diff --git a/rules/CodeQuality/Rector/If_/CompleteMissingIfElseBracketRector.php b/rules/CodeQuality/Rector/If_/CompleteMissingIfElseBracketRector.php
index be8e73a7458..73892d533ae 100644
--- a/rules/CodeQuality/Rector/If_/CompleteMissingIfElseBracketRector.php
+++ b/rules/CodeQuality/Rector/If_/CompleteMissingIfElseBracketRector.php
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ public function refactor(Node $node): ?Node
 
         $oldTokens = $this->getFile()
             ->getOldTokens();
+
         if ($this->isIfConditionFollowedByOpeningCurlyBracket($node, $oldTokens)) {
             return null;
         }
diff --git a/src/PostRector/Rector/AbstractPostRector.php b/src/PostRector/Rector/AbstractPostRector.php
index 341100666b9..b12d58aeed9 100644
--- a/src/PostRector/Rector/AbstractPostRector.php
+++ b/src/PostRector/Rector/AbstractPostRector.php
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public function setFile(File $file): void
         $this->file = $file;
     }
 
-    public function getFile(): File
+    protected function getFile(): File
     {
         Assert::isInstanceOf($this->file, File::class);
 
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ protected function addRectorClassWithLine(Node $node): void
         Assert::isInstanceOf($this->file, File::class);
 
         $rectorWithLineChange = new RectorWithLineChange(static::class, $node->getStartLine());
-        $this->file->addRectorClassWithLine($rectorWithLineChange);
+        $this->getFile()
+            ->addRectorClassWithLine($rectorWithLineChange);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Rector/AbstractRector.php b/src/Rector/AbstractRector.php
index 63770a565f5..36ab2ae666d 100644
--- a/src/Rector/AbstractRector.php
+++ b/src/Rector/AbstractRector.php
@@ -99,24 +99,22 @@ public function autowire(
     }
 
     /**
-     * @final Avoid override to prevent unintended side-effects. Use enterNode() or @see \Rector\Contract\PhpParser\DecoratingNodeVisitorInterface instead.
+     * @return Node[]|null
      *
      * @internal
-     *
-     * @return Node[]|null
      */
-    public function beforeTraverse(array $nodes): ?array
+    final public function beforeTraverse(array $nodes): ?array
     {
-        // workaround for file around refactor()
-        $file = $this->currentFileProvider->getFile();
-        if (! $file instanceof File) {
-            throw new ShouldNotHappenException(
-                'File object is missing. Make sure you call $this->currentFileProvider->setFile(...) before traversing.'
-            );
-        }
-
-        $this->file = $file;
+        return null;
+    }
 
+    /**
+     * @return Node[]|null
+     *
+     * @internal
+     */
+    final public function afterTraverse(array $nodes)
+    {
         return null;
     }
 
@@ -125,12 +123,14 @@ public function beforeTraverse(array $nodes): ?array
      */
     final public function enterNode(Node $node): int|Node|null|array
     {
-        if (is_a($this, HTMLAverseRectorInterface::class, true) && $this->getFile()->containsHTML()) {
+        // keep $this->file populated for BC; refactor() is only ever reached through here
+        $this->file = $this->getFile();
+
+        if (is_a($this, HTMLAverseRectorInterface::class, true) && $this->file->containsHTML()) {
             return null;
         }
 
-        $filePath = $this->getFile()
-            ->getFilePath();
+        $filePath = $this->file->getFilePath();
         if ($this->skipper->shouldSkipCurrentNode($this, $filePath, static::class, $node)) {
             return null;
         }
@@ -163,8 +163,7 @@ final public function enterNode(Node $node): int|Node|null|array
 
             // notify this rule changed code
             $rectorWithLineChange = new RectorWithLineChange(static::class, $originalNode->getStartLine());
-            $this->getFile()
-                ->addRectorClassWithLine($rectorWithLineChange);
+            $this->file->addRectorClassWithLine($rectorWithLineChange);
 
             return $refactoredNodeOrState;
         }
@@ -274,8 +273,7 @@ private function postRefactorProcess(
         $this->createdByRuleDecorator->decorate($refactoredNode, $originalNode, static::class);
 
         $rectorWithLineChange = new RectorWithLineChange(static::class, $originalNode->getStartLine());
-        $this->getFile()
-            ->addRectorClassWithLine($rectorWithLineChange);
+        $this->file->addRectorClassWithLine($rectorWithLineChange);
 
         /** @var MutatingScope|null $currentScope */
         $currentScope = $node->getAttribute(AttributeKey::SCOPE);