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LARAVEL 13 LOCKS DOWN DEPENDENCIES, 12.65.0 FIXES FACTORY EDGE CASES

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Lucas Michot github-actions[bot] Mohamed Said
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Laravel's next major version is raising minimum dependency versions to eliminate 37 security vulnerabilities that could slip past composer update --prefer-lowest.

The 13.x branch just merged aggressive dependency bumping [1] that closes a critical audit gap: while normal composer update passes security checks, the prefer-lowest resolution strategy was still installing vulnerable packages. Lucas Michot's fix raises minimums across several packages to their first patched versions, turning a silent pass into actionable findings. Meanwhile, v12.65.0 shipped four targeted fixes [2] including a critical Factory::insert() correction for zero counts and schedule list timezone handling. The same PR cycle also landed test suite cleanups [3] [4] converting outdated expectException patterns to the cleaner expectExceptionObject approach, shedding boilerplate ahead of PHPUnit 13.2's coming deprecations. A weekly composer audit workflow now runs across the full PHP/stability matrix, catching newly published advisories before they hit your builds [1].

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the week in review Boost skill downloads reject backslash path escapes the month in review Laravel 13 exits eager-loading beta as AI and cloud CLI harden
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Quick answers

What shipped in Laravel on August 6, 2026?
Laravel's next major version is raising minimum dependency versions to eliminate 37 security vulnerabilities that could slip past composer update --prefer-lowest. In total, 13 commits, 12 pull requests, and 1 releases landed.
Who contributed to Laravel on August 6, 2026?
3 developers shipped this update, including Lucas Michot, github-actions[bot], and Mohamed Said.
What were the notable Laravel updates?
[13.x] Bump minimum versions (#61033), v12.65.0, and Simplify remaining exception expectations.
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Gemini request fields unblocked, inplace DDL lands, Anthropic counts thinking tokens 37 shipped Readable env encryption goes incremental, OpenRouter gets reranking 47 shipped Tagged cache TTL fix, versionless Cloud database types 17 shipped CloudManager answers isManagedQueue, Collection types tighten 5 shipped

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Safety Evals AI Red Teaming Agent Security Interpretability Alignment & Post-training

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