New Laravel 11 Apps Include a Health Check Endpoint

As part of the release of Laravel 11, new applications include a health /up endpoint. This route is defined in the new bootstrap/app.php file by passing the health parameter—which is defined by default in the Laravel 11 skeleton:

Application::configure(basePath: dirname(__DIR__))
    ->withProviders()
    ->withRouting(
        web: __DIR__.'/../routes/web.php',
        // api: __DIR__.'/../routes/api.php',
        commands: __DIR__.'/../routes/console.php',
        // channels: __DIR__.'/../routes/channels.php',
        health: '/up', // [tl! add]
    )
    // ...

When setting up the application routing, the Laravel framework defines the health route and also emits a DiagnosingHealth event:

use Illuminate\Foundation\Events\DiagnosingHealth;

// ...

if (is_string($health)) {
    Route::middleware('web')->get($health, function () {
        Event::dispatch(new DiagnosingHealth);

        return View::file(__DIR__.'/../resources/health-up.blade.php');
    });
}

The route is configurable with the default /up endpoint and returns an animated “Application up” health page in the browser:

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