Pest Laravel Package

• maintenance release

chore: bumps phpunit

fix: bumps phpunit, as previous versions became invalid due https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/security/advisories/GHSA-qrr6-mg7r-m243

• fix: up to 30% faster boot times before your test suite runs (measured on laravel cloud)
• fix: if you pass --filter or a test file, --update-snapshots now only updates the snapshots that match

• feat: time based sharding by @nunomaduro in https://github.com/pestphp/pest/pull/1671

For better shard balance, Pest can distribute tests based on their actual execution time using the --update-shards option. This ensures each shard takes roughly the same wall-clock time, minimizing how long your slowest CI job runs.

Step 1: Generate the timing data by running your full test suite with --update-shards:

./vendor/bin/pest --update-shards

This runs all tests and records each test class's duration into tests/.pest/shards.json. You can also combine it with --parallel to speed things up:

./vendor/bin/pest --parallel --update-shards

Step 2: Commit tests/.pest/shards.json to your repository. This file is human-readable and looks like this:

{
    "timings": {
        "Tests\\Feature\\Payments\\StripeCheckoutTest": 1.608,
        "Tests\\Feature\\Reports\\SalesReportTest": 2.105,
        "Tests\\Unit\\Models\\UserTest": 0.050
    },
    "checksum": "...",
    "updated_at": "2026-04-14T10:30:00+00:00"
}

Step 3: When you run --shard and tests/.pest/shards.json exists, Pest automatically uses time-balanced distribution:

./vendor/bin/pest --shard=1/5

The output will indicate that time-balanced sharding is active:

Shard:    1 of 5 — 12 files ran, out of 50 (time-balanced).

Announcement: x.com/enunomaduro/status/2042697927483609449

• feat: flaky and --flaky by @nunomaduro
• feat: toBeCasedCorrectly arch test assertion by @SimonBroekaert and @nunomaduro in https://github.com/pestphp/pest/pull/1455
• feat: add '--only-covered' option to '--coverage' by @SimonBroekaert in https://github.com/pestphp/pest/pull/1626
• fix: typo in Pest.php in stubs by @orphanedrecord in https://github.com/pestphp/pest/pull/1653
• fix: toUseTrait to detect inherited and nested traits by @yondifon in https://github.com/pestphp/pest/pull/1515
• fix: missing classes before toExtend on laravel preset by @treyssatvincent in https://github.com/pestphp/pest/pull/1569
• fix: add "Rules" to laravel preset by @bibrokhim in https://github.com/pestphp/pest/pull/1580
• fix: enhance support for --parallel and --teamcity arguments by restoring --teamcity for ParaTest and fixing teamcity output concurrency by @smirok in https://github.com/pestphp/pest/pull/1615
• fix: nested dataset discovery and parallel invalid-dataset reporting by @stsepelin in https://github.com/pestphp/pest/pull/1655
• fix: preserve unicode characters in filenames for --filter matching by @Vmadmax in https://github.com/pestphp/pest/pull/1624
• fix: dataset named parameters by @dbpolito in https://github.com/pestphp/pest/pull/1634
• fix: parameter closure this type annotations in functions by @DevDavido in https://github.com/pestphp/pest/pull/1628
• fix: dataset inheritance with method chaining (beforeEach()->with(), describe()->with()) by @louisbels in https://github.com/pestphp/pest/pull/1565

• chore: stores statically the test result for pao

• style changes

• style changes

chore: bumps phpunit

fix: App\Http not being allowed to be used on laravel providers (arch testing) fix: styling of stubs fix: test dir option when used on parallel

• fix: adjust styling with the latest pint version

• chore: missing tag

• feat: symfony 8 (and its components) support

• fix: security issue found in PHPUnit / https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/security/advisories/GHSA-vvj3-c3rp-c85p

• fix: security issue found in PHPUnit / https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/security/advisories/GHSA-vvj3-c3rp-c85p

• fix: security issue found in PHPUnit / https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/security/advisories/GHSA-vvj3-c3rp-c85p
• fix: closure this for extend
• fix: Str::beforeLast not using multibyte string function of substr

• fix: removes toHaveSuspiciousCharacters from php preset as it may require an extension that is not available

• feat: pest()->only() to focus on one file only by @Willem-Jaap in https://github.com/pestphp/pest/pull/1598
• fix: adds missing --dirty to --help command by @bilboque in https://github.com/pestphp/pest/pull/1595-
• fix: adds missing warning when intl extension is missing by @owenvoke in https://github.com/pestphp/pest/pull/1590

• adds phpunit 12.5 support
• uses checkout 6 on github actions

• support for symfony 8.0 components

• uses phpunit@12.4.4

• support for php 8.5
• fix undefined array key "testdox-columns" by @Se7en-RU in https://github.com/pestphp/pest/pull/1544

• uses phpunit@12.4.1

• uses phpunit@12.4

• Bumps requirements

Browser Plugin:

• Added ->from()->newYork() to set locale, timezone, and geolocation. Supports dozens of cities worldwide.
• Added assertNoBrokenImages to check for broken images on pages.
• Added withinFrame to test content inside iframes.
• Added withUserAgent to customize the user agent.
• New methods: resize, forward, back, waitForEvent, typeSlowly, rightClick, withKeyDown, and more.

• bumps phpunit version

• fix: prevent duplicate covers attributes
• chore: uses phpunit 12.3.6

• fix: --coverage option causing out-of-memory exception

• fix: --testdox causing an runtime exception.

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• adds support for phpunit v11.5.33

• Fixes namespaced functions breaking arch testing

fix: installation of pest on laravel's starter kits

• The --compact flag now hides type coverage for files exceeding 100%.
• Added support for using * as a wildcard in architecture-related expectations.
• Various bug fixes in architecture-related methods.

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• Bumps dependencies.
• Fixes JunitXmlLoggerout of sync with PHPUnit.

• Adds --compact option to coverage

• Adds Laravel 12 support

• Bumps PHPUnit version.

• Bumps PHPUnit and Paratest versions

• Adds PHPUnit 11.5.0 support