Laravel 13.30.0 lands with queue totals and Redis fixes

What shipped: Laravel released v13.30.0 and v12.69.0, adding a totalSize method to the queue [1] and preventing orphaned Redis tagged cache entries [2]. The 13.x line also set visibility on files that only exist on a read-through disk's fallback [3], added createPayloadUsing directly to the queue manager [4], added `once` assertions to mail and notification fakes [5], fixed context propagation to concurrent processes [6], and fixed a validation disagreement [7]. The 12.x line disables HTML by default in the exception page tooltip [8] and fixes a TypeError in userFromRecaller() [9].

Why it matters: The queue totalSize method gives you a first-class way to check queue depth without reaching into internals, and the Redis tagged cache fix closes a leak that could leave stale entries after tag invalidation. The read-through disk visibility fix and the context propagation fix close correctness gaps for filesystem and concurrent job workflows.

Under the hood: laravel/ai added support for validating tool request arguments [10], preserved tool result failure status across conversations [11], and copies uploaded files to a managed temp path so their contents survive the request [12]. Meanwhile, three merged changes that accepted user messages and chat input when prompting agents [13], converted Vercel AI SDK UI messages into agent chat input [14], and hydrated useChat from stored conversation messages [15] were all reverted. Container fixes also addressed a SelfBuilding stack leak and Horizon cluster tests were stabilized.

Also: cloud-cli v0.6.0 added GitLab and Bitbucket source providers , and an env var overhaul was shipped for cloud-cli .