diff --git a/src/openedx_content/applets/publishing/api.py b/src/openedx_content/applets/publishing/api.py
index 07d0696b4..ae0c44c18 100644
--- a/src/openedx_content/applets/publishing/api.py
+++ b/src/openedx_content/applets/publishing/api.py
@@ -474,6 +474,8 @@ def publish_from_drafts(
     By default, this will also publish all dependencies (e.g. unpinned children)
     of the Drafts that are passed in.
     """
+    if DraftChangeLogContext.get_active_draft_change_log(learning_package_id) is not None:
+        raise ValidationError("Cannot publish while in bulk_draft_changes_for().")
     if published_at is None:
         published_at = datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc)
 
diff --git a/tests/openedx_content/applets/publishing/test_api.py b/tests/openedx_content/applets/publishing/test_api.py
index 157c091a7..9600b1d0a 100644
--- a/tests/openedx_content/applets/publishing/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/openedx_content/applets/publishing/test_api.py
@@ -2533,3 +2533,39 @@ def test_create_version_rejects_cross_package_dependencies(self) -> None:
                 created_by=None,
                 dependencies=[entity_in_lp2.id],
             )
+
+    def test_publish_functions_rejected_inside_bulk_draft_changes_for(self) -> None:
+        """
+        publish_all_drafts() and publish_from_drafts() must not be callable
+        from within a bulk_draft_changes_for() context.
+
+        bulk_draft_changes_for() opens a DraftChangeLog for accumulating draft
+        edits; running a publish inside it mixes draft-change bookkeeping with
+        publish bookkeeping in the same atomic block, which corrupts the
+        ordering of DraftChangeLog vs. PublishLog records and can leave Drafts
+        and Published rows out of sync if the outer context later raises.
+        """
+        entity = publishing_api.create_publishable_entity(
+            self.learning_package_1.id,
+            "entity_for_bulk_publish_check",
+            created=self.now,
+            created_by=None,
+        )
+        publishing_api.create_publishable_entity_version(
+            entity.id,
+            version_num=1,
+            title="Entity v1",
+            created=self.now,
+            created_by=None,
+        )
+
+        with pytest.raises(ValidationError, match="Cannot publish while in bulk_draft_changes_for()."):
+            with publishing_api.bulk_draft_changes_for(self.learning_package_1.id):
+                publishing_api.publish_all_drafts(self.learning_package_1.id)
+
+        with pytest.raises(ValidationError, match="Cannot publish while in bulk_draft_changes_for()."):
+            with publishing_api.bulk_draft_changes_for(self.learning_package_1.id):
+                publishing_api.publish_from_drafts(
+                    self.learning_package_1.id,
+                    Draft.objects.filter(entity__learning_package_id=self.learning_package_1.id),
+                )