Laravel Release Notes

Pull request by @vpratfr

Stories can now reference other stories, making it easy to compose complex deployment workflows from reusable building blocks:

@story('deploy')
    build
    migrate
@endstory

@story('full-deploy')
    deploy
    clear-caches
    notify-team
@endstory

Pull request by @joetannenbaum

The Livewire starter kit now ships with Caleb Porzio's Blaze compiler, resulting in up to 97% reduction in compilation overhead.

Pull request by @axlon

A new TokenCan attribute lets you declare required token scopes directly on controller methods:

class PhotoController
{
    #[TokenCan('read')]
    public function index() { /* ... */ }

    #[TokenCan('write')]
    public function store() { /* ... */ }
}

Pull request by @timacdonald

You can now add custom middleware to Passport's registered routes via config - great for enforcing rules like UUID validation on client_id before it ever hits the database.

An opt-in rule that strips all PHPDoc comments except type annotations. Enable it in your pint.json:

{
    "Pint/phpdoc_type_annotations_only": true
}

Before:

/**
 * Register any application services.
 */
public function register(): void

After:

public function register(): void

Type annotations like @var list<string> are preserved. The config directory is excluded by default. Best suited for new projects - enable with care on existing codebases.

Now enabled by default in the Laravel preset, this improvement automatically converts fully qualified class names in PHPDoc annotations to regular imports:

+ use Database\Factories\UserFactory;

  class User extends Authenticatable
  {
-     /** @use HasFactory<\Database\Factories\UserFactory> */
+     /** @use HasFactory<UserFactory> */
      use HasFactory, Notifiable;

This applies automatically when you update Pint.

Pull request by @pascalbaljet

Precognition v2 ships with a built-in fetch-based HTTP client, dropping Axios as a hard dependency and reducing bundle size by up to 50%. The new client handles XSRF tokens, FormData conversion, and AbortController support out of the box. If you still need Axios for interceptors or other features, an adapter is provided:

import { client, axiosAdapter } from "laravel-precognition";

client.useHttpClient(axiosAdapter());

Pull request by @joetannenbaum

Set and update the terminal window title at any point during execution:

title('Deploying to Cloud...');
// ... work happens ...
title('Deployed!');

Pull request by @joetannenbaum

Stream text to the terminal with automatic word wrapping and a pleasant fade-in effect - perfect for displaying AI responses in real time:

$stream = stream();

foreach ($events as $event) {
    $stream->append($event->delta);
}

$stream->close();

Pull request by @joetannenbaum

Display output from a running task with a spinner, real-time label updates, and scrollable log lines. Handles ANSI escape sequences and supports partial-line output for streaming.

task('Installing dependencies', function (Logger $log) {
    Process::run(
        'composer install',
        fn ($type, $output) => $log->line($output)
    );
});

Pull request by @joetannenbaum

A new prompt that suggests matching values as the user types while still allowing free-form text input. Accepts a static list or a closure for dynamic suggestions.

$key = autocomplete(
    label: 'New config key',
    options: collect(Arr::dot(config()->all()))->keys()->all(),
    placeholder: 'e.g. app.name, mail.from, database.default',
    required: true,
);

Pull request by @joetannenbaum

Select, multiselect, and search prompts now support a secondary info panel. Pass a string or closure to the new info parameter to show context about the currently highlighted item.

Pull request by @joetannenbaum

Send native desktop notifications straight from your CLI commands. Supports macOS (via osascript) and Linux (via notify-send):

notify('Build complete', 'Deployed to production');

// With macOS-specific options
notify(
    title: 'Build complete',
    body: 'Deployed to production',
    sound: 'Glass',
);

Pull request by @joedixon

Reverb now supports per-application rate limiting, using Laravel's built-in rate limiter under the hood. Configure limits per app to protect your WebSocket server from abuse.

Pull request by @gdebrauwer

Scout's query builder now accepts operators in where() clauses, making range queries straightforward without dropping into engine-specific callbacks:

User::search('taylor')
    ->where('created_at', '>', now()->subMonth()->timestamp)
    ->get();

Pull request by @TitasGailius

Routes registered with Route::livewire() now link directly to the Livewire component. Clicking a route name navigates to the component file, and hovering shows the full component hover card.

Pull request by @TitasGailius

Intermediate translation keys like __('validation.attributes') now produce clickable links and hover info without false diagnostics. Previously only the deepest leaf keys were recognized.

Pull request by @pushpak1300

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