Admin can't create order/reorder when Braintree payment enabled

This article provides a patch for the Adobe Commerce 2.4.5 issue where an Admin user can't create orders nor reorders for customers when the Braintree payment method is enabled.

Affected products and versions

• Adobe Commerce on cloud infrastructure 2.4.5
• Adobe Commerce on-premises 2.4.5
• Magento Open Source 2.4.5

Issue

Steps to reproduce:

1. The core Braintree integration is used (Stores > Configurations > Sales > Payment Method > Braintree).
2. Using Luma Storefront, place an order.
3. Go to Admin UI > Sales.
4. Either try to create a new order for a customer, or go to a previously placed order and click on Reorder.

Expected result:

Admin users can successfully create orders and reorders for customers when the Braintree payment method is enabled.

Actual result:

Admin users can't create orders nor reorders for customers when the Braintree payment method is enabled, and returns the following error:

report.CRITICAL: Error: Call to a member function getMethodInstance() on null in /app/vendor/paypal/module-braintree-core/Block/Form.php:174

Cause

Incorrect class dependencies (vendor/paypal/module-braintree-core/Block/Form.php)

Solution

Apply the patch provided in this article.

Patch

The patch is attached to this article. To download it, click the following link:

BUNDLE-3137-composer.patch.zip

Compatible Adobe Commerce versions:

The patch was created for:

• Adobe Commerce on cloud infrastructure 2.4.5
• Adobe Commerce on-premises 2.4.5
• Magento Open Source 2.4.5

How to apply the patch

See How to apply a composer patch provided by Adobe in our support knowledge base for instructions.