Best of Laravel — March 2026

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   Laravel·11w

   Laravel February Product Updates

   Laravel's February 2026 updates span the entire ecosystem. The Framework 12.x gained AI SDK provider default model configuration via config/ai.php, a new Svelte starter kit with Inertia, and VS Code test runner integration. Laravel Cloud launched a fully programmable API for managing deployments, databases, and scaling (useful for CI/CD and AI agents), a new CLI, and issued a MySQL 8.0 end-of-life notice urging upgrades to 8.4 LTS before April 2026. Laravel Forge added npm private package support with automatic .npmrc management, MySQL 9.x support for new servers, and an OpenClaw server type. Laravel Nightwatch introduced an MCP server for querying observability data from your editor, Linear integration for issue tracking, sort-by-occurrences for exceptions, and per-user filtering across requests, jobs, and logs.

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   Laravel·10w

   Inertia.js v3 Is Now in Beta

   Inertia.js v3 is now in beta with several major changes. Axios has been removed in favor of a built-in XHR client, reducing bundle size. A new @inertiajs/vite plugin eliminates boilerplate by automatically handling page resolution, lazy-loading, and SSR setup. SSR now works during development without a separate Node.js process. New features include optimistic updates via a chainable optimistic() method, instant page visits, a useHttp hook for standalone HTTP requests, and a useLayoutProps hook for passing data between layouts and pages. Exception handling is improved with handleExceptionsUsing(). Breaking changes include requirements for PHP 8.2+, Laravel 11+, React 19+, and Svelte 5+, plus ESM-only package distribution.

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