Best of Laravel News — March 2026

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   Laravel News·12w

   Ward: A Security Scanner for Laravel

   Ward is a Go-based command-line security scanner built specifically for Laravel projects. It parses Laravel's structure (routes, models, controllers, Blade templates, config files, env vars, dependencies) and runs four targeted scan engines: env-scanner, config-scanner, dependency-scanner (using live OSV.dev data), and a rules-scanner with 42 built-in rules covering secrets, injection, XSS, weak crypto, and more. It features a terminal UI, multiple output formats (JSON, SARIF, HTML, Markdown), CI/CD integration with exit-code gating, baseline management to track acknowledged findings, custom rule support, and scan history diffing.

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   Laravel News·10w

   Circuit Breaker for Laravel

   The circuit-breaker package for Laravel implements the circuit breaker pattern to prevent cascading failures when downstream services are unavailable. It supports three circuit states (closed, open, half-open), named circuits for per-service isolation, lifecycle callbacks (onOpen, onSuccess, onFailure), and Guzzle middleware integration via an X-Circuit-Key header. Service calls are wrapped with a run() method, and the circuit automatically decides whether to allow, block, or test each call based on current state.

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   Laravel News·11w

   The Inertia v3 Beta is Here

   Inertia v3 beta introduces major new features and breaking changes. Key additions include a built-in XHR HTTP client (making Axios optional), a new useHttp hook for standalone HTTP requests, optimistic update support across router/useForm/useHttp with automatic rollback, instant visits for immediate navigation feel, URL fragment preservation across redirects, SSR support in Vite dev mode, and a progress bar rewritten with the Popover API. Breaking changes include dropping support for React below v19, Svelte 4, Node.js below v24, and CommonJS builds. Several APIs have been renamed or removed. The release is not recommended for production use yet.

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   Laravel News·10w

   Browse and Execute Artisan Commands from an Interactive TUI

   Artisan Browse is a Laravel package by Josh Embling that provides an interactive terminal UI (TUI) for discovering, searching, and executing Artisan commands without leaving the terminal. Key features include searchable command lists with descriptions, namespace filtering, step-by-step argument and option prompts, a command preview before execution, configurable blacklists and scroll behavior, and an auto-execute option. It is intended for local development use only.

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   Laravel News·12w

   Filament v5.3.0 Released with Deferred Tab Badges and Column Manager Improvements

   Filament v5.3.0 introduces ten new features for the Laravel admin panel framework. Key additions include deferred tab badge loading to avoid expensive database queries on page load, column manager support for modal and slideover display modes, RichEditor plugin enhancements allowing custom file attachment providers and toolbar button control, and sort loading indicators on table columns. Other improvements include rate limiting by user ID and email, UnitEnum support for navigation groups, a new Callout controls slot, additional Tailwind CSS color options, and expanded resource configuration. Two bug fixes address sidebar state restoration and a missing chart widget translation.

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