Lovable app not working anymore? The honest emergency guide

1. Every new feature breaks two old ones. The code runs, but a change in one place tears open things that used to work. That's the classic sign of missing architecture — there are no clear boundaries between the parts of the app.

2. The AI agent goes in circles. You explain the same problem for the third time, get a new variant each time — and in the end don't know which is right. The AI guesses instead of understanding the cause.

3. You no longer dare to go live. Not out of hesitation, but because nobody knows what will break on the next update. Missing tests make every release a gamble.

4. Login, payment or data misbehave. Exactly the spots that need access control are weakest in AI code — in our audit, not a single one of the authorization controls checked was met.

5. Something feels insecure. Often rightly so: keys visible in the browser, the database without protection, the .env file public. These are the most expensive mistakes — and checkable from the outside.

You don't have to be a developer to spot the most dangerous problems. Open your app in the browser, right-click „Inspect“ and look at the „Network“ and „Console“ tabs — if red errors or long keys appear there, that's a warning sign.

Even simpler: enter your public URL into the Rescue Scan. It checks externally visible signals across four areas — security (e.g. database keys readable in the browser, open .env files), architecture, privacy/GDPR and code hygiene — and returns a clear Go/Iterate/Stop result with an explanation.

It costs nothing, takes minutes, and you give us no access to code or database. For a deeper check — database access control, interfaces, outdated building blocks — you optionally connect your GitHub project with read-only access.

Not every broken app has to be rebuilt — and not every one can be economically rescued. The honest answer depends on the actual state, not on gut feeling.

Rough rule of thumb: if the foundation is fine — clear data models, a reasonably clean structure — and only a few spots are on fire, a rescue is usually the cheaper path. If access control, data model and architecture are fundamentally open, a targeted rebuild on top of what already works can end up cheaper than endless patching. More on this: from prototype to product and Lovable alternatives.

The Rescue Scan gives you the factual basis: a Go/Iterate/Stop result per area. If you then want a concrete, non-binding fixed-price offer for the rescue, you request it directly — no hourly rate, clear scope.