Release Notes

    Lumen 6.0 upgrades the framework's underlying Laravel components to the series.

    Lumen 5.8.0

    Lumen 5.8 upgrades the framework's underlying Laravel components to the 5.8 series.

    Lumen 5.7.0

    Lumen 5.7 upgrades the framework's underlying Laravel components to the 5.7 series.

    Lumen 5.6 upgrades the framework's underlying Laravel components to the series.

    Lumen 5.5.0

    Lumen 5.5 upgrades the framework's underlying Laravel components to the 5.5 series.

    Lumen 5.4.0

    Lumen 5.4 upgrades the framework's underlying Laravel components to the 5.4 series.

    Lumen 5.3 upgrades the framework's underlying Laravel components to the series.

    Lumen 5.2.0

    Lumen 5.2.0 upgrades the framework to use the 5.2 family of Laravel components, as well as introduces some significant changes to Lumen's underlying philosophy and purpose.

    Because sessions are no longer included with Lumen, authentication must be done stateless using API tokens or headers. You have complete control over the authentication process in the new AuthServiceProvider. Please review the authentication documentation for more information.

    Since sessions and views are no longer included with Lumen, all of the form interaction testing helpers have been removed. The testing helpers for JSON APIs remain, so be sure to review the .

    Lumen 5.1.0

    Lumen 5.1.0 upgrades the framework to use the 5.1 family of Laravel components. Features such as event broadcasting, middleware parameters, and testing improvements are now available in Lumen. For the full Laravel 5.1 release notes, consult the Laravel documentation.

    When upgrading to Lumen 5.0.4, you should update your bootstrap/app.php file's creation of the Lumen application class to the following:

    Lumen 5.0

    Lumen 5.0 is the initial release of the Lumen framework, and is based on the Laravel 5.x series of PHP components.