HTTP Client Request Attributes in Laravel 12.42

The Laravel team released version 12.42, featuring HTTP client request attributes, support for Enums in Translator replacements, schema builder index methods, and more.

#HTTP Client Request Attributes

Luke Kuzmish contributed a withAttributes() method to define attribute data on a PendingRequest instance. You can then retrieve it later using the attributes() method:

$response = Http::withAttributes(['name' => 'first'])
    ->get('https://example.com/test');
 
$response->attributes(); // ['name' => 'first']

See Pull Request #58038 for implementation details and discussion.

#Support for Enums in Translator Replacements

Hossein Hosni contributed an update that supports Enums in Translator replacements:

$t = new Translator($loader, 'en');
$t->get('string_backed_enum', ['month' => Month::February]);
// Laravel 12 was released in :month 2025
// Laravel 12 was released in February 2025

See Pull Request #58048 for implementation details.

#Schema Builder Index Checks

Jack Bayliss contributed whenTableHasIndex and whenTableDoesntHaveIndex methods to run code based on whether a table has an index or not:

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
 
// Before
public function up(): void
{
    if (! Schema::hasIndex('product', 'name')) {
        Schema::table('product', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->index('name', 'index_name');
        });
    }
}
 
// After
public function up(): void
{
    Schema::whenTableHasIndex('product', 'name', function (Blueprint $table) {
        $table->index('name', 'index_name');
    });
 
    // You can also pass the index type...
    Schema::whenTableDoesntHaveIndex('product', 'name', function (Blueprint $table) {
        $table->index('name', 'index_name');
    },  'unique');
}

See Pull Request #58005 for implementation details.

#Release notes

You can see the complete list of new features and updates below and the diff between 12.41.0 and 12.42.0 on GitHub. The following release notes are directly from the changelog:

#v12.42.0

• [12.x] Improve Context::scope() return type by @cosmastech in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58012
• [12.x] Allow float values in duration helpers for CarbonInterval by @SanderMuller in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58006
• Add whenTableHasIndex and whenTableDoesntHaveIndex to Builder by @jackbayliss in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58005
• [12.x] Add commandFileFinder method and exclude test files from command discovery by @davidhemphill in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58017
• [12.x] Fix Cache spy not working with memoized cache by @faisuc in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/57996
• Respect --quiet and --silent in queue:work command by @MatusBoa in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58024
• [12.x] Improve Blueprint docblocks with concrete value ranges for integer and text columns by @nguyentranchung in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58019
• [12.x] Modernize typecasting by @cosmastech in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58037
• [12.x] Fix required and sometimes validation of Password rule by @mrvipchien in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58034
• [12.x] Add support as a depdency for container by @adrum in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58026
• fix autoloading StringableObjectStub class in tests/Support/SupportStringableTest.php by @angus-mcritchie in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58030
• [12.x] Remove calls to optional() by @cosmastech in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58027
• [12.x] Add newRequest() to Pool and Batch by @cosmastech in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58038
• [12.x] Align Listener docblock and add unit test for query shape by @miladev95 in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58040
• [12.x] feat: add pre-migration hook when setting up databases in parallel tests by @philipheimboeck in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58011
• [12.x] Supports PHPUnit 12.5 by @crynobone in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58042
• [12.x] Add support for Enums in Translator replacements by @hosni in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58048
• [12.x] Fix PendingRequest@pool() && batch() concurrency by @cosmastech in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/57973
• [12.x] New illuminate/reflections component from illuminate/support by @crynobone in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58052
• Make queue commands' option descriptions more consistent by @jasonlbeggs in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58058
• [12.x] Add LICENSE, auto close for PRs and .gitattributes to illuminate/reflection by @crynobone in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58055
• [12.x] PendingRequest@withRequestContext() by @cosmastech in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/58054