diff --git a/framework/CHANGELOG.md b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
index ba5382b54c..139a84a06b 100644
--- a/framework/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 - Bug #19368: Fix PHP 8.1 error when `$fileMimeType` is `null` in `yii\validators\FileValidator::validateMimeType()` (bizley)
 - Enh #19384: Normalize `setBodyParams()` and `getBodyParam()` in `yii\web\Request` (WinterSilence, albertborsos)
 - Bug #19386: Fix recursive calling `yii\helpers\BaseArrayHelper::htmlDecode()` (WinterSilence)
+- Bug #19402: Add shutdown event and fix working directory in `yii\base\ErrorHandler` (WinterSilence)
 - Enh #19416: Update and improve configurations for `yii\console\controllers\MessageController` (WinterSilence)
 
 
diff --git a/framework/base/ErrorHandler.php b/framework/base/ErrorHandler.php
index 414cd881e7..dbe114bb99 100644
--- a/framework/base/ErrorHandler.php
+++ b/framework/base/ErrorHandler.php
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ use yii\web\HttpException;
  */
 abstract class ErrorHandler extends Component
 {
+    /**
+     * @event Event an event that is triggered when the handler is called by shutdown function via [[handleFatalError()]].
+     * @since 2.0.46
+     */
+    const EVENT_SHUTDOWN = 'shutdown';
+
     /**
      * @var bool whether to discard any existing page output before error display. Defaults to true.
      */
@@ -60,6 +66,10 @@ abstract class ErrorHandler extends Component
      * @var bool whether this instance has been registered using `register()`
      */
     private $_registered = false;
+    /**
+     * @var string the current working directory
+     */
+    private $_workingDirectory;
 
 
     public function init()
@@ -70,6 +80,7 @@ abstract class ErrorHandler extends Component
 
     /**
      * Register this error handler.
+     *
      * @since 2.0.32 this will not do anything if the error handler was already registered
      */
     public function register()
@@ -83,7 +94,11 @@ abstract class ErrorHandler extends Component
                 set_error_handler([$this, 'handleError']);
             }
             if ($this->memoryReserveSize > 0) {
-                $this->_memoryReserve = str_repeat('x', $this->memoryReserveSize);
+                $this->_memoryReserve = str_pad('', $this->memoryReserveSize, 'x');
+            }
+            // to restore working directory in shutdown handler
+            if (PHP_SAPI !== 'cli') {
+                $this->_workingDirectory = getcwd();
             }
             register_shutdown_function([$this, 'handleFatalError']);
             $this->_registered = true;
@@ -97,6 +112,8 @@ abstract class ErrorHandler extends Component
     public function unregister()
     {
         if ($this->_registered) {
+            $this->_memoryReserve = null;
+            $this->_workingDirectory = null;
             restore_error_handler();
             restore_exception_handler();
             $this->_registered = false;
@@ -264,6 +281,13 @@ abstract class ErrorHandler extends Component
     {
         unset($this->_memoryReserve);
 
+        if (isset($this->_workingDirectory)) {
+            // fix working directory for some Web servers e.g. Apache
+            chdir($this->_workingDirectory);
+            // flush memory
+            unset($this->_workingDirectory);
+        }
+
         // load ErrorException manually here because autoloading them will not work
         // when error occurs while autoloading a class
         if (!class_exists('yii\\base\\ErrorException', false)) {
@@ -279,6 +303,7 @@ abstract class ErrorHandler extends Component
                 $exception = new ErrorException($error['message'], $error['type'], $error['type'], $error['file'], $error['line']);
             }
             $this->exception = $exception;
+            unset($error);
 
             $this->logException($exception);
 
@@ -286,12 +311,16 @@ abstract class ErrorHandler extends Component
                 $this->clearOutput();
             }
             $this->renderException($exception);
+            unset($exception);
 
             // need to explicitly flush logs because exit() next will terminate the app immediately
             Yii::getLogger()->flush(true);
             if (defined('HHVM_VERSION')) {
                 flush();
             }
+
+            $this->trigger(static::EVENT_SHUTDOWN);
+
             exit(1);
         }
     }
@@ -337,6 +366,7 @@ abstract class ErrorHandler extends Component
      * This method can be used to convert exceptions inside of methods like `__toString()`
      * to PHP errors because exceptions cannot be thrown inside of them.
      * @param \Throwable $exception the exception to convert to a PHP error.
+     * @return never
      */
     public static function convertExceptionToError($exception)
     {