Livewire v4.4.1: Bug Fixes & Alpine 3.16.2 | Mohamed Said [ ![Mohamed Said](https://cdn.msaied.com/01KT78WE565VEMM3PSNQAAB0MH.png) Mohamed Said Laravel Backend Engineer ](https://www.msaied.com) [ Home ](https://www.msaied.com) [ Projects ](https://www.msaied.com/projects) [ Articles ](https://www.msaied.com/articles) [ Certificates ](https://www.msaied.com/certificates) [ Contact ](https://www.msaied.com#contact-section) [ ](https://github.com/EG-Mohamed) [ Home ](https://www.msaied.com) [ Projects ](https://www.msaied.com/projects) [ Articles ](https://www.msaied.com/articles) [ Certificates ](https://www.msaied.com/certificates) [ Contact ](https://www.msaied.com#contact-section) [ home ](https://www.msaied.com) [ articles ](https://www.msaied.com/articles) Livewire v4.4.1 Released: Bug Fixes, Alpine 3.16.2, and Laravel 13 Compatibility On this page 1. [ Livewire v4.4.1 Is Out — Here's What Changed ](#livewire-v441-is-out-heres-what-changed) 2. [ Alpine.js Bumped to 3.16.2 ](#alpinejs-bumped-to-3162) 3. [ Cached Computed Properties Fixed for Laravel 13 ](#cached-computed-properties-fixed-for-laravel-13) 4. [ Nullable Enum Property Now Handles null Correctly ](#nullable-enum-property-now-handles-codenullcode-correctly) 5. [ Reactive Eloquent Models and Lazy-Loaded Relations ](#reactive-eloquent-models-and-lazy-loaded-relations) 6. [ Server Actions Blocked from Reactive Bindings ](#server-actions-blocked-from-reactive-bindings) 7. [ Asset Loading Fixes After Navigation ](#asset-loading-fixes-after-navigation) 8. [ Route Macros Available to Package Service Providers ](#route-macros-available-to-package-service-providers) 9. [ Other Notable Fixes ](#other-notable-fixes) 10. [ Key Takeaways ](#key-takeaways) ![Livewire v4.4.1 Released: Bug Fixes, Alpine 3.16.2, and Laravel 13 Compatibility](https://cdn.msaied.com/564/c64b65959ad8ade491c78f3482f22996.png) [ Laravel ](https://www.msaied.com/articles?category=laravel) [ Livewire ](https://www.msaied.com/articles?category=livewire) #Livewire #Laravel #Alpine.js #PHP #Bug Fix #Release Livewire v4.4.1 Released: Bug Fixes, Alpine 3.16.2, and Laravel 13 Compatibility ================================================================================== 18 Aug 2026 3 min read ![Mohamed Said](https://cdn.msaied.com/01KT78WE565VEMM3PSNQAAB0MJ.jpg) Mohamed Said Table of contents 10 sections 1. [ 01 Livewire v4.4.1 Is Out — Here's What Changed ](#livewire-v441-is-out-heres-what-changed) 2. [ 02 Alpine.js Bumped to 3.16.2 ](#alpinejs-bumped-to-3162) 3. [ 03 Cached Computed Properties Fixed for Laravel 13 ](#cached-computed-properties-fixed-for-laravel-13) 4. [ 04 Nullable Enum Property Now Handles null Correctly ](#nullable-enum-property-now-handles-codenullcode-correctly) 5. [ 05 Reactive Eloquent Models and Lazy-Loaded Relations ](#reactive-eloquent-models-and-lazy-loaded-relations) 6. [ 06 Server Actions Blocked from Reactive Bindings ](#server-actions-blocked-from-reactive-bindings) 7. [ 07 Asset Loading Fixes After Navigation ](#asset-loading-fixes-after-navigation) 8. [ 08 Route Macros Available to Package Service Providers ](#route-macros-available-to-package-service-providers) 9. [ 09 Other Notable Fixes ](#other-notable-fixes) 10. [ 10 Key Takeaways ](#key-takeaways) Livewire v4.4.1 Is Out — Here's What Changed -------------------------------------------- Released on 18 August 2026, **Livewire v4.4.1** is a focused patch release that resolves a range of bugs accumulated since v4.4.0. It also bumps the bundled Alpine.js twice — first to 3.16.1, then to 3.16.2 — and closes several edge cases that were tripping up Laravel 13 users. ### Alpine.js Bumped to 3.16.2 Caleb Porzio landed two consecutive Alpine upgrades in this release (3.16.1 via [\#10530](https://github.com/livewire/livewire/pull/10530) and 3.16.2 via [\#10546](https://github.com/livewire/livewire/pull/10546)). If you rely on Livewire's bundled Alpine build, you get both improvements automatically after upgrading. ### Cached Computed Properties Fixed for Laravel 13 A regression caused cached computed properties to return broken objects when running on Laravel 13. The fix landed in [\#10525](https://github.com/livewire/livewire/pull/10525) and is transparent — no code changes needed on your end. ### Nullable Enum Property Now Handles `null` Correctly Previously, updating a nullable enum property back to `null` threw a `ValueError`. The fix in [\#10527](https://github.com/livewire/livewire/pull/10527) ensures the hydration layer gracefully accepts `null` for these properties: ```php // This pattern no longer throws a ValueError public ?Status $status = null; ``` ### Reactive Eloquent Models and Lazy-Loaded Relations A long-standing pain point: accessing a lazy-loaded relation on a reactive Eloquent model incorrectly triggered `CannotMutateReactivePropException`. Fixed in [\#10536](https://github.com/livewire/livewire/pull/10536), so relation access on reactive models now works as expected. ### Server Actions Blocked from Reactive Bindings Server actions were being unintentionally triggered by reactive property bindings. [\#10484](https://github.com/livewire/livewire/pull/10484) prevents this, reducing unnecessary round-trips to the server. ### Asset Loading Fixes After Navigation Two separate fixes address asset loading issues introduced in v4.x: - **Script modules** were not reloading after browser back/forward navigation ([\#10481](https://github.com/livewire/livewire/pull/10481)). - **Assets following a stylesheet** were silently skipped and never loaded ([\#10482](https://github.com/livewire/livewire/pull/10482)). Both fixes are by first-time contributor [@stebrl](https://github.com/stebrl). ### Route Macros Available to Package Service Providers The `Route::lazy()` and `Route::defer()` macros were not available when called from package service providers. [\#10533](https://github.com/livewire/livewire/pull/10533) corrects the registration timing so third-party packages can rely on these macros safely. ### Other Notable Fixes - **`_removeUpload` for Collection properties** now works correctly ([\#10485](https://github.com/livewire/livewire/pull/10485)). - **Nested synthesizers** are now recursively hydrated during property updates ([\#10489](https://github.com/livewire/livewire/pull/10489)). - **Implicit island morphs** are batched and output order is preserved ([\#10529](https://github.com/livewire/livewire/pull/10529)). - **Unhandled promise rejections** from cancelled polls are now caught ([\#10428](https://github.com/livewire/livewire/pull/10428)). - **Component namespace matching** now only matches on whole path segments, preventing false positives ([\#10476](https://github.com/livewire/livewire/pull/10476)). - **Type validation** added to `CarbonSynth` and `EnumSynth` ([\#10541](https://github.com/livewire/livewire/pull/10541)). ### Key Takeaways - Upgrade to v4.4.1 if you are on Laravel 13 and use cached computed properties. - Nullable enum properties are now safe to reset to `null`. - Lazy-loaded Eloquent relations on reactive models no longer throw exceptions. - Alpine.js is now at 3.16.2 in the bundled build. - Script modules and post-stylesheet assets load correctly after navigation. - Four new contributors joined the project in this release. --- [View the full v4.4.1 release on GitHub](https://github.com/livewire/livewire/releases/tag/v4.4.1) Found this useful? 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The hydration layer was not handling null as a valid value for nullable enum properties, causing a ValueError during the update cycle. PR #10527 adds a null check so the property is correctly set to null instead of attempting an invalid enum cast. Q03 Are Route::lazy() and Route::defer() macros now available in package service providers? Yes. Prior to v4.4.1 these macros were registered too late for package service providers to use them. PR #10533 corrects the registration order so third-party packages can safely call Route::lazy() and Route::defer() from their service providers. 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