Your Bolt app is broken and you need it fixed — here are your real options.
If your Bolt app is broken, you have three realistic options: hire a rescue agency or freelancer for a one-time fix (agencies start around $2,500), put one on a monthly retainer ($1,000–$3,499), or use continuous monitoring like Nightlamp ($79–$279 per month), where on diagnosis tiers an engineer finds the root cause and sends a step-by-step fix recipe. Many Bolt breakages live in the deploy seam — the free guide below covers the common ones.
Try fixing it yourself first — the free guide
Most Bolt breakages trace back to a short, known list, and you can work through it in an afternoon. Before you pay anyone, run the checks in this free guide — they're the same first steps our engineers take:
Rescue is the ER. Monitoring is primary care.
A rescue agency is an emergency room: you arrive already in pain, they fix this one break, you pay emergency prices, and nothing watches the app afterwards — so you'll be back. Primary care works the other way: your app's key flows (checkout, login, forms, webhooks) are checked continuously, and when one breaks a real engineer diagnoses it and sends you the fix — usually before your customers notice. Both are legitimate. The question is whether you want to pay for this incident, or prevent the next one from becoming an emergency at all.
What fixing a broken Bolt app actually costs
| Option | Who | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| One-time emergency fix | Rescue agencies (e.g. RapidDev) | from ~$2,500 per fix | A team parachutes in, fixes this one break, and leaves. Nothing watches the app afterwards. |
| Ongoing rescue retainer | Maintenance retainers (e.g. Afterbuild at $3,499 / mo) | $1,000–$3,499 / mo | A standing agreement with an agency that knows your app. Strong for ongoing build work; priced like it. |
| Fractional CTO | Part-time technical leadership | $3,000–$15,000 / mo | Strategic technical ownership. Overkill if what you need is incident detection and a fix for this break. |
| Continuous monitoring + human diagnosis | Nightlamp | $79–$279 / mo | Your key flows are watched around the clock; on diagnosis tiers (from $199/mo), a real engineer sends the root cause and a step-by-step fix recipe when one breaks. |
The agencies are not the enemy — for rebuilds and new features they're exactly who to call. If what you actually need is a rebuild or new features, that's hands-on build work — look to the StackBlitz/Bolt community and React/Supabase-experienced freelancers and studios. We'll tell you that in the diagnosis if it's the honest answer.
What we do — and what we don't
We do
- Watch your real flows — login, checkout, forms, webhooks, scheduled jobs — around the clock
- Diagnose the break and send a step-by-step fix recipe in plain English, written for your platform
- Respond fast on the Priority plan: first response within 5 minutes, 24/7, and root cause + fix recipe within 60 minutes — both contractual
- Walk you through the steps by email if you get stuck — the engineer who wrote the diagnosis answers
We don't
- Push code, log into your editor, or change your app for you
- Rebuild your app — for rebuilds and new features, your platform's agency ecosystem is the right tool
- Charge per incident — diagnosis is part of the subscription, not a $2,500 emergency line item
What if I can't apply the fix myself?
Every diagnosis ships as a step-by-step fix recipe written in plain English for your platform — built so a non-developer can follow it. If you're stuck anyway, reply to the diagnosis email and the engineer who wrote it walks you through the steps. What we don't do: push code, log into your editor, or rebuild your app. For hands-on build work, we'll point you to the Bolt developer and agency ecosystem.
Fixing a broken Bolt app — FAQ
How much does it cost to fix a broken Bolt app?
As of June 2026: rescue agencies charge from about $2,500 for a one-time fix, ongoing maintenance retainers run $1,000–$3,499 per month, and fractional CTOs run $3,000–$15,000 per month. Nightlamp takes a different shape — $79–$279 per month for continuous monitoring, with an engineer-written diagnosis and fix recipe on diagnosis tiers (from $199) when something breaks — including the deploy-seam issues (env vars, Supabase config, stale snapshots) where most Bolt apps break.
What if I can't apply the fix myself?
Every diagnosis ships as a step-by-step fix recipe written in plain English for your platform — built so a non-developer can follow it. If you're stuck anyway, reply to the diagnosis email and the engineer who wrote it walks you through the steps. What we don't do: push code, log into your editor, or rebuild your app.
Do you rebuild Bolt apps?
No. We diagnose what broke and send you the fix recipe; you or your builder ship the change. For rebuilds or new features, the Bolt community and React/Supabase freelancers and studios are the right tool — and a diagnosis in hand makes that engagement cheaper and faster.
Can I try fixing my Bolt app myself first?
Yes — our free Bolt troubleshooting guide covers the common deploy-seam failures (blank page after deploy, missing env vars, Supabase auth pointing at the wrong environment) with step-by-step checks. If it doesn't crack it, that's the situation the monitoring subscription exists for.
How fast do you respond when my Bolt app breaks?
On the Priority plan, first response within 5 minutes, 24/7 and root cause + fix recipe within 60 minutes — both contractual, backed by an automatic full-month credit if we miss them.
Stop finding out from customers.
Point Nightlamp at your Bolt app today — same-day setup, no card for the trial. The next time something breaks, you get a diagnosis and a fix recipe instead of a $2,500 invoice.