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Laravel 12.34-35, What's New in PHP 8.5, Avoid Open Redirects, Only 100 Metrics Matter, The AI Growth Endurance Problem & more

Laravel 12.34-35, What's New in PHP 8.5, Avoid Open Redirects, Only 100 Metrics Matter, The AI Growth Endurance Problem & more

Ahmad
October 26, 2025

Hey Makers 👋

It’s been an exciting 2 weeks in the world of Laravel and SaaS building (as always)! ⚡️ New updates just landed that make development smoother and more fun, from smarter queues to HTTP batching and many handy little features that save you time.

If you’ve been sitting on an idea, this is your reminder: start building it. Every great product begins with that first commit. 💡

Grab your SaaSykit license and start building your dream SaaS app today. 💡

That said, let’s dive into what’s new and keep the maker energy rolling! 👇

Laravel 12.34-35 updates

Failover Queue Driver
Laravel now includes a failover queue driver that automatically switches to a backup connection if the main one fails.

'failover' => [
    'driver' => 'failover',
    'connections' => [
        env('QUEUE_CONNECTION', 'redis'),
        'sync',
    ],
],

Useful for keeping your job processing reliable even when one queue connection goes down.

Failover Cache Driver
Similar to queues, a failover cache driver has been added. It tries alternative cache stores if the primary one fails.

'failover' => [
    'driver' => 'failover',
    'stores' => [
        'redis',
        'array',
    ],
],

// Simply set your cache driver to failover in .env:

CACHE_STORE=failover

Full-Text Improvements in Laravel Scout
When using the database engine in Laravel Scout with PostgreSQL, search results are now automatically sorted by relevancy (like MySQL) when no other ordering is defined.

Closure Support for throw_if()
You can now pass a closure as the exception parameter in throw_if().
The closure only runs if the condition is true, improving performance and readability:

throw_if($response->failed(), fn() => new Exception('Request failed.'));

HTTP Batch defer() Method
The HTTP client’s batch feature now includes a defer() method, letting you queue up multiple requests to execute later.

Http::batch(fn ($batch) => [
    $batch->get('https://api.site.com/a'),
    $batch->get('https://api.site.com/b'),
])->defer();

Deferred Queue
A new deferred queue driver lets you run jobs after the HTTP response has been sent — perfect for tasks that don’t need to block user requests.

SendInvoice::dispatch($order)->onConnection('deferred');

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