UUID Request Input and Migration Failure Events in Laravel 13.42
Laravel 13.42 adds uuid() and ulid() input helpers, a MigrationFailed event, skip reasons for scheduled tasks, and Uri::origin() for comparing URL origins.
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Laravel Rest Api 3.0: Typed Fields, Metrics, and OpenAPI Docs
Laravel Rest Api 3.0 rebuilds the package around typed fields, adds metric endpoints and write confirmations, and documents your API with Scramble.
Replay Missed Laravel Scheduled Tasks With Schedule Catchup
Schedule Catchup replays missed Laravel scheduled tasks after downtime, with opt-in recovery, bounded retries, and access to the original scheduled date.
Search Polymorphic Relations and Filament Tables With Laravel Searchable
Laravel Searchable adds Eloquent search across polymorphic relations and separate database connections, with relevance ranking for Filament tables.
Real-Time Inertia Props With Laravel Reverb
Update Inertia page props in real time with live props and Laravel Reverb. Broadcast an event, and every open page reloads the prop without polling.
PhpStorm 2026.3 Adds an Agent Workspace and PHP 8.6 Support
PhpStorm 2026.3 adds PHP 8.6 support, new Laravel inspections, a Processes tab for queue workers, and Air, a workspace for coding agents.
Insert Middleware Before or After Existing Laravel Middleware
Laravel 13.40 adds insertBefore() and insertAfter() to place middleware next to built-in ones like TrustProxies and StartSession without redefining the stack.
Laravel Herd 2: Coding Agents, Workspaces, and Cloud Deploys
Laravel Herd 2.0 adds Herd Studio for running coding agents on local sites, git workspaces for parallel work, and Laravel Cloud deploys.
Strict Request Input Casting in Laravel
Laravel 13.40 adds a strict flag to the request integer(), boolean(), float(), and string() helpers, so bad input returns your default instead of 0 or an error.
Prevent Duplicate File Uploads With Laravel Storage Dedupler
Laravel Storage Dedupler uses SHA-1 hashes to prevent duplicate file storage, attach files to Eloquent models, and analyse existing directories.