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Laravel 2 min read
A catalog import normally finishes in two minutes, but today it takes twenty. A schedule that starts it every five minutes can create several concurrent imports unless overlap is e...
Laravel 2 min read
The website shows a fix, but queued jobs still execute the old behavior. A long-running queue worker keeps the booted application in memory. Replacing files on disk does not automa...
Laravel 2 min read
A worker finishes a database write but dies before acknowledging the job. The queue can deliver the same job again. A handler that assumes one execution may create duplicate import...
Laravel 2 min read
A checkout request waits on a supplier API. Without an intentional timeout budget, a slow dependency can occupy PHP workers long enough to make unrelated pages feel unavailable, pa...
Laravel 2 min read
An integration test uses a fake supplier response and passes, even after a refactor removes the authorization header. The fake made the response convenient but did not verify the o...
Laravel 2 min read
An upload feature test should not leave sample images in the same folder as production-like fixtures. Laravel's fake disk gives the test an isolated storage target and lets it asse...
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A profile-photo endpoint needs more than a filename ending in .jpg. The upload must satisfy size and content rules, be stored under an application-controlled name, and be served ac...
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An account settings form shows a display name, but the request also includes is_admin=1. Updating the model from every request field can turn a small settings screen into an uninte...
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A profile edit should allow a user to keep their current email while rejecting another account's email. The uniqueness rule needs to exclude the current record, but that exclusion...