Time-Based Sharding in Pest v4.6.0
Pest v4.6.0 introduces time-based test sharding, allowing CI jobs to distribute tests by actual execution time for more balanced parallel runs.
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Flaky Test Retries in Pest v4.5.0
Pest v4.5.0 introduces a flaky() method and --flaky CLI option for automatically retrying unstable tests, a toBeCasedCorrectly architecture assertion, and a --only-covered coverage filter.
Passage: A Lightweight API Proxy Gateway for Laravel
Passage is a lightweight API gateway package for Laravel that proxies incoming requests to external services.
Debugging production Laravel apps without losing your mind
Laritor is a production observability tool built specifically around how Laravel applications are structured. Not adapted. Built.
PestPHP Intellisense in Laravel VS Code Extension v1.7.0
Laravel VS Code Extension v1.7.0 adds PestPHP intellisense, a Go to Route command, common Artisan commands in the terminal, and Laravel 13 attribute support.
Drop in comments for Filament with Commentions
Add powerful, real-time commenting to your Filament admin panels. Discover how the Commentions package delivers seamless comments, mentions, and events for Filament v3 & v4.
Laravel Starter Kits Now Include Toast Notifications
All four Laravel starter kits — React, Vue, Svelte, and Livewire — now ship with built-in toast notifications for user feedback after actions like profile and password updates.
Ship AI with Laravel: Stop Your AI Agent from Guessing
Your support agent talks, classifies tickets, but when a customer asks "where's my order?" it makes something up. In this episode we give the agent tools that connect it to real application data. No more guessing.
Laravel Cloud Adds Path Blocking to Prevent Bots From Waking Hibernated Apps
Laravel Cloud now supports path blocking, letting you stop bot requests to common paths and file types from waking hibernated applications.
Making Laravel MongoDB Operations Idempotent: Safe Retries for Financial Transactions
Learn how to implement idempotency in your Laravel MongoDB application to make checkout operations safe to retry, preventing duplicate charges and ensuring reliability even when network failures create uncertainty.