Laravel gives you a handy way to render all exceptions for API requests as JSON without any custom middleware. This bootstrap configuration tip makes it easy to ensure API exceptions render as JSON.

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Laravel 11 introduces a new method, `shouldRenderJsonWhen()`, to enforce JSON responses for API exceptions without needing custom middleware. This improvement ensures that exceptions during API requests are always rendered as JSON, enhancing the developer experience when testing API routes in web browsers.

Always Render API Exceptions as JSON in Laravel