Certainly! The issue is that your controller always returns a redirect/HTML response, even if the request comes from AJAX and expects JSON. Laravel determines whether to return JSON or HTML mainly by checking two things in the request:

• The Accept header (application/json)
• If the request is AJAX (checks XMLHttpRequest, e.g. X-Requested-With)

Since your JS does send the right headers, you need to modify your controller action to return JSON if the request wants it.

Here’s how you can do it:

---

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Password;

public function store(Request $request)
{
    $request->validate([
        'email' => ['required', 'email'],
    ]);

    $status = Password::sendResetLink(
        $request->only('email')
    );

    // Check if the request expects JSON
    if ($request->expectsJson()) {
        if ($status == Password::RESET_LINK_SENT) {
            return response()->json([
                'status' => __($status),
                'message' => 'Password reset link sent!'
            ]);
        } else {
            // Use a 422 status for validation-style errors
            return response()->json([
                'errors' => ['email' => [__($status)]],
                'message' => __($status),
            ], 422);
        }
    }

    // Default (non-AJAX): fallback to previous redirect logic
    return $status == Password::RESET_LINK_SENT
        ? back()->with('status', __($status))
        : back()
             ->withInput($request->only('email'))
             ->withErrors(['email' => __($status)]);
}

---

Key Points:

• if ($request->expectsJson()) lets Laravel determine if the request is AJAX/JSON and tailors the response accordingly.
• For errors, return 422 Unprocessable Entity so your JS .fail() handler catches it.
• No changes are needed to your JS; your code correctly sets the Accept: application/json header.

---

Summary:
Update your controller to use JSON responses for AJAX. This way, Laravel Breeze’s password reset endpoint will work seamlessly both via web and AJAX/API.

Im using laravel Brezze, but Im using ajax request when click on submit button: here how it looks like the forgot password controller looks like: public function store(Request $request): RedirectResponse { $request->validate([ 'email' => ['required', 'email'], ]);

    // We will send the password reset link to this user. Once we have attempted
    // to send the link, we will examine the response then see the message we
    // need to show to the user. Finally, we'll send out a proper response.
    $status = Password::sendResetLink(
        $request->only('email')
    );
    
    return $status == Password::RESET_LINK_SENT
                ? back()->with('status', __($status))
                : back()->withInput($request->only('email'))
                    ->withErrors(['email' => __($status)]);
}

When I enter an email and submit, the response always comes back with status 200, but it returns the full HTML page instead of a proper AJAX response.

Do I need to change something in my PHP controller to handle this correctly for AJAX?

Here is my js code:

$(document).on('submit', '#forgotPasswordForm', function (e) { e.preventDefault(); const $form = $(this); const $submitBtn = $form.find('button[type="submit"]'); $.ajax({ type: 'post', url: $form.attr('action'), data: $form.serialize(), dataType: 'json', headers: { 'X-CSRF-TOKEN': $('meta[name="csrf-token"]').attr('content'), 'Accept': 'application/json', // Essential for Laravel to return JSON }, beforeSend: function() { setButtonLoading($submitBtn); clearValidationErrors($form); } }).done(function(response) { console.log('response: ', response);

}).fail(function(xhr) {
    handleAjaxError(xhr, $form);
}).always(function() {
    clearButtonLoading($submitBtn);
});

});

I checked the Breeze GitHub repository, and it seems it’s no longer has a doc. They now suggest using the new starter kits, which require you to use either Vue, React, or Livewire.

However, for my app, I only want to use plain PHP (Blade) and possibly install Bootstrap 5 later and vanilla JS, no Tailwind or other frontend frameworks.

In previous Laravel versions, I usually installed Breeze, then removed the Tailwind code and converted everything to Bootstrap.