Installs laravel/telescope ^5.0 (v5.12.5) as a dev-dependency.
Three-layer production safety adapted to Laravel 11 layout (no
Kernel.php; routing/schedule in bootstrap/app.php +
routes/console.php):
1. composer.json `extra.laravel.dont-discover` lists
laravel/telescope. After editing, `php artisan package:discover`
regenerates bootstrap/cache/packages.php — without this step
the auto-discovery cache still registers the vendor provider.
2. AppServiceProvider::register() gates registration to local +
testing environments. Registers BOTH the vendor
Laravel\Telescope\TelescopeServiceProvider (routes, migrations,
publishing) AND the project's App\Providers\TelescopeService
Provider (gate + filter) — they're sibling classes that extend
ServiceProvider independently, not parent/child, so both must
register for the dashboard to work. bootstrap/providers.php
deliberately does NOT list either Telescope provider.
3. .env TELESCOPE_ENABLED flag (false in .env.example). Runtime
toggle that disables Telescope even when the providers are
registered.
Production safety verified via simulated APP_ENV=production check:
confirms no Telescope-* providers are loaded.
Authorization: viewTelescope gate restricts dashboard to users
with the super_admin Spatie Permission role. Even in local
environments, only super_admin can view. Default was an email
allow-list stub — replaced with `$user->hasRole('super_admin')`.
Pruning: Schedule::command('telescope:prune --hours=48') added in
routes/console.php (Laravel 11's schedule location), environment-
gated to local + testing only.
Documentation: /dev-docs/TELESCOPE.md added; CLAUDE.md gets a
Development-tooling section. The doc explicitly calls out the
dual-provider registration (vendor + app) which differs from the
single-provider pattern in older Laravel versions.
Migrations applied: telescope_entries, telescope_entries_tags,
telescope_monitoring tables. Route registration verified in local
(42 telescope.* routes).
Tests: 1208/1208 passing — Telescope loads in the testing
environment as well, so the suite exercised it without issues.
Deployment note (flag for separate docs): a production operator
who runs `php artisan migrate` manually will still apply the
Telescope migrations — but because the providers never register
in production, the tables stay empty.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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