Laravel 13.31.0 release notes, 8 Sep 2026

[12.x] Ensure password hash matches stored cookie before authenticating the user by @crynobone in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61386
[12.x] Fix TypeError in userFromRecaller() when the recaller matches no user by @lazerg in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61397
[13.x] Add totalSize method to Queue by @jackbayliss in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61373
Merge branch '12.x' into 13.x by @crynobone in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61399
[13.x] Restore the container instance after route:cache boots a fresh application by @lazerg in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61405
[13.x] Include connection and queue on WorkerStopping when worker is killed by @jackbayliss in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61408
[13.x] Fix lazy() and lazyById() ignoring limit() and offset() by @xurshudyan in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61402
[13.x] JobInterrupted event by @jackbayliss in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61412
[13.x] Make the Redis queue driver cluster-safe (bulk() node-less MULTI; allQueueNames() uses KEYS) by @Orrison in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61198
[13.x] feat: add chaperone support for BelongsToMany pivot models by @calebdw in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61152
Dedupe common test fixtures by @jasonmccreary in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61422
[13.x] feat: improve higher order proxy generic types by @calebdw in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61418
Apply fixes from StyleCI by @taylorotwell in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61427
[13.x] Add once assertions to the mail and notification fakes by @talaridisTh in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61415
Let Monolog handle deprecation exceptions by @sysdev34-wq in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61414
[13.x] Default memoryExceededExitCode for Cloud by @jackbayliss in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61430
[13.x] Fix context not being propagated to concurrent processes by @newtonjob in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61419
[13.x] Remove the unused Request import from the JSON:API resource stub by @Bosun18 in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61434
[13.x] Memory leak fix in Http Client by @skr4dan in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61438
[13.x] Fix SelfBuilding build stack cleanup after exceptions by @emrebalasar in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61454
[13.x] defer all logic to the dedicated rule by @browner12 in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61445
Wrap the closure return type in withFreshQueryLog() by @SanderMuller in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61444
[13.x] Fix assertJsonMissingPath() ignoring wildcards by @xurshudyan in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61441
[13.x] Resolve the UsePolicy attribute from parent classes by @xurshudyan in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61439
[13.x] Resolve the UseEloquentBuilder attribute from parent classes by @xurshudyan in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61440
[13.x] Fix parameter docblocks that contradict the native signature by @dfinchenko in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61457
Bump softprops/action-gh-release from 3.0.2 to 3.0.3 in the github-actions group by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61468
[13.x] Fix RateLimited job middleware hitting limits that did not block the job by @xurshudyan in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61449
[13.x] Add devServerUrl() to Vite by @ramonmalcolm10 in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61465
[13.x] Retry phpredis commands when a connection reset surfaces as a warning by @Orrison in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61462
[13.x] Fix callbacks deferred from within a deferred callback by @newtonjob in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61431
[13.x] Propagate command_retries to phpredis cluster connections by @Orrison in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61460
[13.x] Qualify soft delete column with the query's table alias by @arunarw in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61456
[13.x] Keep Eloquent on the direct connection during migrations by @danielebarbaro in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61435
Apply fixes from StyleCI by @taylorotwell in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61470
[13.x] Fix Class Illuminate\Session\ArraySessionHandler implementing SessionHandlerInterface is missing the create_sid() method which will be required in PHP 9.0 by @crynobone in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61469
Fix route url generation under certain circumstances by @taylorotwell in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61475
[13.x] Fix message ID and header persistence on ResendTransport by @saurabhsharma2u in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61476
[13.x] Fix wherePivot() closure scope being ignored in pivot table operations by @iz-ahmad in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/61488