Versions 2.0.0 of laravel-crud-wizard-decorator-free and version 7.1.0 of laravel-crud-wizard-free introduce an important response time improvement by eliminating useless json_decode and json_encode calls between the controller and the middlewares.

Because the controller resolves the JsonResponse from DI, the CrudProvider registers a binding for it in which the json_encode is skipped when the data needs decoration.

This follows Maravel-Framework s design of DI first logic and it works also in Laravel and Lumen.

Version 5.1.0 of laravel-crud-wizard-free will include a backward compatible (laravel >= 8) major performance improvement for reducing the number of set calls during updates when using casts. Also a new feature of locking the model to prevent updates will come as a bonus. Maravel-Framework 10.53.2 will also contain this improvement at a larger scale than the one possible via an external package. It will support prevention of updates also. More details .