This month brings the launch of Laravel Reverb-powered WebSockets, Laravel Valkey in developer preview availability, and a new Canada region in Laravel Cloud.
Laravel Forge adds AWS EBS gp3 volume provisioning, PostgreSQL 18 support, and improvements to SSL certificate management.
Laravel Nightwatch now comes with entirely rewritten documentation and enforceable multi-factor authentication.
On the open-source front and trickling into the entire ecosystem, Laravel 12.x also shipped new scheduling, validation, queueing, and helper improvements for real-world use cases.
Laravel Cloud
Reverb WebSockets Now Generally Available
WebSockets for Laravel Cloud are now GA and powered by Laravel Reverb. You can deploy real-time communication like notifications, chat, and collaboration features without managing infrastructure. Cloud includes a dashboard for connection monitoring.
Valkey Developer Preview
Laravel Valkey is available in developer preview. It’s a high-performance, open-source key-value store that is compatible with Redis and can be used for queues, caching, analytics, and sessions.
Enable Valkey in your Laravel Cloud dashboard or sign up to get started.
New Canada Region
Laravel Cloud is now available in the ca-central region. This brings deployments closer to Canadian users and supports data residency requirements.
gRPC PHP Extension
Laravel Cloud now supports the gRPC PHP extension. This allows high-performance communication with gRPC services and APIs.
Check out all available PHP extensions on Cloud.
Read the full Laravel Cloud changelog to learn more.
Laravel Forge
Provision AWS Servers with EBS gp3
Laravel Forge now supports provisioning AWS servers with EBS gp3 volumes. Existing AWS servers will continue running on gp2 by default, but all newly created servers will use gp3 automatically.
Introducing Support for PostgreSQL 18
Forge now supports PostgreSQL 18 for new server deployments, including Laravel VPS.
Learn more about databases in Forge.
SSL Certificate Information
The SSL certificate interface has been upgraded for better visibility and clarity. Certificate cards now include domains, status, and both issue and expiration dates.
Log in to see the improved SSL certificate UI.
Read the full Laravel Forge changelog.
Laravel Nightwatch
New Nightwatch Documentation
The documentation has been rewritten from the ground up. It now covers all event types, how to configure sampling, filtering, and redaction, and includes examples for common setups.
Richer Log Context
Log entries now support the full range of contextual data available in Laravel. You can select any entry and view both Context and Extra payloads for deeper insight.
Sign in to Nightwatch or start for free to get deep insights into your Laravel app.
Enforceable MFA
Organizations can now require multi-factor authentication for all team members. Users must set up MFA before accessing organization data.
Learn more about Organizations
Issues Scoped to Environment
The Issues list now filters to your selected environment. This makes it easier to focus on relevant problems while still showing where else issues appear.
Read the full Nightwatch changelog for more info.
Laravel Framework 12.x
Schedule Tasks on Specific Days
A new daysOfMonth() method makes it possible to schedule tasks on multiple arbitrary days of the month using a clean API.
Encoding Validation Rule
A new encoding validation rule ensures that uploaded files match expected encodings before processing.
Interval Helper Functions
New interval helper functions make it easier to work with fluent time adjustments in code.
Pause and Resume Queue Workers
You can temporarily stop queue workers from processing new jobs and resume them later using new Artisan commands.
New Blade @hasStack Directive
The new @hasStack directive conditionally renders content only if a stack contains output.
Inertia
The Inertia site and documentation received a full redesign. The new site highlights the flexibility of Inertia, and the docs include cleaner formatting, an AI chat, and improved search.
Visit the new site: https://inertiajs.com
Browse the docs: https://inertiajs.com/docs
Boost
Gemini Support
Boost now supports Google Gemini, which completes support for all major code environments.
User Guidelines Take Priority
User-defined guidelines now take precedence over Boost presets.
Sail Support
Boost now includes first-class Sail support and automatically uses Sail commands when detected.
Filament Guidelines Moved
Filament guidelines now live inside the Filament package and stay up to date automatically.
OpenCode Support
Boost now integrates OpenCode directly into developer workflows.
MCP
_meta Support
Laravel MCP now supports the _meta field across tools, prompts, results, and content. This makes it easier to attach relevant metadata to executions.
Read the full Laravel Framework changelog.