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New features

• You can now start using PHP 8.5 alpha1!
• The Dumps UI can now detect Laravel Cache activity
• Onboarding now allows users to select a different path to park instead of ~/Herd

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Fixes and Improvements

• Fresh installations can now automatically exclude the Herd path from Windows Defender to improve PHP performance

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Fixes and Improvements

• All network requests now make use of the system-wide proxy settings
• Searching for text within collapsible strings in the dumps window is now possible
• Updated the built-in cacert.pem file

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New features

• The “Sites” window is now integrated into the settings and received a major design overhaul
• You can now add “aliases” (links) right from the sites UI, by right-clicking on a site in the list
• Sites with aliases/links now get grouped together
• You can now hide sites that do not have a valid driver
• Sites can be grouped individually
• The PHP ini settings can now be configured for each installed PHP version individually
• New instances of the “Reverb” service now contain a debugging dashboard that can be opened from the services window

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Fixes and Improvements

• Using herd isolate with a PHP version that is not yet installed, now installs the specified version
• We fixed an issue with the mailserver in combination with CC email recipients

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Fixes and Improvements

• Fixed an issue where projects would not open with Cursor
• Fixed a log issue with MariaDB and folders containing spaces
• Fixed an issue where the “start at launch” option would be unchecked after installing an update
• Fixed an issue where not all site details were visible on the Sites window

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New features

• You can now manually write the Hosts-file entries in case the Herd helper is not running on your system

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Fixes and Improvements

• Cursor is now added to the list of IDEs
• The site wizard now filters out project paths that no longer exist
• Newly created root certificate authorities are valid for 20 years instead of one
• We now detect when the root certificate authority expires
• We fixed an issue when trying to use MariaDB with a space in the username
• We increased the draggable area for the log viewer window

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New features

• MariaDB is now available as a service to install (requires Herd Pro)
• You can now create a new Laravel project using a community starter kit
• We added support for a new custom URL that allows you to open the site wizard with your custom starter-kit prefilled

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Fixes and Improvements

• Updated the Laravel installer to the latest version
• Updated cacert.pem to the latest version
• We fixed an issue where connecting with Forge would not properly store the oauth token
• Fixed an issue where Xdebug would not properly work out-of-the-box without Herd Pro

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New features

• The site wizard now allows you to choose whether you want to use Volt in combination with the new Livewire starter kit or not
• We added the ability to easily update the Laravel installer from the “PHP” settings

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Fixes and Improvements

• Updated the Laravel installer to the latest version
• Updated Composer to the latest version

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New features

• We updated the site creation wizard to use the new Laravel Vue, React and Livewire starter kits
• We added a global shortcut option to quickly open the site creation wizard
• We added a “Create New Site” option in the menubar to quickly open the site creation wizard
• You can now right-click on your database services to copy the connection URL to your clipboard

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Fixes and Improvements

• Updated the Laravel installer to the latest version
• Updated Expose to the latest version
• Fixed an issue with Expose’s self-update command

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New features

• We added a new option to create secure Minio services
• This releases includes Expose 3.0 and allows you to configure the default Expose server and custom domain in your Herd settings

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Fixes and Improvements

• Updated composer to the latest version
• PHP 8.4 now includes the updated Redis and MongoDB extensions
• Fixed an error when using the log viewer in combination with PHP 8.4
• We improved the HerdHelper error reporting

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New features

• The default PHP version for new Herd installations is now 8.4

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Fixes and Improvements

• Updated Expose to be PHP 8.4 compatible
• Updated composer to the latest version
• Updated the Laravel installer to the latest version
• When SSHing into a Forge server, you’re no longer in the public folder
• UI improvements for the onboarding experience in combination with dark mode
• Fixed an issue when the only installed PHP version was 8.4
• Running herd ini in an isolated project now opens the isolated PHP version’s ini file
• Fixed an issue that would show deprecation warnings in the Expose token configuration screen
• The app now notifies you when your Herd Pro license expires soon

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New features

• We added PHP 8.4 compatible versions of Xdebug and our Herd dump interception feature

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Fixes and Improvements

• Updated composer to the latest version
• Added a check so that composer self-update will not be overwritten when restarting Herd
• Updated the built-in Laravel Installer

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New Features

• We added a new herd ini CLI command that opens up the ini file in your configured IDE.

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Fixes and Improvements

• Improved PHP 8.4 support
• The installer output now properly scrolls to the bottom

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Fixes and Improvements

• Running herd coverage now uses the correct php.ini file
• Added PHP 8.4 support for the built-in dump loader
• Opening Adminer for Laravel apps that use the default SQLite file now works properly
• We improved the TablePlus detection when opening it from the sites UI
• herd init will no longer add the folder name as a project alias
• Fixed an issue where the herd_auto_prepend_file directive would get ignored
• Fixed an issue when trying to intercept HTTP requests without cookies
• Using the dump features in combination with Lumen no longer throws an error
• Updated the Laravel Installer

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Fixes and Improvements

• We added a “Watch via CLI” toggle in the dump settings, so queries no longer get sent to the dump UI when running PHP from the CLI (for example by running tests)
• Changing the maximum upload filesize, also sets post_max_size
• We fixed an issue where the Forge integration would show the light mode UI even though dark mode was active
• Updated the Laravel installer
• TablePlus can now be opened from the Sites page
• We fixed an issue where herd coverage and herd debug would not work as expected in some situations

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New Features

• Forge Integration: Connect local sites with Laravel Forge and deploy them from the Herd UI or via CLI
• Herd.yml: Share site configurations with your team
• Reverb TLS support: Launch secure Reverb instances with effortless TLS certificates
• Dump Improvements: Dump Eloquent queries, outgoing HTTP requests, logs, jobs and Blade views without installing a package
• MongoDB support: MongoDB can now be installed as a Herd Pro services

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Fixes

• The herd proxy command is now fully functional
• The IDE can be started from the sites list again
• When running herd secure, you will only need to trust the CA certificate once. Future herd secure calls will no longer require your admin password.
• The PHP settings window can now be opened without the need of an internet connection
• We fixed an issue where the Herd installer could restart your computer
• The log viewer no longer shows “No sites found” when PHP 8.4 was installed

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Features

• We’ve added support for PHP 8.4 Alpha to the PHP download manager
• When you open Adminer from a site, we use the database credentials from your .env file to populate the form
• If you’re using TablePlus, we open TablePlus instead of Adminer
• You can delete PHP versions via the context menu from the PHP settings
• The configuration for the API port of the Herd app is now under the general settings

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Fixes

• Redis supports spaces in usernames and honors config files
• Herd serves favicons now

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Features

• Herd Pro: Services create and honor configuration files for MySQL, PostgresQL and redis
• Herd Pro: You can open the path of service binaries via right click from the service settings
• You can star a favorite sites within the Sites UI to sort it to the top
• Improved self-healing and logging capabilities for helper service

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Fixes

• Disable binary log files for MySQL service
• Add RTL support
• Fixed the global site menu shortcut

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New Features

• The Sites UI has moved to its own window. You can check a preview of your site as well as update settings, open the database and much more!
• Single mails can now be deleted via the context menu
• Sites can now be deleted
• We integrated Adminer for easier database management
• We added a quick access section to the menu bar as well as the dashboard for Mails, Dumps, Logs and Sites

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Fixes and Updates

• We updated the Laravel Installer
• Fixed an issue where the HerdHelper service could not be installed, when the username contains a space
• You can now configure if Herd should open the Dashboard automatically when it starts
• Fixed crashing log viewer for non-existent directories
• Fixed NVM detection with spaces in paths
• Fixed a bug where sometimes not all services were shutdown correctly
• Fixed some layout bugs in dark mode

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Fixes

• Fixed a problem with the Log Viewer
• Fixed an issue with NVM for users with spaces in their Windows username
• Properly shutting down services when closing or restarting Herd

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Fixes

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New Features

• The Herd dashboard now opens automatically when the app starts
• You can now change the sort order of dump() cards in the Dump UI
• Clicking on a dump location now opens your configured IDE
• Dump calls will now be grouped in the UI
• The font-size of dumps can be changed using CTRL +/-
• The log viewer is now framework agnostic and has support for WordPress log files

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Fixes and Updates

• The performance when mass deleting local mails has been improved
• We updated the built-in Composer versions
• We improved the HerdHelper service and added additional debugging information to it

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Versioning

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Fixes and Updates

• We updated the built-in Laravel installer and Composer version
• herd stop and herd start now properly starts and stops all services
• Fixed an issue where a username with a space would not properly detect the NVM installation
• herd debug now loads the regular php.ini as well
• We now add appropriate aliases to the .bash_profile file to improve using Herd with git bash
• Fixed an edge-case where the “open last folder” shortcut would not properly work
• Clicking on mail notifications now properly brings the Mail window to the front
• We fixed an issue where switching PHP versions would not restart debug PHP processes
• Debug PHP processes no longer get killed after a certain amount of requests
• Long site names and folder names now get truncated to avoid horizontal scrolling in the sites list
• PHP update notifications no longer show up every hour, when postponing the update
• We fixed an issue when trying to make HTTP requests to a locally secured site (cURL error 60)

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New Features

• PostgreSQL 14, 15 and 16 are now available including PostGIS and pgrouting extensions
• We added a local “clear dump” shortcut (CTRL+K) when the “Dumps” window is focused
• You can now use the new herd coverage CLI command to start PHP scripts with code coverage enabled
• After installing a new PHP version, you can now use the version individually in the terminal (e.g. php80 -v, php81 -v, etc.)

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Fixes and Updates

• We updated the built-in Laravel Installer
• We updated the built-in Composer version
• “herd share” now properly passes additional arguments to Expose
• We fixed an issue where “herd unsecure” would not work properly
• A very bad internet connection no longer leads to deactivated Herd Pro licenses
• The Xdebug browser extension detection properly works with trace and profile mode
• Fixed some Laravel Reverb related environment variables
• Fixed an error where dumps would not show up in the “Dumps” window when triggered from NGINX
• Updating PHP no longer overwrites modifications made to the php.ini file
• It’s now possible to “herd link” folders with spaces in their names

• Fixed an issue where certain commands would not work on the first application start
• Fixed an issue where Xdebug could not be found for PHP 7.4
• herd link now prompts for elevated permissions
• herd restart no longer fails
• The herd CLI is no longer accessible if the desktop application is not running
• Increased the Dumps payload size
• Fixed an issue with opening the terminal in the last opened site
• The exif extension now automatically gets enabled when downloading a new PHP version
• Fixed an issue where PHP would stop after serving a certain amount of requests
• Usernames containing special characters and whitespace are now supported