Bearer Token Visibility in API Testing Tools

Hi, when I use Insomnia or Postman to test my API, I notice that the bearer token appears. Is this normal, or should it be secured in some way? Does it not appear at all in production? below is a copy of the console tap in insomnia * Preparing request to http://ticket-please.local/api/v1/users/1 * Current time is 2025-12-01T16:01:22.190Z * Enable automatic URL encoding * Using

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minaremonshaker's avatar JussiManni...Laravel
10

Throttle after authentication

I have this rate limiter RateLimiter::for('some-task', function ($request) { return Limit::perHour(10)->by($request->user()->id); }); I want to use it after a user is authenticated Route::post('todo', [TaskController::class, 'task']) ->middleware(['auth', 'throttle:some-task']); However, I get an error attempt to read property id on null I'm sure it'

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Johna's avatar JohnaLaravel
6

dusk - tests failing

$browser ->fillForm($post, [$field]) ->screenshot('debug 1') ->press('@submit') ->waitFor('@' . $field . '-error', 10); ; so notice i have screenshot() there.. if i remove that this test will fail. it leads me to think that the delay is needed somehow.. funny thing is delay should be added AFTER i press submit to give it time to process and show error.. in other tes

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shez1983's avatar vincent150...Testing
1

How I Structure Laravel APIs for Android Apps (Versioning, Auth, Queues, Performance & Multi-Tenant Setup)

Over the past few years I’ve been building Android apps paired with Laravel backends, and I kept running into the same problems: breaking older app versions because I changed an API inconsistent response formats heavy logic inside controllers causing UI delays background tasks slowing down mobile requests auth flows that worked in Postman but failed on real devices rate limiti

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kajol's avatar jlrdwDevOps
2

Testing with Multiple DB Connections

Version 11.31. I have two MySQL connections; one table on connection A references a parent table on connection B. When I run tests with both connections in transactions (using DatabaseTransactions), inserting the child row blocks until MySQL throws Error: 1205 Lock wait timeout exceeded. I’d prefer to use RefreshDatabase so both databases roll back after each test, but running

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rt0611's avatar Tray2Laravel
3

Cannot run --parallel tests

hello! i'm trying to run my integration and unit tests in parallel, i have followed the official guide and installed paratest as a dev dependency. But when i try to run them with the --parallel parameter i get NunoMaduro\Collision\Adapters\Laravel\Exceptions\RequirementsException Running Collision 8.x artisan test command in parallel requires at least ParaTest (brianium/parate

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AlessioGiacobbe's avatar vincent150...Testing
6

Laravel AI Orchestrator AI with Contextual Memory and Multi-Provider Support

Laravel AI Orchestrator is a Laravel package similar to prism, It supports multiple providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, and Ollama with automatic fallback if one fails, structured outputs for clean data handling, and optional Contextual Memory that lets your AI remember previous conversations using cache or database. You can easily test and manage everything with built-i

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sumeetghimire's avatar sumeetghim...AI
2

React + InertiaJS InfiniteScroll Issue

Hey so i've been facing this weird issue, using Inertia's InfiniteScroll component and Inertia::scroll() method. On every odd direct visit to the page it only loads first page and nothing else and on every even visit it works. To make sure that nothing on my page was causing it i set up a test route with very simple Test page and still same results. here's the code for my test

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forkingbeardman's avatar forkingbea...Inertia
2

Boolean cast not converting string values on save.

I’ve hit a confusing behavior with Laravel’s native boolean cast. Here’s a minimal example: $user = User::first(); $user->test = 'on'; $user->save(); Model: protected function casts(): array { return [ 'test' => 'boolean', ]; } When saving, I get: SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 1366 Incorrect integer value: 'on' for column 'test' Is this expected be

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ismail_bourbie's avatar havanaelonEloquent
8

Set Response Headers for statically served JS build assets

Hey guys, I have the following problem: I have two different subdomains: partner.foo.test and office.foo.test I want to write a Dusk Browser test, where I make a get request to partner.foo.test/login. The partner subdomain receives its JS build assets from office.too.test. Because I do not have configured Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * // or anything that would work I get the

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felixele217's avatar felixele21...Servers
2

How a Corrupt Cache drove a 9-Year Laravel Dev to Madness (and the "Nuclear" fix)

Hey Laracasters, I've been working with Laravel for nine years, and I've built more custom facades than I can count. The facade pattern is like a trusted friend; it's predictable, reliable, and always does what I expect. Or so I thought. Recently, I hit a wall with a custom Equipment facade. What seemed like a routine task spiraled into a two-day debugging nightmare. It was one

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mahmoudbakheet's avatar mahmoudbak...Laravel
0

Problem mit ErrorBag in Livewire with Filament (Pest)

Hi. I try to refactor the default registration form of filament and now want to test it. It is a package I build with orchestra testbench and the livewire plugin. This is my test: test('Register page can be visited.', function () { \Pest\Livewire\livewire(\Filament\Auth\Pages\Register::class)->assertSee('Password'); }); But I get the error: Illuminate\Support\ViewErrorB

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Pixelairport's avatar Pixelairpo...Testing
2

PEST 4 File upload testing (Inertia)

Hi, I'm using PEST 4 to test a form submission that includes an image upload as a required field. $page->attach('input[data-testid="profile_image"]', base_path('tests/Browser/images/avatar.jpg')); Looking at the produced screenshot ($page->debug()) and using some console logs it's attaching the file to the form as I would expected, but when I submit the form the

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TimHaynes's avatar LaryAIInertia
1

Testing Best Practices: Is Using Foreach Loops in Tests an Anti-Pattern?

I'm working on my Laravel test suite and I've noticed I'm using foreach loops in several of my tests to iterate through different scenarios or test data. While this approach seems efficient for testing multiple cases, I'm wondering if it's considered a good practice or if there are better alternatives. My concerns are: If one assertion fails, does it stop the entire test? Does

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minaremonshaker's avatar minaremons...Testing
7

How to mock calls of Laravel scopes for unit testing?

I'm using Laravel 12 along with Pest (using Mockery), and I have this method : public function destroy(array $ids): array { $data= Item::findAllByFieldIn('id', $ids)->get(); // other code... } findAllByFieldIn is a scope method that comes from a trait used in Item model. For my unit test, I need to mock findAllByFieldIn but I haven't found any workin

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naspy971's avatar krisi_gjik...Laravel
4

Email verification not working as expected

Hi all I’m new here and new to laravel Not using any starter kits and following https://laravel.com/docs/12.x/verification#model-preparation The model code has everything from the above page but no email is sent. The registered function call is in the controller which is called because the view renders. I’ve written some code to test that email sending works. I wrote an event l

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pgogy's avatar pgogyLaravel
12

Issue: Laravel Dusk + ChromeDriver “session not created: probably user data directory is already in use"

Hi everyone, I’ve been struggling with an issue in Laravel 12 + Dusk 8 + PHP 8.4 on an EC2 Linux server. After many attempted fixes, I still get this recurring error: "session not created: probably user data directory is already in use, please specify a unique value for --user-data-dir argument, or don't use --user-data-dir" What I’ve Tried So Far: Commented out --us

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chesterj13's avatar chesterj13Servers
0

Modelable Issues with Parent Child Components

I am trying to create some reusable component with three MaryUI Select components (MaryUI isn't the issue). Source, Status and Owner. From the parent Livewire page I pull possible existing Source Status or Owner if we are viewing the object or leave as blank if we are creating. The issue is where we have a blank Source or Status for example and we have a default value set from

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Cee_Bee's avatar Cee_BeeLivewire
1

TailwindCSS typography and Tiptap editor

Hello, I have this string generated by Tiptap. <p>ceci <span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);">est </span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);"><strong>un test</strong></span></p> un test is in bold and in black instead of being in bold and in red. It seems to be a problem with TailwindCSS typography plugin. I have trie

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vincent15000's avatar LaryAIGeneral
2

Deploying on Kubernetes

Hi All, I was curious if anyone deploys their Laravel app on Kubernetes or OpenShift? Any guides or helpful tips around that? I'm exploring the topic and have a simple site I'm looking to use as my test pilot. Is there a feature of Kubernetes that's been really helpful for you? I would imagine the blue-green style deployment, and the ability to scale to more instances could com

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zchar's avatar lsvagusaServers
4

How to have conditional validation in Form Requests?

I have a field that accepts images. But if the image validation failed, I want it to go to CustomRule and test the input there. Otherwise, throw an error. I want it to be like this // UpdateUploaderRequest.php use App\Rules\CustomRule; public function rules(): array { return [ 'images' => 'required|array', 'images.*' => 'image' || new CustomRule, ]; }

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Chron's avatar martinbeanLaravel
10

AWS sending out emails that RDS MySQL 8.0 will be deprecated.

I've received email below. I'm also confused. I'm running a MySQL 8.0 fixed size DB through Vapor. But I can't figure out anywhere how to upgrade. It is also not clear on what version to upgrade. In Vapor, when I want to create a new DB, MySQL 5.7 and 8.0 is the only option. So there is also no newer version available. What should I do? Email: Hello, [AWS Health may periodicall

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stefr's avatar LaryAIVapor
1

RDS MySQL upgrade to 8.4

AWS has now been bombing to upgrade the RDS MySQL from 8.0.40 to 8.4.6 on my Vapor application. Tried to figure out what would be the best way to do it and somehow got into the Amazon RDS Blue/Green deployments. If someone is already familiar how to do this within the Vapor application (I've already created the green database for my staging) your help is appreciated here. Now w

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jannevuori's avatar LaryAIVapor
2

Seeders or Migrations for production data?

Hey everyone Recently after some research I came up with a question: how to handle default / initial data population in a Laravel project: should it go into seeders or migrations? I’ve seen two very different schools of thought. What other devs say Nuno Maduro says: Seeders should only be used for environment-specific data (local or test), and not for default system values. D

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dmytroshved's avatar Dmytro_Shv...General
11

csrf_token(): Return value must be of type string, null returned

I am writing a Pest test for a Volt component, and this is the error I'm receiving when trying to run the test. Here is my test it('prefills patient and default date/time on mount', function () { // Ensure the expected patient exists Patient::factory()->create(['id' => 12]); // Freeze time to ensure deterministic "nextWeekday at 8:00" Carbon::se

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charles-wc's avatar charles-wcTesting
6

Migrating my Laravel server with zero HTTPS downtime – best practices?

Hi everyone, I’m planning to migrate my Laravel application to a new server. I’m using Laravel Forge to manage my current server, which works fine, but I want to upgrade the instance for better performance. My main concern is HTTPS. The current certificates are from Let’s Encrypt using HTTP challenge, which means that to issue them on the new server, the DNS must point to the n

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1k3r's avatar GlukinhoForge
4

Pest - Targeted multiple times by the same Cover attribute

Not sure exactly with what version this came with, but upgraded to v4 of pest and run my test. Getting quite some warnings. Class App\Http\Controllers\ProfileController is targeted multiple times by the same "Covers" attribute``` Can't find much about it, any ideas? ProfileTest.php

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Cruorzy's avatar CruorzyTesting
2

Issues testing a static model method which calls delete()

Hello, I am trying to test a static method in a model class to see that it handles exceptions properly. The method reads as follows: public static function remove(string $key): bool { try { self::where('key', '=', $key)->delete(); return true; } catch (\Exception $e) { Log::error($e->getMessage()."\n"

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cinnion's avatar cinnionTesting
2

Disappointed by Pest

Hello, It's the first time I write tests with Pest. And I'm quite disappointed because once in two the tests take 10 seconds or 1 second without any modification. Who has already had this problem ? For example this tests take time. test('superadmin can update one of his users', function () { $user1 = createUsers(RoleEnum::SUPERADMIN); $user2 = createUsers(RoleEnum::WORK

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vincent15000's avatar vincent150...Testing
2

Cookies are missing from request when feature testing in Laravel

My project is using a modified implementation of Laravel Passport for authentication. I have a route, /auth/login, which I use for authentication. POST is for logging in, PUT is for refreshing tokens, and DELETE is for logging out. Here's the update method of my controller, which is mapped to PUT /auth/login. It is supposed to find the refresh token in the cookie and use it in

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scott_mcmullan's avatar martinbeanTesting
4

Laraclassifier

My access to my administrator account is blocked because of the verification code. How can I cancel the verification by SMS and access my account? Note that the VONAGE test did not work. THANKS

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oasisnet's avatar martinbeanLaravel
4

Tests refresh the main database

Hello, I have a problem using tests. When I run them, they update my main database. The configuration is as follows: 1.config/database.php 'driver' => 'mysql', 'url' => env('DB_URL'), 'host' => env('DB_HOST', '127.0.0.1'), 'port' => env('DB_PORT', '3306'), 'database' => env('DB_DATABASE', 'laravel'),

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NekaDava's avatar tykusTesting
5

After Upload on Cpanel Error

I am using Laravel 12 with the Vue starter kit. This project is working perfectly locally, but when I upload it to my cPanel subdomain, it shows this error. This page isn’t working. my.domainname.com is currently unable to handle this request. HTTP ERROR 500 I am uploading first, I build the project, then zip the project without node_modules & test folder. After that, I zip

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ShFarhan767's avatar ShFarhan76...Laravel
4

Can't understand how Filament could work in this scenario

Hello, I have decided to start using Filament in order to avoid to reinvent the wheel for the admin of my app. Currently my admin panel is reachable from https://admin.myapp.com. Before installing Filament I had a middleware redirecting to admin.myapp.com/login etc etc. I have edited the AdminPanelProvide with the following: public function panel(Panel $panel): Panel {

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thesimons's avatar aknEvrnkyFilament
2

undifined variable $stats

hello i'm getting Undifined variable $stats, (this is just test code I wrote) I don't think my logic is correct, it must not be. this is my InventoryController.php $stats = [ 'total_items' => InventoryItem::count(), 'pending_items' => InventoryItem::where('Status', 'Pending')->count(), 'accepted_items' => InventoryItem::where('Status', 'Accepted')->count(), 'rej

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aone24's avatar SnapeyLaravel
3

Why is Mockery required?

I use PHPUnit for my unit tests, but I don't rely on mocking so I don't want to include mockery/mockery in the require-dev section of my composer.json file. Unfortunately, when removing this dependency, all tests involving the database fail. For example the following stupid test class ExampleTest extends TestCase { use RefreshDatabase; public function test_empty_users(

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fme's avatar GlukinhoLaravel
7

Setting another Attribute in a mutator Laravel 11

When I set the book location value, I want to set the latitude and longitude values to 0 as well. // Book Model class Book extends Model { protected $fillable = [ 'latitude', 'longitude', 'location' ] protected function location(): Attribute { return Attribute::make( set: function ($value, $attributes) { $this->latitude =

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a-dev-coder-f's avatar JussiManni...Laravel
4

How to Implement Multi-Database Tenancy in Laravel for a SaaS Application?

Hi everyone, I'm currently building a SaaS application using Laravel and looking to implement multi-database tenancy, where each tenant has their own separate database. I’ve come across packages like: tenancy/tenancy spatie/laravel-multitenancy Before I move forward, I’d love to hear from anyone who has experience with this setup. Here are a few questions: Which package would

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jayandholariya's avatar GlukinhoLaravel
1

Inflexibility when using Pest

In PHPUnit if I want to seed database before all the tests in a test file/class I'll put the model factories in the setup method like this which simple and straight forward: public function setUp(): void { parent::setUp(); //Create login credentials $this->user=User::factory()->create([ 'username'=>'admin' ]);

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kenprogrammer's avatar vincent150...Testing
1

How to set a local cast in Laravel Settings for an array of Laravel Data property?

Dear Developers, Thank you for the marvel! Let's consider the following: Data namespace App\Data\Settings\Background; use App\Enums\Color; use Spatie\LaravelData\Attributes\MergeValidationRules; use Spatie\LaravelData\Data; #[MergeValidationRules] final class ColorData extends Data { public function __construct( public Color $name, public float $brightnes

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Artwork's avatar ArtworkLaravel
3

Laravel Livewire error overlay <iframe> stays blank when throwing exception

I have a Livewire 3.x component that displays a confirmation modal for deleting a page. When I deliberately throw an exception in my action, Livewire shows the dark “error” overlay, but the inside it is completely empty—no stack trace, nothing. What I’ve Tried APP_DEBUG=true in .env & php artisan optimize:clear Including @livewireStyles in and @livewireScripts before Delet

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timbogdanov's avatar timbogdano...Livewire
1

"Session store not set on request" - only on one computer

I migrated a BE to Laravel a few weeks ago, uploaded, and it's working absolutely fine - for hundreds of users. But I've just started having an issue logging in on my own computer - the log in request is returning a message 'Session store not set on request.' It was working fine, then I made a change to the front end and changed the URL of the log in form, went to test it - and

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jonshutt's avatar JussiManni...Laravel
7

Testing an AI assistant for Laravel – feedback?

I’ve been working on Lara Copilot, a lightweight tool to speed up repetitive Laravel tasks like CRUD scaffolding, validation rules, and basic test generation. It’s in the early launch phase, and I’d love feedback from Laravel devs: Would something like this fit into your workflow? What’s missing or must-have for you to use it? Happy to share a demo if anyone’s curious — just lo

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adityalare's avatar adityalareAI
0

Integrity constraint violation when testing using Pest php

test('admin cannot delete a category that is in use by an idea', function () { $admin = User::factory()->create(['role' => 'admin']); $category = Category::factory()->create(); Idea::factory()->for($category)->pending()->create(); // Idea uses this category $response = $this->actingAs($admin)->delete(route('categories.destroy', $category)); $response-&g

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KangSamli's avatar JussiManni...Laravel
8

Dusk not typing or check

Hi. I'm struggling to get the dusk testing working correctly. I've tried multiple ways to check the checkboxes, via check, click and adding value etc. but none of the methods have worked. The first few tests are working fine with exactly the same code, but as soon as i try this code it fails. Ive taken screenshots and they show that its all in the correct place. I've rejigged t

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skoobi's avatar skoobiTesting
2

B2 Cloud storage

I use b2 cloud storage and ui for php filament. here is my b2 disk in filesystem 'b2' => [ 'driver' => 's3', 'key' => env('B2_KEY_ID'), 'secret' => env('B2_APPLICATION_KEY'), 'region' => env('B2_REGION'), 'bucket' => env('B2_BUCKET_NAME'), 'endpoint' => env('B2_ENDPOINT'),

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test_user69's avatar GlukinhoCode Review
2

Artisan expectsOutput does not work with parallel testing

Hello guys, hope you do fine. I have a very weird problem and I have not found any actual documentation around it, looking for, the last 3 hours. $this->artisan('mycommand') ->expectsOutput('my random output') ->assertExitCode(0); This will work when running my test as a regular one (without parallel), but it won't work when using php artisan t

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Ninj4df's avatar Ninj4dfLaravel
0

Dynamic Filters: Controller Logic or Component Responsibility?

Hi everyone, I'm evaluating an architectural decision in my Laravel 12 project. I have a page that displays filters configurable on three levels: from config file: full list of available filters from DB per company: each company decides which filters to use and in what order from DB per user: each user enables/disables/moves filters via the UI The ModuleConfigService generat

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AleAnto's avatar martinbeanLaravel
2

Mock Static Function (find) of Model Book and return Same Model Book

I'm trying to mock the find static function in my eloquent model and return a mocked model back. class Book extends Model {} $bookMock = Mockery::mock(Book::class)->makePartial(); Mockery::mock('alias:' . Book::class) ->makePartial() ->shouldReceive('find') ->with(1) ->andReturn($bookMock); However

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a-dev-coder-f's avatar martinbeanTesting
4

Problem getting import to work on Vapor via Livewire component

Hi All - I have the following method: public function clickImportNewMembers(): void{ //check size $fileSize = $this->uploadedFileContainer->getSize(); Log::info('fileSize: '.$fileSize); //early exit if fileSize exceeds maxFileSIze if ($fileSize > $this->uploadedMaxFileSize) { $this->uploadedMaxFileSizeExceeded = true;

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Rretzko's avatar RretzkoLivewire
2