Laravel 13.5.0 release notes, 14 Apr 2026

[13.x] Support #[Delay] attribute on queued mailables by @sumaiazaman in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/59580
[13.x] Added inheritance support for Controller Middleware attributes. by @niduranga in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/59597
[13.x] Normalize phpredis SSL context for single and cluster connections by @timmylindh in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/59569
[13.x] Memoize the result of TestCase@withoutBootingFramework() by @cosmastech in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/59610
[13.x] Add missing @throws and docblocks for concurrency and model in… by @scabarcas17 in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/59602
[13.x] Fix that retries of ShouldBeUniqueUntilProcessing jobs are force-releasing locks they don't own by @kohlerdominik in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/59567
[13.x] Add first-class Redis Cluster support for Queue and ConcurrencyLimiter by @timmylindh in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/59533
[13.x] chore: Update PHP version from 8.2 to 8.3 in bin/test.sh script by @crynobone in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/59605
[13.x] Fix RedisQueueTest by @jackbayliss in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/59613
[13.x] Add enum support to CacheManager store and driver methods by @yousefkadah in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/59637
[13.x] Fix redirectUsersTo() overwriting redirectGuestsTo() callback by @timmylindh in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/59633
[13.x] Add ability to detect unserializable values returned from cache by @jackbayliss in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/59630
[13.x] Fix loose comparison false positive in NotPwnedVerifier with magic hash passwords by @scabarcas17 in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/59644
[13.x] Refactor Skip middleware by @cosmastech in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/59651
[13.x] Resolve stan errors on MySqlSchemaState by @jackbayliss in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/59652
[13.x] Allow closure values in updateOrCreate and firstOrNew by @yousefkadah in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/59647
[13.x] Add enum support to MailManager mailer and driver methods by @yousefkadah in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/59645
[13.x] Add enum support to AuthManager guard and shouldUse methods by @yousefkadah in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/59646
[13.x] Add spatie/fork to composer suggestions by @jnoordsij in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/59660
[13.x] Add enum support to Manager driver method by @scabarcas17 in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/59659
[13.x] Fix custom driver binding bug and improve by @ollieread in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/59614
[13.x] Improve PHPDoc for "safe" method with conditional return type by @leo95batista in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/59684
[13.x] Bump Retry action in CI by @jackbayliss in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/59681
[13.x] Move Scope interface @template from method-level to class-level to fix LSP violation by @kayw-geek in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/59675
[13.x] Combine consecutive isset and unset by @lucasmichot in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/59685
[13.x] Changes strlen comparison to 0 to direct empty string compare by @lucasmichot in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/59686