- Added customizable redirect on auth failure ([a14e623](https://github.com/laravel/laravel/commit/a14e62325cbe82a615ccd2e80925c75cb0bf1eaf))
- Added possibility to make httpOnly CSRF cookie optional ([#4692](https://github.com/laravel/laravel/pull/4692))
- Added `beyondcode/laravel-dump-server` : `^1.0` to `composer.json` ([ff99e2f](https://github.com/laravel/laravel/commit/ff99e2fd5c6f868b9be53420057551c790f10785), [#4736](https://github.com/laravel/laravel/pull/4736))
- Added `argon2id` support in `hashing.php` ([28908d8](https://github.com/laravel/laravel/commit/28908d83d9f3b078ae01ed21a42b87edf1fd393d))
- Added `SESSION_CONNECTION` and `SESSION_CONNECTION` env. variable ([#4735](https://github.com/laravel/laravel/pull/4735))
### Changed
- Changed `QUEUE_DRIVER` env variable name to `QUEUE_CONNECTION` ([c30adc8](https://github.com/laravel/laravel/commit/c30adc88c1cf3f30618145c8b698734cbe03b19c))
- Use seperate cache database for Redis ([#4665](https://github.com/laravel/laravel/pull/4665))
- Upgrade Lodash to `^4.17.5` ([#4730](https://github.com/laravel/laravel/pull/4730))
- Changed font to Nuntio from Raleway ([#4727](https://github.com/laravel/laravel/pull/4727))
- Defined `mix` as `const` in `webpack.mix.js` ([#4741](https://github.com/laravel/laravel/pull/4741))
- Make Asset Directory Flattened ([ff38d4e](https://github.com/laravel/laravel/commit/ff38d4e1a007c1a7709b5a614da1036adb464b32))
- Added message for `not_regex` validation rule ([#4602](https://github.com/laravel/laravel/pull/4602))
- Added `signed` middleware alias for `ValidateSignature` ([4369e91](https://github.com/laravel/laravel/commit/4369e9144ce1062941eda2b19772dbdcb10e9027))
- Added `stderr` example to `config/logging.php` ([66f5757](https://github.com/laravel/laravel/commit/66f5757d58cb3f6d1152ec2d5f12e247eb2242e2))
### Changed
- Set `MAIL_DRIVER` in `phpunit.xml` ([#4607](https://github.com/laravel/laravel/pull/4607))
- Reduced hash computations during tests ([#4517](https://github.com/laravel/laravel/pull/4517), [4bfb164](https://github.com/laravel/laravel/commit/4bfb164c26e4e15ec367912100a71b8fe1500b5c))
- Use environment variables for SQS config ([#4516](https://github.com/laravel/laravel/pull/4516), [aa4b023](https://github.com/laravel/laravel/commit/aa4b02358a018ebc35123caeb92dcca0669e2816))
- Use hard-coded password hash ([f693a20](https://github.com/laravel/laravel/commit/f693a20a3ce6d2461ca75490d44cd1b6ba09ee84))
- Refactored exception handler (_too many commits_)
- Renamed `ModelFactory.php` to `UserFactory.php` to encourage separate files ([67a8a11](https://github.com/laravel/laravel/commit/67a8a1157004c4373663ec4a9398780feb6d6fa4))
- Use `RefreshDatabase` trait ([a536402](https://github.com/laravel/laravel/commit/a536402228108da9423a0db1e0cf492f3f51c8b8), [#4373](https://github.com/laravel/laravel/pull/4373))
- Use Composer's `@php` directive ([#4278](https://github.com/laravel/laravel/pull/4278))
- Use `post-autoload-dump` ([2f4d726](https://github.com/laravel/laravel/commit/2f4d72699cdc9b7db953055287697a60b6d8b294))
- Try to build session cookie name from app name ([#4305](https://github.com/laravel/laravel/pull/4305))
- Added `optimize-autoloader` to `config` in `composer.json` ([#4189](https://github.com/laravel/laravel/pull/4189))
- Added `.vagrant` directory to `.gitignore` ([#4191](https://github.com/laravel/laravel/pull/4191))
- Added `npm run development` and `npm run prod` commands ([#4190](https://github.com/laravel/laravel/pull/4190), [#4193](https://github.com/laravel/laravel/pull/4193))