AI App Rescue — stabilize your broken or stalled vibe-coded app.
Your Lovable, Bolt.new, or Base44 app worked in the demo and broke in production. We fix the bugs, close the security holes, and stabilize the codebase — without a full rewrite. Fixed-price quote after a free audit, not an hourly meter.
The demo worked. Production found the cracks.
AI app rescue is the process of auditing, stabilizing, and hardening an AI-generated codebase that broke, stalled, or failed once it reached real users — without discarding the working code and starting over. Most vibe-coded apps stall at the same point: functional in the demo, unstable under real accounts, real payments, and real traffic, with the original AI coding agent unable to make further progress on its own.
The pattern shows up in the data. A scan of over 1,400 vibe-coded production apps found 65% had security issues and 58% carried at least one critical vulnerability. An analysis of 8.1 million pull requests found technical debt increases 30–41% after teams adopt AI coding tools — and the debt accumulates invisibly, because the code passes basic tests and looks reasonable on review while errors concentrate in authentication, payment logic, and edge cases that only surface under real load.
Our rescue fixes that gap in priority order. We read the code, run the app, and fix the highest-risk issues first — then stabilize, test, and document the rest, so you keep your users, your data, and your momentum instead of starting over.
- Free repo audit
- Security score, findings, and a fixed quote before any work starts.
- Priority-order fixes
- Critical bugs and security holes closed first, always.
- No full rewrite
- Working features stay working throughout the rescue.
- Fixed-price scope
- Quoted from the audit findings, not an hourly rate.
6 signs your app needs an AI app rescue.
One of these on its own is a warning. Two or more means production is already at risk.
One fix creates 2 new bugs
HighYou're stuck in a loop where every patch breaks something else — interdependent code generated without a clear architecture, so a change in one file has side effects nobody documented.
The AI tool stopped making progress
MediumYou've explained the same bug to the AI agent more than 5 times and it keeps producing the same broken fix. The AI has run out of context on your codebase and needs a person to read the actual code.
Auth or payments have been exploited
CriticalA user has accessed another user's data, or a payment has gone through without proper validation. These are the 2 areas AI builders get wrong most often, and the ones that carry real financial and legal risk.
The app works solo but fails with real traffic
CriticalFeatures that pass a demo break once multiple users hit the app at the same time. Race conditions and state-management bugs rarely show up until concurrent, real-world usage exposes them.
No developer wants to touch the code
HighFreelancers and in-house developers decline the project after a first look at the repo. Undocumented, duplicated, or inconsistent AI-generated code is expensive to reason about, so most price it as a rewrite instead of a fix.
You're raising funding or onboarding enterprise clients
HighInvestors and enterprise buyers now ask for a security review of AI-built products before committing. An unaudited vibe-coded app is a common reason technical due diligence stalls a deal.
Rescue or rewrite? We tell you after the audit.
Most apps qualify for a rescue. A full rewrite is the exception, not the default.
| AI App Rescue | Full Rewrite | |
|---|---|---|
| Approach | Fix and stabilize the existing codebase in priority order. | Discard the existing code and rebuild from scratch. |
| Existing users & data | Kept intact, along with integrations. | Migration required; higher disruption risk. |
| Typical timeline | 2 to 4 weeks, fixed scope. | 8 to 16 weeks. |
| Cost | Lower than a rebuild in the large majority of audits. | Higher cost and longer timeline. |
| Right fit when | The core architecture is sound. | Compliance or scale requirements demand it, or the architecture can't support your target scale. |
9 fixes every rescue audit checks for.
The exact areas AI coding agents get wrong most often.
Authentication & session hardening
Session validation, token expiry, and rate limiting added where the original build allowed session hijacking or unlimited login attempts.
Payment & webhook verification
Stripe or other payment webhooks checked for signature verification, preventing unauthenticated requests from crediting fake payments.
Database access-control audit
Row-level security and permission rules reviewed table by table, closing the gaps that let one user's data leak into another's request.
Race condition & state-bug fixes
Concurrency bugs that only appear under real multi-user load, reproduced, isolated, and locked in behind a regression test.
Duplicated code & architecture cleanup
Repeated logic consolidated into shared, documented modules, reducing the surface area future bugs can hide in.
Test coverage & regression tests
Automated tests written around the behavior users actually depend on, so a future fix can't silently break a working feature again.
Performance & load optimization
Slow queries, unindexed database calls, and unnecessary re-renders fixed so the app holds up as usage grows.
Documentation & tech-debt roadmap
Change logs and a prioritized technical-debt roadmap delivered so your team can extend the codebase without reverse-engineering it.
Deployment & monitoring setup
Error tracking and uptime monitoring configured, so the next issue is caught before users report it.
Proof, not promises.
The same audit-first, rebuild-the-foundation discipline behind every rescue.
Full-Stack Rebuild · Legacy Migration · Cloud & DevOps
BeesApp: a broken multi-framework patchwork rebuilt into a 99.9%-uptime platform serving Saudi Arabia
BeesApp came to Hoop with a system stitched together across PHP, Django, and Vue.js — three frameworks patched by different builders, each holding together just long enough to demo. We audited first, then rebuilt the platform on Next.js, Flutter, and FastAPI: 120+ API endpoints, a 74% faster load time, and a 40% lower server cost. The same audit-first, keep-what-works discipline is what we apply to a Lovable, Bolt.new, or Base44 app that broke in production.
Read the case studyThe bleeding stops before anything else moves.
A rescue has one job in its first week: find and close whatever is actively putting users, data, or payments at risk. Everything else can wait a few days. That can't.
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Audit before quote, every time
We never price a rescue from a description. We read the repo, run the app, and quote a fixed price against actual findings — you keep the audit report even if you don't proceed.
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Critical fixes verified against your live app
Every fix is tested against the running application, not just against a local copy — so a fix that works on our machine but not in your production environment never ships.
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Your feature roadmap doesn't freeze
Stabilization happens module by module, behind tests, without blocking new feature work your team needs to keep shipping.
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Development and marketing under one roof
Once your app is stable, the same team can run its SEO, paid acquisition, and growth marketing — no second agency has to learn your product from zero.
How a rescue actually works.
5 phases, from first audit call to a documented, production-ready handover.
Free audit call
Send the repo as-is: half-finished branches, hardcoded keys, console logs. We tell you what it needs on the call, no pitch.
30 minutes, no obligationCode & security audit
Full read-through, live-edge-case testing, and a vulnerability scan. You get a written report with severity-ranked findings.
3 to 5 business daysStabilize critical issues
Security holes and data-integrity bugs fixed first, each one tested against the live application before moving to the next.
Highest-risk items firstRefactor & test
Remaining findings resolved module by module, with regression tests added around every fix to prevent repeat bugs.
No disruptive parallel rebuildDocument & hand over
Change logs, a tech-debt roadmap, and full documentation delivered so your team owns the codebase outright.
30-day post-launch supportWhat a rescue typically costs.
Fixed-price by codebase size and severity — confirmed after the free audit, never before, and never billed hourly.
- Investment
- From $299
- Scope
- Single-feature app, under 5k LOC
- Turnaround
- 3 days
- Output
- Written severity-ranked report
- Commitment
- None — report is yours
- Investment
- $1,500–$8,000
- Scope
- Multi-feature SaaS, 5k–25k LOC
- Timeline
- 2–4 weeks
- Covers
- Security, critical bugs, core tests
- Pricing
- Fixed after audit
- Investment
- $8,000–$25,000+
- Scope
- Larger codebases
- Data
- Multi-tenant isolation
- Integrations
- Deep third-party
- Compliance
- Requirements addressed
Every rescue comes complete.
No partial patches. Every rescue delivers a documented, tested, production-ready codebase.
- Full codebase & security audit
- Read line by line, not scanned by a tool alone.
- Severity-ranked findings report
- Yours to keep even if you don't proceed.
- Critical fixes verified live
- Tested against your running application.
- Regression test suite
- Locks in fixes so old bugs don't return.
- Architecture cleanup
- Duplicated code consolidated, structure documented.
- Performance optimization
- Faster response times under real load.
- Monitoring & alerting setup
- Errors caught before users report them.
- Documentation & tech-debt roadmap
- Change logs your team can act on.
- 30-day post-launch support
- Included on every rescue engagement.
- Fixed-scope pricing
- Quoted upfront, no hourly meter running.
Rescue work for every kind of builder.
From solo founders to teams under investor or enterprise scrutiny.
Startups & Founders
Stabilize an MVP before the next funding round.
SaaS & Tech
Fix production incidents without pausing feature work.
Ecommerce & Marketplaces
Close payment and checkout vulnerabilities fast.
Non-Technical Founders
A technical partner to own code you can't review.
Agencies & Consultants
White-label rescue work for client apps.
Fintech
Compliance-aware review of payment and financial logic.
Pre-Funding Startups
Pass technical due diligence with a clean audit.
Internal Tools
Base44 and Lovable business tools hardened for real teams.
Related services.
The rest of the vibe coding cluster and services a rescue often leads into.
Vibe Coding Agency
The full cluster of AI app build, rescue, and migration services.
ExploreAI Prototype to Production
For a working demo that needs finishing, not fixing.
ExploreCybersecurity Services
Security audits and hardening beyond a single codebase.
ExploreWebsite Security Audit
The same discipline applied to a live site.
ExploreQA Testing
The regression coverage a rescue puts in place.
ExploreSoftware Maintenance
Keeping a stabilized codebase healthy afterward.
ExploreDevOps Services
Deployment safety and monitoring after the rescue.
ExploreCustom Software Development
When the audit genuinely calls for a rebuild.
ExploreAI app rescue questions
The questions asked before every rescue engagement — answered directly.
Yes. Hoop Interactive rescues apps built on Lovable, Bolt.new, Base44, and general AI coding assistants like Cursor. Every rescue starts with a codebase audit that identifies the platform-specific issues each builder tends to leave behind, before any fix is scoped or priced.
No. A rescue preserves working features by design — the entire method is to stabilize what already works while fixing what doesn't. Every fix is tested against the live application before it ships, and regression tests are added around existing behavior to catch any accidental break before it reaches users.
A repo audit starts at $299; a standard rescue for a multi-feature SaaS app typically runs $1,500 to $8,000; complex or enterprise rescues with deep integrations run $8,000 to $25,000 or more. The exact price is fixed and confirmed after the audit, based on codebase size and the number and severity of issues found — never billed hourly.
Start with the audit if you're launching to real users or handling payments, and reserve a targeted fix for a single, isolated issue in an app you've already had reviewed. A quick fix addresses one known problem; a full audit surfaces the issues you don't yet know about, which is where most production incidents originate.
Yes. Undocumented, duplicated, or inconsistent AI-generated code is exactly what our rescue process is built to take on. Send the repository as it stands — half-finished branches, hardcoded keys, missing documentation included — and the audit maps the architecture and finds the fastest safe path to stable.
We tell you directly and recommend prototype-to-production or a fresh custom build instead of a rescue. This is uncommon — most vibe-coded apps qualify for a rescue — but when the architecture genuinely can't support your target scale or compliance needs, proceeding with a rescue anyway would waste your budget, so we say so upfront.
Yes. You own 100% of the code, documentation, and infrastructure after the rescue, with no ongoing dependency on Hoop to maintain it. Handover includes change logs and a technical-debt roadmap, so your own team or any other developer can extend the codebase without reverse-engineering it first.
Yes. Hoop Interactive runs software development and digital marketing under one roof, so the same team that stabilizes your app can also run its SEO, paid advertising, and growth strategy once it's live. This removes the handoff to a second agency that has to learn your product from scratch before it can market it.