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Broken after the upgrade? We roll it forward, not back.

When setup:upgrade leaves your store with a white screen, a composer deadlock, a failing di:compile, or a PHP 8.x TypeError — we reproduce it on a clone, root-cause the diff, and ship the fix as a reviewable git branch. Versions 2.4.4 to 2.4.9, PHP 8.1 to 8.4.

  • Emergency triage starts in under 4 hours
  • Reproduced on a clone — never debugged on your live store
  • Snapshot + rollback before any deploy
Fix-it-or-keep-working guarantee Stores in 8+ countries supported
  • < 4h Triage start

    Emergency upgrade breakages get a first response and a reproduction attempt within four hours.

  • 2.4.4–2.4.9 Versions covered

    Every supported Magento Open Source and Adobe Commerce release, on PHP 8.1 through 8.4.

  • Git-tracked Reviewable diffs

    Every fix lands on a branch with a diff you can review. Nothing touches your store untracked.

  • Rollback Safety net

    We snapshot before we touch anything. A failed upgrade can be reverted in minutes, not hours.

Common bugs we fix

Six things that break a Magento upgrade

Real, post-upgrade symptoms — with the actual error strings. If yours is not here, it is almost certainly a variant of one of these. See also our broader emergency e-commerce bug-fixing hub and urgent Magento bug-fixing.

  • Site broken after a 2.4.x upgrade

    White screen, 500, or admin login loop right after setup:upgrade. Usually a stale generated/, an un-flushed cache, or a module schema that did not finish.

  • Composer dependency conflicts

    Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages. A pinned dependency, an abandoned third-party package, or a PHP constraint blocks composer update.

  • Deprecated / removed API breaks an extension

    A class or method removed in the new release throws Class … does not exist or a deprecation fatal. Common when an old module calls APIs dropped between 2.4 minors.

  • Third-party extension incompatible

    A vendor module has no build for the target version, so the storefront or admin renders blank. We patch a compat bridge or guide a clean replacement.

  • setup:di:compile fails after upgrade

    Compilation was started. then a fatal — a bad di.xml preference, a missing constructor argument, or a removed proxy. The store will not deploy until compile passes.

  • PHP 8.x TypeError / deprecation fatals

    After bumping PHP, code throws TypeError on nullable arguments, Return value must be of type, or implicit-nullable deprecations. We make the codebase strict-types clean for 8.2–8.4.

How the fix works

Report → reproduce → root-cause → fix → deploy

Five steps, every time. You approve the diff before it touches production.

  1. 01

    Report the breakage

    You send the source and target versions, the exact error or log line, and how to reach a copy of the site. We confirm scope within four hours.

    Hour 0
  2. 02

    Reproduce on a clone

    We rebuild the failure on a staging clone or a local copy of your stack — same PHP, same Magento version — so we never debug on a live store.

    Hour 1 – 4
  3. 03

    Root-cause the diff

    We trace what the upgrade changed: removed APIs, schema deltas, composer constraints, or a third-party module. You get the actual cause, not a workaround.

    Same day
  4. 04

    Fix + regression test

    The fix lands on a git branch with a reviewable diff. We run setup:upgrade, di:compile, and a smoke test of checkout and admin to prove nothing else broke.

    Same / next day
  5. 05

    Deploy + verify

    We deploy in your maintenance window with a snapshot taken first, then verify the storefront, admin, cron, and indexers are healthy before we hand back.

    Your window
Pricing

Fixed prices, billed at $25/hr

Pick the tier that matches the breakage. Anything out of scope is quoted before work starts — never billed silently. Planning the whole jump instead of a fix? See the full Magento upgrade service.

  • Quick Fix

    $ 99 USD

    ~4h @ $25/hr · one well-defined upgrade bug

    Best for: A single, clear post-upgrade failure — one fatal, one broken page, one compile error — with staging access.

    • One well-defined post-upgrade bug
    • Reproduced on a clone first — never live
    • Root cause, not a workaround
    • Fix delivered as a reviewable git diff
    • Turnaround 24 – 48 hours
    Fix one upgrade bug
  • Emergency / Retainer

    Custom

    24/7 SLA · on-call upgrade support

    Best for: A store down in production after an upgrade, or a planned major version jump that needs a stabilization sprint and ongoing cover.

    • Everything in Bug-Fix Sprint, plus:
    • 24/7 emergency SLA, < 4h triage start
    • On-call engineer through the cutover window
    • Full $2,499 stabilization sprint (~100h @ $25/hr) option
    • Pre-upgrade audit + risk register
    • Monthly retainer for ongoing version upkeep
    Get emergency cover

Prices in USD at the canonical $25/hr rate. Quotes available in GBP / EUR / AUD / INR — ask in the bug report. The fix is the deliverable: if it does not resolve the scoped bug, we keep working at no extra charge.

Report your bug

Tell us what broke after the upgrade

Send the version pair and the exact error. Emergencies get a first response within four hours.

We will get back to you shortly.

What clients say

Stores we’ve pulled back from a bad upgrade

Five-star average across Upwork, Clutch and direct referrals. Real stores, real recoveries.

I had the pleasure of working with Kishan Savaliya on our Magento 2 project, and I was thoroughly impressed with his work.

I had the pleasure of working with Kishan Savaliya on our Magento 2 project, and I was thoroughly impressed with his work. Kishan is not just a Magento developer, he is a true professional who sets a high standard with his top-notch technical skills. His task was to install a...

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Mohammed AL-Mayahi

Kishan is a great magento developer and he was a great asset to our organization.

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Alfredo Rodriguez

Cronapis

Kishan is very talented in what he does.

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Omar Turmen

Oksygen

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Alrium

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FAQ

Post-upgrade questions, answered straight

My Magento site broke right after the upgrade. What do I do first?

Put the store into maintenance mode and stop running commands — repeated setup:upgrade attempts can deepen a half-applied schema. The most common cause of a break right after a 2.4.x upgrade is a stale generated/ directory plus an un-flushed cache: the autoloader is still pointing at old interceptors. The safe sequence is to clear generated/, re-run setup:di:compile, then cache:flush. If you would rather not touch a live store, send us the source and target versions and we reproduce it on a clone first.

How much does it cost to fix a Magento bug after an upgrade?

It depends on scope, billed at the canonical $25/hr:

  • Quick Fix — $99 (~4h): one well-defined post-upgrade bug, such as a single fatal or one broken page.
  • Bug-Fix Sprint — $499 (~20h): a batch of bugs, or one gnarly root cause like a composer deadlock or a removed-API cascade, with regression tests.
  • Emergency / Retainer — custom: 24/7 SLA and on-call cover; a full stabilization sprint runs $2,499 (~100h).

You see the quote before any work starts. No silent per-hour billing.

Composer says it cannot resolve dependencies during the upgrade. Can you fix it?

Yes — this is one of the most common upgrade blockers. The message Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages usually means a third-party module pins an old constraint, an abandoned package has no build for the new Magento metapackage, or a PHP version constraint clashes. We read the dependency tree, find the package that is actually blocking the resolve, and fix it by pinning a compatible version, swapping to a maintained fork, or patching the constraint. You get the corrected composer.json as a reviewable diff.

setup:di:compile fails after the upgrade. What is going on?

A di:compile failure after an upgrade almost always traces to one of a short list: a di.xml preference pointing at a class that was removed, a constructor argument that no longer exists, a plugin on a final or removed method, or a proxy for a deleted type. The store will not deploy until compile passes, so this is high priority. We read the compile fatal, trace it to the exact module and line, correct the type or argument, and re-run compile to prove it is clean before anything ships.

After bumping PHP I get TypeError and deprecation fatals. Can you make the code PHP 8.x clean?

Yes. Moving from PHP 8.1 toward 8.3 or 8.4 surfaces TypeError on nullable arguments, Return value must be of type mismatches, and implicit-nullable deprecations (function f(string $x = null) must become function f(?string $x = null)). We work through the fatals and deprecation log, make the affected code strict-types clean for the target PHP version, and confirm the store boots and runs cron and indexers without new warnings.

An extension throws "Class does not exist" after the upgrade. Why?

Because the upgrade removed or relocated an API the extension still calls. Magento deprecates classes and methods across 2.4 minors and eventually removes them; a module written for 2.4.4 may call something dropped by 2.4.9, producing Class … does not exist or a deprecation fatal at compile or runtime. We map the old call to its supported replacement, patch the extension (or bridge it), and verify the rendered output, so the module works on the new version instead of being disabled.

A third-party extension has no build for my new Magento version. What are my options?

Three options, in order of preference: (1) install the vendor’s official build for the target version if one exists; (2) patch a compatibility bridge so the existing module renders correctly on the new release; or (3) migrate to a maintained, Hyvä-friendly alternative when the original is abandoned. We audit every extension on the store against the target version, flag which path each one needs, and you approve the plan before work starts. Related: our Magento extension development service rebuilds modules cleanly when a bridge is not enough.

Do you work on staging or live? Can you fix it without breaking my store?

We reproduce on a clone first — never debug on a live store. The fix is built and tested on a staging copy or a local mirror of your exact stack (same PHP, same Magento version), lands on a git branch as a reviewable diff, and only then deploys to production in your maintenance window after we take a snapshot. That snapshot is the rollback: if anything is off, we revert in minutes. If you only have live access, our first step is to stand up a safe clone.

How fast can you fix a post-upgrade bug?

Emergency cases — a store down in production — get a first response and a reproduction attempt within four hours. A single well-defined bug typically turns around in 24 to 48 hours. A batch of bugs or one deep root cause runs as a sprint over a few days, depending on how much regression testing it needs. We confirm a realistic window when we scope your report, not a vague promise.

setup:upgrade or the schema upgrade is stuck. Can you recover it?

Yes. A setup:upgrade that hangs or half-applies usually leaves the setup_module and patch_list tables in a state where Magento thinks a step ran when it did not, or vice-versa. We inspect the module and patch version tables, reconcile them with what actually applied to the database, finish or roll back the pending schema change safely, and re-run the upgrade to a clean finish. This is delicate work, so we always take a database snapshot first.

My admin is broken or login loops after the upgrade. How do you fix it?

An admin that loops or 500s after an upgrade is usually a stale compiled generated/ directory, a broken admin theme or layout XML, a session/cookie domain mismatch, or a third-party admin module that did not survive the version jump. We clear and recompile the generated code, flush cache, check the admin URL and cookie config, and disable or bridge any admin module that is throwing. You get the working admin back plus a note on what caused it.

Is there a guarantee, and is this the same as a full upgrade service?

If a fix we ship does not resolve the bug it was scoped for, we keep working on it at no extra charge until it does — the fix is the deliverable, not the hours. This page is for fixing bugs that an upgrade caused; if you have not upgraded yet and want the whole jump planned and executed, that is our full Magento upgrade service, which this bug-fixing service complements. For broader emergencies see the emergency e-commerce bug-fixing hub, the urgent Magento bug-fixing page, or Magento 500 error fixing when the upgrade left a server error.

Still on a broken build?

Send the version pair and the error. We reproduce it on a clone, fix it on a branch, and verify before it touches production.

Report your bug