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[ Monitoring Rate Limits With an Event Listener ](#monitoring-rate-limits-with-an-event-listener) 4. [ Correlating Failures With the Provider ](#correlating-failures-with-the-provider) 5. [ When raw Is Null ](#when-coderawcode-is-null) 6. [ Testing Rate Limit Logic ](#testing-rate-limit-logic) 7. [ Key Takeaways ](#key-takeaways) ![Laravel AI SDK: Access Raw HTTP Responses and Rate Limit Headers](https://cdn.msaied.com/592/3264cc3744b008ba415780f2e0a9fccb.png) [ Laravel ](https://www.msaied.com/articles?category=laravel) [ AI ](https://www.msaied.com/articles?category=ai) #Laravel AI #AI SDK #Rate Limiting #HTTP Client #Laravel Laravel AI SDK: Access Raw HTTP Responses and Rate Limit Headers ================================================================== 21 Aug 2026 3 min read ![Mohamed Said](https://cdn.msaied.com/01KT78WE565VEMM3PSNQAAB0MJ.jpg) Mohamed Said Table of contents 1. [ 01 What Changed in Laravel AI SDK v0.10.3 ](#what-changed-in-laravel-ai-sdk-v0103) 2. [ 02 Per-Step Raw Responses ](#per-step-raw-responses) 3. [ 03 Monitoring Rate Limits With an Event Listener ](#monitoring-rate-limits-with-an-event-listener) 4. [ 04 Correlating Failures With the Provider ](#correlating-failures-with-the-provider) 5. [ 05 When raw Is Null ](#when-coderawcode-is-null) 6. [ 06 Testing Rate Limit Logic ](#testing-rate-limit-logic) 7. [ 07 Key Takeaways ](#key-takeaways) What Changed in Laravel AI SDK v0.10.3 -------------------------------------- Before v0.10.3, the Laravel AI SDK returned a typed response object with shared properties like `$response->text`, `$response->usage`, and `$response->meta`. Anything outside that common shape — rate limit headers, provider-specific request IDs, or extra JSON fields — was simply unreachable without writing your own HTTP middleware. Version 0.10.3, released on August 6, 2026, closes that gap. A new public `raw` property on every response holds the `Illuminate\Http\Client\Response` from the underlying HTTP call: ```php $response = (new SupportAgent)->prompt('Summarize this document.'); $response->raw->header('x-ratelimit-remaining-requests'); $response->raw->json('id'); ``` Because it is a standard Laravel HTTP client response, `header()`, `json()`, and `status()` all work exactly as they do after an `Http::get()` call. Per-Step Raw Responses ---------------------- An agent that calls tools makes multiple round-trips. `$response->raw` reflects the final request — the one that produced the text you received. Every intermediate step also keeps its own `raw`: ```php foreach ($response->steps as $step) { $step->raw?->header('x-ratelimit-remaining-tokens'); } ``` This matters for rate limit accounting: a five-step run consumed budget across five requests, and reading only the last header gives you an incomplete picture. Monitoring Rate Limits With an Event Listener --------------------------------------------- Instead of checking headers at every call site, you can centralise the logic in an event listener. The `AgentPrompted` event carries the full response: ```php use Laravel\Ai\Events\AgentPrompted; Event::listen(AgentPrompted::class, function (AgentPrompted $event) { $remaining = $event->response->raw?->header('x-ratelimit-remaining-requests'); if ($remaining !== null && (int) $remaining < 10) { Log::warning('Provider request budget running low.', [ 'provider' => $event->response->meta->provider, 'remaining' => $remaining, ]); } }); ``` One listener covers every agent run in your application. Correlating Failures With the Provider -------------------------------------- When a run produces unexpected output and you need to open a support ticket, providers ask for their own request ID. You can now log it without capturing the full prompt payload: ```php Log::info('Agent run completed.', [ 'invocation' => $response->invocationId, 'provider_request_id' => $response->raw?->header('request-id'), ]); ``` Header names vary by provider, so check the documentation for whichever one you are using. When `raw` Is Null ------------------ The property is nullable — always use the null-safe operator `?->`. Four situations return null: - **Streamed responses** (`$agent->stream()` and `AgentStreamed`) — the response is assembled from stream events, not a single response body. - **AWS Bedrock** — the AWS SDK handles the HTTP call, so no `Illuminate\Http\Client\Response` is produced. - **Serialized responses** — Guzzle streams cannot be serialized, so `raw` is dropped when a response passes through a queue or cache. Read the header before dispatching a job and pass the value explicitly. - **Faked agents** — unless the fake is built with `withRawResponse()`. Testing Rate Limit Logic ------------------------ Fake responses support `withRawResponse()` so you can simulate low-budget scenarios in tests: ```php use GuzzleHttp\Psr7\Response as Psr7Response; use Illuminate\Http\Client\Response; use Laravel\Ai\Responses\TextResponse; SupportAgent::fake([ (new TextResponse('Hello', new Usage, new Meta))->withRawResponse(new Response( new Psr7Response(200, ['x-ratelimit-remaining-requests' => '99'], '{}') )), ]); $response = (new SupportAgent)->prompt('Hi'); $response->raw->header('x-ratelimit-remaining-requests'); // '99' ``` Key Takeaways ------------- - `$response->raw` is an `Illuminate\Http\Client\Response` available on every non-streamed, non-Bedrock response from v0.10.3 onward. - Each step in a multi-step agent run has its own `raw`, giving you per-request rate limit data. - The `AgentPrompted` event exposes `raw` for centralised monitoring without scattering header checks across your codebase. - `raw` is null for streamed responses, Bedrock, serialized responses, and unfaked test agents. - Use `withRawResponse()` (not `withRaw()`) to supply headers in fakes. --- *Source: [Laravel AI: Get Raw HTTP Responses and Rate Limits — Laravel News](https://laravel-news.com/laravel-ai-raw-http-response)* Found this useful? [ ](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msaied.com%2Farticles%2Flaravel-ai-sdk-access-raw-http-responses-and-rate-limit-headers&text=Laravel+AI+SDK%3A+Access+Raw+HTTP+Responses+and+Rate+Limit+Headers) [ ](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msaied.com%2Farticles%2Flaravel-ai-sdk-access-raw-http-responses-and-rate-limit-headers) Frequently Asked Questions ---------------------------- 3 questions Q01 Which providers populate `$response->raw` in the Laravel AI SDK? All HTTP-based providers populate it: Anthropic, OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, DeepSeek, Gemini, Groq, Mistral, Ollama, OpenAI-compatible, OpenRouter, and xAI. AWS Bedrock does not, because the AWS SDK handles the HTTP call internally. Q02 Why is `$response->raw` null after a queued or cached response? The underlying Guzzle stream cannot be serialized. The SDK drops `raw` during `__serialize()` to avoid a `LogicException`. If you need a header value in a queued job, read it before dispatching and pass it as a constructor argument. Q03 How do I test rate limit logic when `raw` is normally null in fakes? Use `withRawResponse()` on a `TextResponse` fake, passing a `GuzzleHttp\Psr7\Response` with the headers you want to assert against. The method is `withRawResponse()`, not `withRaw()`. 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