Laravel 12.4.0

4 April 2025

Laravel version 12.4.0 is now available (major release).

What's New in Laravel 12.4.0

• Reset PHP’s peak memory usage when resetting scope for queue worker by @TimWolla in #55069
  
• Add AsHtmlString cast by @ralphjsmit in #55071
  
• Add Arr::sole() method by @ralphjsmit in #55070
  
• Improve warning message in ApiInstallCommand by @sajjadhossainshohag in #55081
  
• use already determined related property by @browner12 in #55075
  
• use "class-string" where appropriate in relations by @browner12 in #55074
  
• QueueFake::listenersPushed() by @cosmastech in #55063
  
• Added except() method to Model class for excluding attributes by @vishal2931 in #55072
  
• fix: add TPivotModel default and define pivot property in {Belongs,Morph}ToMany by @calebdw in #55086
  
• remove @return docblocks on constructors by @browner12 in #55076
  
• Add NamedScope attribute by @shaedrich in #54450
  
• Improve syntax highlighting for stub type files by @kayw-geek in #55094
  
• Prefer new Collection over Collection::make by @AhmedAlaa4611 in #55091
  
• Fix except() method to support casted values by @vishal2931 in #55124
  
• Add testcase for findSole method by @mrvipchien in #55115
  
• Types: PasswordBroker::reset by @liamduckett in #55109
  
• assertThrowsNothing by @gdebrauwer in #55100
  
• Fix type nullability on PasswordBroker.events property by @jnoordsij in #55097
  
• Fix return type annotation in decrementPendingJobs method by @shane-zeng in #55133
  
• Fix return type annotation in compile method by @shane-zeng in #55132
  
• feat: Add whereNull and whereNotNull to Assertablejson by @faissaloux in #55131
  
• fix: use contextual bindings in class dependency resolution by @calebdw in #55090
  
• Better return types for Illuminate\Queue\Jobs\Job::getJobId() and Illuminate\Queue\Jobs\DatabaseJob::getJobId() methods by @petrknap in #55138
  
• Remove remaining @return tags from constructors by @mohammadrasoulasghari in #55136
  
• Various URL generation bugfixes by @stancl in #54811
  
• Add an optional shouldRun method to migrations. by @danmatthews in #55011
  
• Uri prevent empty query string by @rojtjo in #55146
  
• Only call the ob_flush function if there is active buffer in eventStream by @tonysm in #55141
  
• Add CacheFlushed Event by @tech-wolf-tw in #55142
  
• Update DateFactory method annotations for Carbon v3 compatibility by @kayw-geek in #55151
  
• Improve docblocks for file related methods of InteractsWithInput by @SanderMuller in #55156
  
• Enhance FileViewFinder doc-blocks by @imanghafoori1 in #55183
  
• Support using null-safe operator with null value by @willrowe in #55175
  
• Fix: Make Paginated Queries Consistent Across Pages by @tomchkk in #55176
  
• Add pipe method query builders by @timacdonald in #55171
  
• fix: one of many subquery constraints by @calebdw in #55168
  
• fix(postgres): missing parentheses in whereDate/whereTime for json columns by @saibotk in #55159
  
• Fix factory creation through attributes by @davidstoker in #55190
  
• Fix Concurrency::run to preserve callback result order by @chaker2710 in #55161
  
• Log: Add optional keys parameter to Log::withoutContext to remove selected context from future logs by @mattroylloyd in #55181
  
• Add Expression type to param $value of QueryBuilder having() method by @faissaloux in #55200
  
• Add flag to disable where clauses for withAttributes method on Eloquent Builder by @AndrewMast in #55199
  

• fixes laravel/octane#1010 by @mihaileu in #55008
  
• Added the missing 'trashed' event to getObservablesEvents() by @duemti in #55004
  
• Enhance PHPDoc for Manager classes with @param-closure-this by @kayw-geek in #55002
  
• Fix PendingRequest typehints for post, patch, put, delete by @cosmastech in #54998
  
• Add test for untested methods in LazyCollection by @mohammadrasoulasghari in #54996
  
• fix indentation by @browner12 in #54995
  
• apply final Pint fixes by @browner12 in #55014
  
• Enhance validation tests: Add test for connection name detection in Unique rule by @alikhosravidev in #54993
  
• Add json:unicode cast to support JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE encoding by @fuwasegu in #54992
  
• Add “Storage Linked” to the about command by @adampatterson in #54949
  
• Add support for native JSON/JSONB column types in SQLite Schema builder by @fuwasegu in #54991
  
• Fix LogManager::configurationFor() typehint by @cosmastech in #55016
  
• Add missing tests for LazyCollection methods by @mohammadrasoulasghari in #55022
  
• Refactor: Structural improvement for clarity by @AhmedAlaa4611 in #55018
  
• Improve toKilobytes to handle spaces and case-insensitive units by @alikhosravidev in #55019
  
• Fix mistake in asJson call in HasAttributes.php that was recently introduced by @AndrewMast in #55017
  
• reapply Pint style changes by @browner12 in #55015
  
• Add validation test for forEach with null and empty array values by @alikhosravidev in #55047
  
• Types: EnumeratesValues Sum by @liamduckett in #55044
  
• Ensure Consistent Formatting in Generated Invokable Classes by @AhmedAlaa4611 in #55034
  
• Add element type to return array in Filesystem by @AJenbo in #55031
  
• Add support for PostgreSQL "unique nulls not distinct" by @thierry2015 in #55025
  
• standardize multiline ternaries by @browner12 in #55056
  
• improved readability for aliasedPivotColumns by @browner12 in #55055
  
• remove progress bar from PHPStan output by @browner12 in #55054
  
• Fixes how the fluent Date rule builder handles date_format by @AndrewMast in #55052
  
• Adding SSL encryption and support for MySQL connection by @mdiktushar in #55048
  
• Revert "Adding SSL encryption and support for MySQL connection" by @taylorotwell in #55057
  
• Ensure queue property is nullable by @timacdonald in #55058
  
• return $this for chaining by @browner12 in #55060
  
• prefer new Collection over collect() by @browner12 in #55059
  
• use "class-string" type for using pivot model by @browner12 in #55053
  
• multiline chaining on Collections by @browner12 in #55061