
             changelog=args.changelog,
         )
+        print_registry_install_status(args.source.resolve())
     except (OSError, subprocess.CalledProcessError, RuntimeError) as exc:
         print(f"REGISTRY RELEASE FAILED: {exc}", file=sys.stderr)
         return 1