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Magento 2.4.0 installation fails with outdated stores cache

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This article provides a solution for the issue where your Magento 2.4.0 installation fails with the error message " The default website isn't defined. Set the website and try again. " displayed in the console.

Affected products and versions

  • Magento Commerce Cloud 2.4.0.
  • Magento Commerce 2.4.0.

Issue

Prerequisites A third-party extension with dependencies on APIs for the Store module in CLI commands is configured as required in composer.json .

During the installation of Magento 2.4.0 this causes the installation to fail with an error message " The default website isn't defined. Set the website and try again. " displayed in the console.

Cause

The issue appears for the third-party extensions which have dependencies on stores in their CLI commands. One is Amazon Sales Channels.

Solution

Before the installation of Magento 2.4.0 merchants have to:

  1. Remove these third-party extensions from composer.json .
  2. Install Magento without extensions.
  3. Add the extensions after the installation.

The issue will be fixed in the scope of 2.4.1 release.

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