Laravel 12.43.0 Is Now Released. Here's what's new!

Laravel 12.43.0, released on 16th December 2025, is a small but dense release focused on type-safety, cache/DB robustness, HTTP testing ergonomics, and a couple of nice DX additions.​

High‑level changes

• Type & PHPDoc improvements across Bus, HTTP client, events, and collections to give better static analysis and IDE support​
• Stability fixes around cache locks, database reconnection, Xdebug edge cases, and validation behavior​
• Testing enhancements like new response assertions, Storage fakes with enums, and additional tests for core helpers​

Type & PHPDoc improvements

• Added PHPDoc callable types for BusFake methods, improving auto-complete and static analysis when faking the bus​
• Improved type annotations for $batchId in the Batchable trait and for synchronous HTTP client return types, tightening expectations when working with jobs and Http:: calls​
• Added missing docblock parameters in the FailedOver event and extra type hints/tests around higher-order proxies and collection behavior.​

Runtime and bug fixes

• Fixed a deadlock bug in cache_locks during cleanup, improving reliability for distributed locks.​
• Fixed PHP 8.5 deprecations related to using a null cache store and passing null to array_key_exists in AsPivot.​
• Fixed hasEvenNumberOfParentheses throwing ParseError when Xdebug is active and ensured Password::required() actually fails when the value is missing.​

Framework behavior & minor tweaks

• Simplified clearing resolved instances for Facade classes to clean up the container more predictably.​
• PendingDispatch::afterResponse is now conditional, so after-response behavior is only registered when applicable.​
• Added mergeHidden and mergeVisible to Collection, making it easier to merge visibility rules across model collections.​

Tooling, tests, and integrations

• Storage::fake() can now accept enums as disk names, aligning with enum-backed configuration patterns.​
• Added PHP 8.5 with Herd passthrough vars in ServeCommand, updated GitHub Actions checkout to v6, and cleaned up the DynamoDbStore.​
• Added more tests (Support Uri class, HigherOrderProxy, Client Response tappable, etc.) and made the HTTP client Response class tappable for more flexible middleware-like manipulation.​

#v12.43.0

The following release notes are directly from the changelog. I have compiled a list of the changes from the changelog below:

• [12.x] Add PHPDoc callable types for BusFake methods by @alies-dev in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58070
• Improve type annotations of $batchId in Batchable trait by @markieo1 in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58069
• [12.x] Fix deadlock in cache_locks on cleanup by @jackbayliss in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58071
• feat: implement 'assertFailedDependency' response assertion by @artengin in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58061
• [12.x] Fix using null cache store triggering PHP 8.5 deprecation by @jnoordsij in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58074
• [12.x] Fix deprecated usage of passing null to array_key_exists in AsPivot class by @jnoordsij in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58073
• [12.x] Simplify clearing resolved instances for Facade classes by @jnoordsij in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58072
• [12.x] Add PHP 8.5 with Herd to passthrough variables in ServeCommand by @bashgeek in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58080
• [12.x] Update actions/checkout v4 to v6 by @jackbayliss in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58078
• [12.x] Let Storage::fake() accept enum as disk name by @bbredewold in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58076
• Improve PHPDoc return type for synchronous HTTP Client methods by @khaled-sadek in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58090
• [12.x] Adjust testCanRetrieveAllFailedJobs by @jackbayliss in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58096
• [12.x] Allow Factory connection method to accept null by @jackbayliss in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58108
• [12.x] Make PendingDispatch::afterResponse conditional by @kenneth-saey in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58099
• [12.x] Add mergeHidden and mergeVisible methods to Collection class by @mahmoudmohamedramadan in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58110
• Added "SSL error: unexpected eof" message to LostConnectionDetector by @GuidoHendriks in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58113
• [12.x] Update git-auto-commit action by @jackbayliss in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58118
• [12.x] Add tests for Support Uri class by @miladev95 in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58114
• [12.x] Make the Client Response class tappable by @kevinb1989 in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58115
• [12.x] Add missing docblock param in FailedOver event docblocks by @jackbayliss in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58123
• [12.x] Clean up DynamoDbStore by @cosmastech in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58116
• [12.x] Fix: Handle ParseError in hasEvenNumberOfParentheses when Xdebug is active by @crynobone in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58128
• [12.x] Fix Password::required() to fail when value is missing by @faisuc in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58125
• [12.x] Add HigherOrderProxy tests (Collection & Tap) by @miladev95 in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58138
• [12.x] Run ConnectionEstablished event on database reconnection by @crynobone in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58136