> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://kawax.biz/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Blog

> A collection of articles that don't fit neatly into feature-specific sections. Covers a wide range of topics including new version introductions, upgrade guides, initial research on tools and packages, and development environment setup.

## Overview

This section brings together articles that can't be pinned to a specific Laravel feature. It covers a broad range of topics useful in real-world development, including new version release information, upgrade guides, initial research on official packages, and development environment setup.

## Changelog

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  <Card title="June 2026" icon="calendar" href="/en/blog/changelog/202606">
    Bus::bulk(), Postgres transaction pooler, MCP client/server, artisan dev, route metadata, Symfony on Cloud.
  </Card>

  <Card title="May 2026" icon="calendar" href="/en/blog/changelog/202605">
    @fonts Blade directive, Interruptible jobs, subagent support, Cloud Scale-to-Zero, Managed Queues.
  </Card>

  <Card title="April 2026" icon="calendar" href="/en/blog/changelog/202604">
    Passkeys (passwordless authentication), Debounceable Jobs, MCP UI App, full Redis Cluster support.
  </Card>

  <Card title="March 2026" icon="calendar" href="/en/blog/changelog/202603">
    Laravel 13 release, AI SDK, JSON:API, Inertia v3, and numerous package updates.
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## Initial research on new repositories

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  <Card title="Laravel Maestro — the starter kit orchestrator" icon="music" href="/en/blog/maestro-introduction">
    Learn how Maestro manages multiple starter kit variants in a single monorepo.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Laravel Sentinel — route protection middleware research" icon="shield-halved" href="/en/blog/sentinel-introduction">
    A driver-based route protection middleware. See how it guards administrative tools.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Laravel's new code analysis ecosystem" icon="magnifying-glass" href="/en/blog/laravel-ecosystem-analysis">
    An introduction to the static analysis ecosystem built from three packages: surveyor, ranger, and roster.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Laravel Passkeys initial research" icon="key" href="/en/blog/passkeys-introduction">
    Initial research into passkeys-server (PHP) and @laravel/passkeys (npm). Covers installation, configuration, and the frontend API.
  </Card>

  <Card title="laravel/agent-skills — Laravel's official AI agent skills" icon="wand-magic-sparkles" href="/en/blog/agent-skills-introduction">
    An overview of skills provided as plugins for Claude Code and Cursor, including installation and details on each skill.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Laravel Agent Detector — AI agent detection package" icon="robot" href="/en/blog/agent-detector-introduction">
    Learn about the official Laravel package that detects execution environments for major AI agents such as Claude, Copilot, and Cursor.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Laravel PAO — output optimization for AI agents" icon="compress" href="/en/blog/pao-introduction">
    A package that compresses PHPUnit, Pest, PHPStan, and Artisan output into JSON, cutting token consumption by up to 99.8%.
  </Card>
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## Upgrade guides

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  <Card title="Upgrade guide: Laravel 12 to 13" icon="arrow-up" href="/en/blog/upgrade-12-to-13">
    Upgrade steps, breaking changes, deprecations, and new feature highlights when moving from Laravel 12 to 13.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Upgrade guide: Laravel 11 to 12" icon="arrow-up" href="/en/blog/upgrade-11-to-12">
    Upgrade steps and major changes when moving from Laravel 11 to 12.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Upgrading from Laravel 10 to 11" icon="arrow-up" href="/en/blog/upgrade-10-to-11">
    Upgrade steps and major changes for moving from Laravel 10 to 11.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Upgrading from Laravel 9 to 10" icon="arrow-up" href="/en/blog/upgrade-9-to-10">
    Upgrade steps and major changes for moving from Laravel 9.x to 10.x.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Upgrading from Laravel 8 to 9" icon="arrow-up" href="/en/blog/upgrade-8-to-9">
    Upgrade steps and major changes for moving from Laravel 8.x to 9.x.
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## New versions and features

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  <Card title="Laravel 13 new features overview" icon="star" href="/en/blog/laravel-13-new-features">
    A summary of the major new features and improvements in Laravel 13, released in March 2026.
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## Official packages and products

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  <Card title="Build SPAs with Inertia.js" icon="layer-group" href="/en/blog/inertia-introduction">
    An introduction to Inertia.js v3, which delivers SPAs without an API. See how it connects a Laravel backend to Vue, React, or Svelte.
  </Card>

  <Card title="⚡ Getting started with Livewire 4" icon="bolt" href="/en/blog/livewire-introduction">
    Learn how to use Livewire 4 to build interactive UIs without writing JavaScript—from installation to hands-on examples.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Getting started with Laravel Telescope" icon="telescope" href="/en/blog/telescope-introduction">
    From HTTP requests to spotting N+1 problems, learn how to use a debugging and monitoring tool that dramatically improves development efficiency.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Implement feature flags with Laravel Pennant" icon="flag" href="/en/blog/laravel-pennant">
    Learn how the official feature flag package enables gradual rollouts, A/B testing, and beta feature management.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Getting started with Laravel Nightwatch" icon="moon" href="/en/blog/nightwatch-introduction">
    Differences from Telescope and Pulse, installation, and settings that make the free plan practical.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Getting started with Laravel testing using Pest PHP" icon="vial" href="/en/blog/pest-introduction">
    An introduction to Pest PHP—the default from Laravel 11—from a senior engineer's perspective. Covers differences from PHPUnit and migration costs.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Laravel Cloud — a full look at the Laravel-native PaaS" icon="cloud" href="/en/blog/laravel-cloud">
    Laravel Cloud, launched in 2025. Learn how it differs from Forge, what it's good and bad at, and the benefits of using it.
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  <Card title="Laravel Cloud Hibernation (auto-sleep)" icon="pause" href="/en/blog/laravel-cloud-hibernation">
    How Laravel Cloud's auto-hibernation feature works, how to enable it, its limitations, and how Path Blocking prevents unwanted wake-ups.
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  <Card title="Introducing the Blaze package" icon="fire" href="/en/blog/blaze-introduction">
    Learn how Livewire's official Blaze package speeds up Blade component rendering.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Introducing Laravel Wayfinder" icon="compass" href="/en/blog/wayfinder-introduction">
    Learn about Laravel Wayfinder, adopted in the Inertia starter kits following Ziggy. See how it type-safely connects your TypeScript frontend.
  </Card>
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## Development environments and tools

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  <Card title="Installing PHP, Composer, and Node.js with Homebrew (macOS)" icon="apple" href="/en/blog/mac-setup">
    A step-by-step guide to setting up a Laravel development environment on macOS by installing PHP, Composer, and Node.js via Homebrew.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Installing PHP, Composer, and Node.js on WSL (Windows)" icon="windows" href="/en/blog/windows-setup">
    A guide to setting up a Laravel development environment on Windows 10/11 by installing PHP, Composer, and Node.js on WSL 2.
  </Card>
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## Related topics

- [Blog](/de/blog/index.md)
- [Core-Paket und eigene Treiber - Feedable](/de/packages/feedable/core.md)