- Enhanced pipelines with Pipeline::withinTransaction() accepting connections, macroability, and deferred event support, plus scoped singleton handling.
- Added new validation rules (doesntContain, doesntContainStrict) and strict integer validation; introduced Bind attribute, NTLM HTTP client auth, Arr::some/every, and collection utilities.
- Expanded API helpers such as Eloquent Builder's except method, actingAsGuest, explicit factory relationship exclusion, Enum::cases handling for enum columns, and extensive type hint and PHPDoc improvements.