Laravel 13.18.1 release notes, 2 Jul 2026

[13.x] Allow assertDatabaseEmpty to handle iterable by @jackbayliss in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/60621
[13.x] Add input() method to console commands by @stevebauman in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/60607
[13.x] Handle api / json routes with Down (Maintenance) command by @davidrushton in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/60595
[13.x] fix: respect channel name for on-demand log stacks by @maltf0 in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/60635
[13.x] Support inspecting delayed jobs on the queue fake by @jackbayliss in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/60636
Add Release queue middleware by @mgcodeur in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/60630
[13.x] Update docblocks of Blueprint foreignUuid and foreignUlid to match foreignId by @LiddleDev in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/60643
Respect the encoding in Str::mask() when building the end of the string by @iammcoding in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/60646
[13.x] Supports scalar Predis retry config to allows config:cache by @crynobone in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/60642