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Framework Release Watch No16

🚀 Laravel 13.30.0 expands queues, collections, and SQL Server support
Laravel 13 users working with queues, cloud tooling, collections, or SQL Server have the clearest reasons to upgrade.
Laravel 13.30.0 adds Microsoft SQL Server DSN connection-string support and a new chunkBy collection method. It also expands Cloud Queue sizing APIs, queue payload customization, and developer command controls.
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Source: GitHub — Laravel

🔐 Laravel 12.69.0 tightens cookie authentication
Laravel 12 applications using cookie-based authentication or the exception page should consider upgrading.
Laravel 12.69.0 verifies that the password hash matches the stored cookie before authenticating a user. It also disables HTML by default in exception-page tooltips.
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Source: GitHub — Laravel