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Laravel showing "403 Forbidden" after assigning roles — works only after cache clear

Hi everyone,

Recently we are facing an issue in our Laravel application related to role-based access.

Scenario:

A new user registers successfully.

Admin assigns roles/permissions to that user (roles are correctly saved in the database).

When the user logs in immediately after the role assignment, the system shows a 403 Forbidden error.

If we run cache clear commands (php artisan cache:clear, config:clear, etc.), the same user can access the system without any issue.

So it seems like the roles/permissions cache is not refreshing automatically after role assignment, even though the database is updated correctly.

Environment

Laravel: 10/11

Using: Laratrust package

Roles and permissions stored correctly in DB

Issue resolved temporarily after clearing cache

Question What is the recommended way to ensure that permissions/roles are refreshed immediately after assigning roles to a user, without manually clearing the cache each time? Is there a best practice or event-based solution to reset permission cache automatically?

Thanks in advance!

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