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.
Nov 5, 2026
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.
Nov 4, 2026
Laravel October Product Updates
Resend email on Laravel Cloud, QUERY routes in the Laravel framework, and PHP security advisories in Forge. Here's everything that shipped in October.
Nov 4, 2026
Post Mortem: Patching the PHP and Node.js Vulnerabilities
How we patched every Laravel Cloud app in place within about 27 hours of the PHP and Node.js disclosures, what broke on Forge, Envoyer, and Vapor, and what we a...
Nov 4, 2026
The Next Dependency Problem Is Inside Your AI Agent
Managing external dependencies for a software project has become an integral part of the software supply chain. Whether it’s application dependencies with tools like npm, Yarn, Composer, and so on. Or dependencies used by CI/CD workflows with tools like GitHub Actions, we’ve made considerable progress in managing dependencies across these layers.
Nov 3, 2026
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.
Nov 3, 2026
Flock: A Free, Native Herd Alternative for Laravel
Flock is a free, open source local dev app for Laravel that runs PHP, Node, databases, mail, and HTTPS natively on macOS, Windows, and Linux.
Nov 3, 2026
Slow Job Alerts and Replica Commit IDs in Laravel 13.40
Laravel 13.40 adds callbacks for slow queue jobs and scheduled tasks, commit IDs to check read replica lag, and insertBefore() and insertAfter() for middleware.
Nov 3, 2026
Cooldown Dependency Policy now in Composer 2.11
Composer 2.11 can hold back newly published package versions for a set period before installing them. It also ships six security fixes and faster resolution.
Nov 3, 2026
Live Props for Real-Time Updates in Inertia.js v3.11
Inertia.js v3.11 adds live props, which reload a page prop when a broadcast event arrives, with Laravel Echo, Reverb, Pusher, and Action Cable transports.
Nov 3, 2026
Designed Once, Usable Everywhere: An Investment in PHP’s Standard Library
The PHP Foundation — Supporting, Advancing, and Developing the PHP Language
Nov 2, 2026
Email Sending and Testing for Laravel in One Account
Send real mail from Laravel and catch test emails in one Maileroo account: SMTP sink, spam and dark-mode checks, and automated tests in CI.
