What changed in Laravel from 12 to 13

v13.30.1Sep 1, 2026

• Add connection and queue to WorkerStopping event
• Add insertOrIgnoreReturning() to the Eloquent builder passthru
• Add dropVectorIndex() to the schema blueprint

v13.30.0Sep 1, 2026

• Output the worker stop reason in queue:work
• Ability to opt out of vendor/default commands in DevCommands
• Support Microsoft SQL Server DSN connection strings
• Cloud enhancements
• Allow retrieving command by name without resolving all commands
• Expose methods
• Add totalXSize methods to Cloud Queue
• Add chunkBy to collections
• Add createPayloadUsing directly to the queue manager
• Set visibility on files that only exist on a read-through disk's fallback

v13.27.0Aug 25, 2026

• Add `refreshForUpdate()` method to Eloquent models
• Add Queue `totalXSize` methods
• Add `whereBinary()` to the query builder
• Add `stop()` and `ensureNotTimedOut()` to `FakeInvokedProcess`
• Introduce `InteractsWithTestCaseLifecycle::flushState()`
• Introduce a Cloud facade
• Add Postgres keepalive DSN options
• Allow masking query bindings in exception messages

v13.26.0Aug 18, 2026

• Add JobReleased event to Worker
• Add managedQueues() to the Cloud queue
• Add closure support to wherePivot and orWherePivot
• Add orWhereKey and orWhereKeyNot to Eloquent Builder
• Add debounceable queued listeners
• Add dedicated exception for idle process timeouts
• Add process fake assertion helpers
• Introduce Queue::forward()
• Add getRelatedClass to Relation

v13.25.0Aug 11, 2026

• Add foreignUlidFor schema helper
• Add uuid to queue fake for inspection methods
• Add a UniqueJobSkipped event
• Add the timeout in JobTimedOut

v13.24.0Aug 4, 2026

• Add modelKeys() to Eloquent query builder
• Add an array_keys validation rule
• Add dominant color detection to image driver
• Add HEIC and additional AVIF support
• Add NumberPrompt fallback

v13.23.0Jul 27, 2026

• Add a monthly log driver
• Add SES tenant support to the SES v2 transport
• Add monthly channel to logging config

v13.22.0Jul 24, 2026

• Add exception to JobReleasedAfterException
• Implement creationTimeOfOldestPendingJob on the QueueFake
• Support stream bodies in HTTP fake responses
• Allow RateLimiter to be Macroable
• Add a #[BindWhen()] attribute to conditionally bind into the container
• Add multi-queue support to queue:clear command
• Allow faking DNS lookups in validation rules
• Support Delay attribute when using Bus::batch & bulk

v13.20.0Jul 14, 2026

• Add missing $separator parameter to Storage facade append/prepend docblocks
• Add beforePushing and afterPushing methods on QueueFake class
• Add memory usage to WorkerStopping
• Add assertEmpty to the Storage facade
• Add first-party support for image processing
• Add WithoutMiddleware controller middleware attribute
• Add incrementEachQuietly and decrementEachQuietly to Eloquent models
• Add ability to set session prefix for Redis
• Add #[SensitiveParameter] to parameters carrying secrets

v13.19.0Jul 7, 2026

• Support inspecting reserved jobs on the queue fake
• Add `reduceInto` method to collection
• Add `counted` method to `Str` and `Stringable`
• Add `query` and `queryJson` HTTP testing helpers
• Add `Http::query()` method to the HTTP client

v13.18.1Jul 2, 2026

• Add input() method to console commands
• Support inspecting delayed jobs on the queue fake
• Add Release queue middleware

v13.30.0Sep 1, 2026

• Confine Storage::path() to the configured disk root
• Use spl_object_id over hash
• Disable html by default on Laravel exception page tooltip

v13.27.0Aug 25, 2026

• Prevent duplicate scoped instance registrations
• Add MariaDB support for vector distance queries
• Make eager-load constraint closures static to break Builder reference cycle
• Share cached AWS credentials across processes for SQS queue connections

v13.26.0Aug 18, 2026

• Accept enums in inOrderOf()
• Surface paused queues in the queue worker output
• Pass a connector to PhpRedisClusterConnection so it can rebuild its client
• Allow read through filesystems to optionally not copy
• Allow some Redis commands to retry on transient failures
• Remove the pinned @laravel/multiplex version
• Make process pools iterable
• Support Guzzle 8
• Support array commands in process fake assertions
• Promote nested data to top-level managed queue event
• Preserve input key order when merging files in Request::all()

v13.25.0Aug 11, 2026

• Improve return type for Arr::prependKeysWith()
• Respect after-commit dispatch when bulk pushing to DatabaseQueue
• Configure a socket timeout for the Cloud log driver
• Respect backed enum queue names when queueing mailables

v13.24.0Aug 4, 2026

• Respect job delays when bulk pushing to QueueFake
• Use immutable timestamps in batch testing fakes
• Avoid rebuilding every cached Route on CompiledRouteCollection lookups
• Re-evaluate unmatched BindWhen attributes
• Memoize TestResponse::decodeResponseJson()
• Escape single quotes in Postgres JSON path attributes
• Preserve relation constraints when resolving attributes during noConstraints
• Respect job delays when bulk pushing to FailoverQueue
• Fix validation stalling for minutes on large arrays

v13.23.0Jul 27, 2026

• Improve types in Image class
• Allow ImageManager fromStorage disk to accept enums
• Improve Collection::select generic types
• Allow ->using(...) in ->change() migrations for PostgreSQL compatibility
• Use a timing-safe comparison for the maintenance mode bypass secret

v13.22.0Jul 24, 2026

• Use new Stringable() instead of Str::of()/str() internally
• Optimize Str::ucfirst and Str::lcfirst using native PHP 8.4 functions
• Mark HTTP testing credentials as sensitive

v13.20.0Jul 14, 2026

• Make MailFake::assertQueuedTimes() public
• Sync more getter return types with their property generics
• Normalize HTTP client request header lookups
• Support null for shortcut field in return type array for HasParameters::getOptions
• Add capitalize parameter to Stringable::initials()

v13.19.0Jul 7, 2026

• Ensure `deletedAtColumn` is passed to `assertSoftDeleted` and `assertNotSoftDeleted`
• Pop managed queue jobs from the cloud-agent instead of SQS
• Terminate default style value with a semicolon in ComponentAttributeBag::merge()
• Allow mail config options without name
• Send bulk SQS jobs via SendMessageBatch

v13.18.1Jul 2, 2026

• Allow assertDatabaseEmpty to handle iterable
• Handle api / json routes with Down (Maintenance) command
• Update docblocks of Blueprint foreignUuid and foreignUlid to match foreignId

v13.30.1Sep 1, 2026

• Fix limit() being ignored on update() for SQL Server
• Prevent orphaned Redis tagged cache entries

v13.30.0Sep 1, 2026

• Avoid quadratic wildcard rule expansion
• Fix resource loading
• Fix incorrect $startTime type in Worker::stopIfNecessary docblock
• Restore the facade application after route:cache boots a fresh application
• Gracefully handle missing param value or strings with request clamps
• Restore default database connection when seeding fails

v13.27.0Aug 25, 2026

• Throw on unsuccessful responses when creating images from URLs
• Re-introduce orWhereKey() and orWhereKeyNot() without breaking Builder subclasses
• Don't force release a unique lock the job never acquired
• Fix `quietly()` making `throw()` unreachable on process results
• Guard against `false` returns in `PhpRedisConnection::mget()` and `hmget()`
• Move and copy files that only exist on a read-through disk's fallback
• Fix route name lost when RouteRegistrar action is not callable
• Start a new max wait window after a debounced job runs

v13.26.0Aug 18, 2026

• Respect readonly=false in Microsoft SQL Server configuration
• Avoid cross-slot reads when checking paused queues
• Only register pail dev command when installed
• Fix constantly asking to install multiplex and starting vite on project without vite
• Fix Redis pipeline facade annotation
• Stricten upload to be fetch only from request's query string for temporary upload urls
• Improves in validation rule from getting bypass via loose comparison
• Retry timed-out cloud agent long-polls
• Scan every master node in phpredis cluster connections
• Fix uncaptured setTestNow now() reuse in tests
• Report seeder progress in db:seed command when a specific class is specified
• Fix infinite scan loop when pruning stale cache tags on a Redis cluster
• Keep the Redis connection usable when a pipeline or transaction fails
• Escape single quotes in Postgres JSON path attributes
• Prevent TypeError when JSON:API query parameters are arrays
• Fix expectsQuestion() docblock to allow array answers
• Rebuild the phpredis client after a cluster response error
• Fix throwUnless() silently doing nothing when given a closure
• Keep the assertion failure message when session errors are JSON serialized

v13.25.0Aug 11, 2026

• Prevent fatal errors when logging deprecations failsalso inv13.23.0
• Fix Factory::insert() with a count of zero
• Fix schedule:list timezone conversion for range, step, and wildcard cron expressionsalso inv13.23.0
• Fix getMigrationBatches return type annotation
• Ensure Container::call cleans up build stack after exceptions
• Reject non-stream resources in HTTP fake response bodies
• Fix incorrect image dimensions for HEIC
• Fix Str::numbers() type annotation
• Normalize enum keys in typed cache getters
• Isolate cloud agent requests from global HTTP client configuration
• Fix missing check for #[WithoutTimestamps] on model ignore touch
• Restore missing model deletion for broadcast events
• Skip unsupported values in LazyCollection::flip()

v13.24.0Aug 4, 2026

• Fix DumpCommand return type
• Fix PendingProcess losing falsy command strings on run()/start()
• Detect circular alias references in Container
• Fix pagination edge cases
• Prevent TypeError in Validator::validateDistinct()
• Fix appended accessors receiving null in toArray()

v13.23.0Jul 27, 2026

• Fix null handling in Arr::last() method
• Fix default handling in CookieJar::queued()

v13.22.0Jul 24, 2026

• Fix PHP extensions in sqlite workflow job
• Check traits in resolveClassAttribute
• Fix queue name parameter in Mailer::later()
• Restore iterable support to Arr::every() and Arr::some()
• Fix Cache::touch() expiration handling
• Fix iterable support in Arr::last()

v13.20.0Jul 14, 2026

• Fix operator precedence in SqsQueue size fallbacks
• Fix guessResourceName() namespace collision when class name is a substring of a parent namespace segment
• Fix Str::containsAll() returning true for an empty needles array
• Fix stale transformations being reapplied when branching an Image after toBytes()
• Fix Number::forHumans() and abbreviate() returning "-0" for tiny negative values
• Fix providesTemporaryUploadUrls should return true for s3 driver

v13.18.1Jul 2, 2026

• Respect channel name for on-demand log stacks
• Respect the encoding in Str::mask() when building the end of the string
• Support scalar Predis retry config to allow config:cache

v13.26.1Aug 18, 2026

• Remove orWhereKey and orWhereKeyNot methods from Eloquent Builder

v13.19.0Jul 7, 2026

• Remove deprecated `StaticCallOnNonStaticToInstanceCallRector` fixer rule