PlanPHP & Laravel
PHP 8.6 reaches release candidate with stricter session defaults
There was no RC1: the first release candidate is RC2, shipped September 24. The feature list is frozen, and three session defaults change.
Plan
Upgrades and deadlines to schedule. 12 stories.
PlanJS & TypeScript
GitHub Actions runners no longer have Node 20
Since September 23, JavaScript actions run on Node 24 and the ACTIONS_ALLOW_USE_UNSECURE_NODE_VERSION opt-out no longer works.
PlanPHP & Laravel
Laravel AI SDK 1.0 adds tool approvals, classification and streaming protocols
Laravel AI SDK 1.0 shipped September 23 with new features and breaking changes to conversation storage, token names and streaming.
PlanAI Tools
Copilot Business and Enterprise apply a default feature policy from October 22
From October 22, Copilot applies a default policy to every eligible feature, code review policy and MCP server setting you haven't configured.
PlanJS & TypeScript
npm trusted publishing can now manage dist-tags without a long-lived token
Since September 30, npm trusted publishing can manage dist-tags with short-lived OIDC credentials, behind an opt-in permission.
PlanJS & TypeScript
npm 12 stops running dependency install scripts by default
npm v12 became the default on July 8. Dependency lifecycle scripts, Git dependencies and remote URL dependencies are now opt-in.
PlanJS & TypeScript
TypeScript 7 is native and 8 to 12 times faster, but not a drop-in
TypeScript 7.0, the native port written in Go, shipped July 8. It has no stable programmatic API yet, and its new defaults change your tsconfig.
PlanPHP & Laravel
Laravel 13 is the line to be on
Laravel 12 stopped receiving bug fixes on August 13, 2026. Laravel 13 supports PHP 8.3 to 8.5, with security fixes until March 17, 2028.
PlanJS & TypeScript
npm's brutal year: the TanStack compromise and the ChainDrop worm
An attacker chained a pull_request_target workflow into 84 malicious TanStack versions, and a worm planted persistence in editor and AI tool config.
PlanJS & TypeScript
Next.js 16.3 is a free performance upgrade
Up to 90% less memory in long dev sessions, build caching on by default, and up to 22% more server-rendered requests under load.
PlanJS & TypeScript
Node 20 is end-of-life; Node 26 becomes LTS on October 28
Node 20 has been end-of-life since April 30, 2026. Node 24 moves to maintenance on October 20, and from Node 27 every release becomes LTS.
PlanPHP & Laravel
PHP support calendar: target 8.4 or 8.5 today
PHP 8.2's security fixes end on December 31, 2026, the same day PHP 8.4's active support ends.