Laravel 13.24.0

Breaking: Laravel 13.24.0 ships today. August 4, 2026. One week after 13.23.0.

This is a maintenance release. No new major features. But the fixes matter.

What's New

• modelKeys() added to the Eloquent query builder — pull model keys straight from the query
• array_keys validation rule — validate that submitted arrays contain exactly the keys you expect
• Dominant color detection for the image driver — grab the primary color of an image
• HEIC and extra AVIF support — the image library now handles Apple's format natively
• NumberPrompt fallback for interactive console prompts

Key Fixes

• Route cache lookups no longer rebuild every cached route on each hit — a quiet performance win
• Job delays are now respected when bulk-pushing to QueueFake and FailoverQueue
• Fix validation stalling for minutes on large arrays
• Fix Arr::forget() removing the wrong element
• Fix multibyte case-insensitive matching in Str::replace and Str::remove
• Fix appended accessors receiving null in toArray()
• Fix PHP 8.5 null-index deprecations — two of them this week
• Prevent TypeError in Validator::validateDistinct()
• Escape single quotes in Postgres JSON path attributes
• Detect circular alias references in the Container

Under the Hood

Artisan command signatures are consolidated. TestResponse::decodeResponseJson() is memoized. URL validation logic was adjusted by Taylor Otwell himself, alongside an attempt at a lock fix.

Upgrade with composer update. The 13.x line remains stable.