April brought passwordless authentication to the full Laravel stack, smarter queue debouncing, MCP tools that can render complete web apps, Redis Cluster compatibility fixes, a mobile-responsive Cloud UI, and a quality-of-life release for Forge.

The Laravel Framework shipped full-stack Passkeys making passwordless auth a first-class story, debounceable queued jobs that collapse bursty dispatches so only the last one wins, and MCP UI App Support for rendering complete sandboxed HTML apps inside MCP tools.

Laravel Cloud launched a fully responsive mobile UI for managing infrastructure on the go, and dedicated edge network enhancements that surface top IPs and paths at your edge and let you convert them into firewall or cache rules with real-time monitoring.

Laravel Forge added PHP 8.5, multiple SSL certificates per site for staged rotations, and certificate renewal alerts to catch expiry issues before they cause downtime.

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#Laravel Framework

• Passkeys: Passwordless auth is now a first-class story instead of hand-rolled WebAuthn. laravel/passkeys handles server-side WebAuthn, @laravel/passkeys ships React, Vue, and Svelte helpers, and Fortify adds turnkey integration via Features::passkeys().
• Debounceable Queued Jobs: #[DebounceFor] attribute or ->debounceFor() at the call site collapses bursty dispatches so only the last one wins. Inverse of ShouldBeUnique, with a JobDebounced event for visibility.
• MCP UI App Support: MCP tools can now render full sandboxed HTML apps (HTML/JS/CSS in a single Blade view, SDK inlined). Scaffold with make:mcp-app-resource, link via #[RendersApp]. A big leap from text-only tools.

Read the full Laravel Framework changelog.

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#Laravel Cloud

• Mobile Cloud: Laravel Cloud is now fully responsive for any screen. Navigate environments, manage resources, monitor deployments, and trigger releases from any device — useful for teams keeping an eye on production on-the-go.
• Dedicated Edge Network Enhancements: Cloud now surfaces the top IPs and paths consuming resources or causing performance issues at your edge, so you can quickly convert them into firewall or cache rules and monitor their effectiveness in real time.

Read the full Laravel Cloud changelog.

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#Laravel Forge

• PHP 8.5: PHP 8.5 is now available across Forge-managed servers. Upgrade existing servers or provision new ones running the latest release.
• Multiple SSL Certificates: Sites can now have more than one SSL certificate installed at a time, with one active at a time, making staged certificate rotations straightforward and low risk.
• Certificate Renewal Alerts: Forge now alerts you when an SSL certificate fails to renew on time, so you can catch expiry issues before they cause downtime.

Read the full Forge changelog.