diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ApplicationsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ApplicationsController.php
index b1ca08051..a08143022 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ApplicationsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ApplicationsController.php
@@ -847,11 +847,15 @@ public function create_dockerimage_application(Request $request)
         return $this->create_application($request, 'dockerimage');
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Use POST /api/v1/services instead. This endpoint creates a Service, not an Application and is an unstable duplicate of POST /api/v1/services.
+     */
     #[OA\Post(
-        summary: 'Create (Docker Compose)',
-        description: 'Create new application based on a docker-compose file.',
+        summary: 'Create (Docker Compose) (Deprecated)',
+        description: 'Create new application based on a docker-compose file (without git).',
         path: '/applications/dockercompose',
         operationId: 'create-dockercompose-application',
+        deprecated: true,
         security: [
             ['bearerAuth' => []],
         ],
diff --git a/routes/api.php b/routes/api.php
index aaf7d794b..8ff1fd1cc 100644
--- a/routes/api.php
+++ b/routes/api.php
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@
     Route::post('/applications/private-deploy-key', [ApplicationsController::class, 'create_private_deploy_key_application'])->middleware(['api.ability:write']);
     Route::post('/applications/dockerfile', [ApplicationsController::class, 'create_dockerfile_application'])->middleware(['api.ability:write']);
     Route::post('/applications/dockerimage', [ApplicationsController::class, 'create_dockerimage_application'])->middleware(['api.ability:write']);
+
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Use POST /api/v1/services instead. This endpoint creates a Service, not an Application and is a unstable duplicate of POST /api/v1/services.
+     */    
     Route::post('/applications/dockercompose', [ApplicationsController::class, 'create_dockercompose_application'])->middleware(['api.ability:write']);
 
     Route::get('/applications/{uuid}', [ApplicationsController::class, 'application_by_uuid'])->middleware(['api.ability:read']);