Laravel Octane for High-Performance Applications
Replace PHP-FPM's per-request model with an in-memory application server that handles thousands of requests per second on the same hardware.
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When your Laravel application hits a performance ceiling
Every incoming request boots the entire Laravel framework from scratch under PHP-FPM. Octane eliminates that overhead by loading the framework once and keeping it in memory, handling dramatically more traffic on the same hardware. Benchmarks show jumps from 400 to over 6,000 requests per second. Curotec implements Octane with FrankenPHP or Swoole, handling the stale state and memory management issues that trip up teams doing it themselves.
Our capabilities include:
- Octane installation and production server configuration
- FrankenPHP and Swoole server selection and setup
- Stale state and memory leak audit across your codebase
- Worker count, max requests, and timeout tuning
- Nginx proxy and Supervisor process management
- Laravel Cloud and Forge deployment with Octane enabled
Who we support
Curotec works with Laravel engineering teams that need more performance from their existing infrastructure — whether you’re hitting throughput limits, migrating from PHP-FPM, or running Octane already but not getting the results you expected.
Teams Hitting Throughput Limits
Your Laravel application handles current traffic but slows down under load spikes. Query optimization and caching have already been addressed. The bottleneck is the per-request framework bootstrap that PHP-FPM runs on every single request. You need engineers who can implement Octane cleanly without introducing stale state bugs across your existing codebase.
SaaS Companies Scaling Infrastructure
Your application is growing and the instinct is to add more servers. Octane lets the same hardware handle significantly more traffic by eliminating bootstrap overhead on every request. You need engineers who understand the stateful process model Octane introduces and can audit your codebase for singleton and injection patterns that break under it.
Organizations Running Octane Incorrectly
Your team installed Octane but response times are inconsistent, memory climbs between deployments, or request data bleeds between users. These are classic stale state and memory leak symptoms from an Octane implementation that skipped the codebase audit. You need engineers who can diagnose what's leaking and fix it without a full rewrite.
Ways to engage
We offer a wide range of engagement models to meet our clients’ needs. From hourly consultation to fully managed solutions, our engagement models are designed to be flexible and customizable.
Staff Augmentation
Get access to on-demand product and engineering team talent that gives your company the flexibility to scale up and down as business needs ebb and flow.
Retainer Services
Retainers are perfect for companies that have a fully built product in maintenance mode. We'll give you peace of mind by keeping your software running, secure, and up to date.
Project Engagement
Project-based contracts that can range from small-scale audit and strategy sessions to more intricate replatforming or build from scratch initiatives.
We'll spec out a custom engagement model for you
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Why choose Curotec for Laravel Octane?
Octane installation is straightforward. Production Octane on a real codebase isn’t. As an official Laravel partner, our engineers have audited and implemented Octane across SaaS and enterprise applications, identifying singleton injection problems, static variable leaks, and service provider state issues before they reach production. We configure FrankenPHP or Swoole matched to your workload and deploy through Laravel Cloud or Forge with Supervisor in place from day one.
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Extraordinary people, exceptional outcomes
Our outstanding team represents our greatest asset. With business acumen, we translate objectives into solutions. Intellectual agility drives efficient software development problem-solving. Superior communication ensures seamless teamwork integration.
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Deep technical expertise
We don’t claim to be experts in every framework and language. Instead, we focus on the tech ecosystems in which we excel, selecting engagements that align with our competencies for optimal results. Moreover, we offer pre-developed components and scaffolding to save you time and money.
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Balancing innovation with practicality
We stay ahead of industry trends and innovations, avoiding the hype of every new technology fad. Focusing on innovations with real commercial potential, we guide you through the ever-changing tech landscape, helping you embrace proven technologies and cutting-edge advancements.
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Flexibility in our approach
We offer a range of flexible working arrangements to meet your specific needs. Whether you prefer our end-to-end project delivery, embedding our experts within your teams, or consulting and retainer options, we have a solution designed to suit you.
How we get Octane right in production
Server Selection
Singleton State Audit
Memory Leak Prevention
Worker Tuning
Concurrent Task Configuration
Deployment Restart Handling
The Octane stack we configure and monitor
Application Servers
Our engineers select and configure the right Octane server driver for your workload, deployment environment, and performance requirements.
- FrankenPHP – Go-based PHP application server with HTTP/2, HTTP/3, Brotli compression, early hints, and automatic SSL built in as the default Octane server
- Swoole – C++ PHP extension providing coroutines, concurrent task workers, in-memory caching, and WebSocket support for high-throughput Laravel applications
- RoadRunner – Go-based application server for environments where Swoole isn’t available, offering high-performance request handling without a PHP extension requirement
- FrankenPHP Docker Image – Official container image for FrankenPHP deployments with pre-installed PHP extensions and production-ready configuration for Laravel Octane
- Open Swoole – Fork of Swoole providing the same coroutine and concurrent task capabilities with a separate release cycle and extension installation path
- Laravel Octane – First-party Laravel package that wraps FrankenPHP, Swoole, and RoadRunner with a unified configuration interface and artisan command set
Process and Deployment Management
Curotec configures Supervisor and octane:reload hooks so workers stay running across restarts and pick up new code after every deployment.
- Supervisor – Linux process monitor configured to keep the Octane master process running, restart on failure, and log output for production visibility
- octane:reload – Artisan command integrated into deployment pipelines to gracefully restart workers and load updated code without dropping active requests
- octane:start / octane:stop – Artisan commands for managing Octane server lifecycle during deployments, maintenance windows, and environment changes
- Laravel Cloud – Fully managed Octane hosting with automatic worker management, zero-downtime deployments, and no Supervisor or Nginx configuration required
- Laravel Forge – Server provisioning platform with built-in Octane support for configuring workers, Nginx proxies, and deployment hooks on managed servers
- GitHub Actions – CI/CD pipeline configured to run octane:reload after successful deployments so workers always serve the latest codebase without manual intervention
Codebase Compatibility
We audit singleton bindings, static variables, and service providers for state leaks before Octane’s persistent process model exposes them.
- Singleton Injection Audit – Review service container bindings that inject the request, config repository, or application container into constructor-resolved singletons
- Static Variable Review – Identify static arrays and class properties that accumulate data across requests, causing memory growth and cross-request state contamination
- Service Provider Compatibility – Verify that third-party package service providers reset state correctly between requests and don’t hold stale references to request data
- Max Request Configuration – Set worker restart thresholds so accumulated memory from imperfect code paths is cleared periodically before it causes worker crashes
- Request / Response Lifecycle Review – Confirm that middleware, listeners, and observers don’t retain request-specific state that persists into subsequent requests under Octane
- Octane State Reset Hooks – Register custom state reset callbacks in octane.php for application-specific services that Octane’s automatic framework reset doesn’t cover
Performance Monitoring and Observability
Curotec wires Laravel Pulse and structured logging so Octane worker health, memory usage, and throughput are visible in production.
- Laravel Pulse – Application monitoring dashboard configured to surface Octane worker memory usage, request throughput, and slow endpoint data in production
- Laravel Telescope – Local and staging debug assistant for inspecting requests, queries, and exception data processed by Octane workers during development
- octane:status – Artisan command for checking current Octane server state, active workers, and process health during deployment verification and incident response
- Structured Logging – FrankenPHP native JSON logging and Laravel Log configuration for routing Octane worker output to your existing log aggregation pipeline
- Memory Usage Monitoring – Worker memory tracking via Pulse and log alerts configured to surface gradual memory growth before it causes worker crashes in production
- Laravel Horizon – Queue monitoring configured alongside Octane so background job processing and request handling are both visible from a single dashboard
Concurrency and Caching
Our engineers use Swoole task workers and the Octane cache driver for parallel execution and fast in-memory lookups.
- Swoole Concurrent Tasks – Octane::concurrently() configuration for running parallel database queries and external API calls simultaneously instead of sequentially
- Task Worker Sizing – Configure –task-workers count alongside request workers so concurrent operations have dedicated process capacity without competing for request slots
- Octane Cache Driver – Swoole table-backed in-memory cache performing up to 2 million operations per second for high-frequency data access that bypasses Redis entirely
- Cache Interval Configuration – Register interval-based cache entries that refresh automatically on a schedule, keeping frequently read data warm without explicit cache warming jobs
- Swoole Tables – Shared in-memory data structures accessible across all Octane workers for high-throughput counters, rate limiting state, and cross-worker data sharing
- Ticks and Intervals – Swoole tick registration for recurring in-process operations like cache warming, metric aggregation, and connection health checks running on a defined schedule
Testing and Validation
We validate Octane with load testing, memory profiling, and request isolation tests before the implementation reaches production.
- Pest – Feature and unit tests written to verify request isolation, confirming that state from one request doesn’t bleed into the next under Octane’s persistent workers
- Load Testing – Benchmarking with tools like k6 or wrk to measure requests per second, latency percentiles, and memory growth under sustained traffic before production cutover
- Memory Profiling – Worker memory monitoring across test runs to identify gradual accumulation patterns that indicate static variable or singleton state leaks
- Staging Environment Validation – Full Octane configuration deployed to staging with production-equivalent worker counts and traffic simulation before live deployment
- Rollback Configuration – PHP-FPM fallback configuration maintained alongside Octane so teams can revert immediately if memory or state issues surface after deployment
- Laravel Dusk – Browser-level end-to-end tests run against the Octane server to confirm authenticated flows, session handling, and UI behavior work correctly under the new process model
FAQs about our Laravel Octane services
Is Octane right for every Laravel app?
Not always. Octane delivers the most value on high-traffic applications with expensive bootstrap cycles. For low-traffic sites or packages that don’t support persistent processes, the tradeoffs may outweigh the performance gains.
What makes Octane hard in production?
Stale state. Singleton bindings and static variables that worked under PHP-FPM can leak data between requests when Laravel stays in memory. Auditing for these patterns before go-live is where most implementations fail.
FrankenPHP or Swoole — which should we use?
FrankenPHP for most applications — Docker-native, no PHP extension required, HTTP/2 and SSL built in. Swoole when you need concurrent tasks or the Octane in-memory cache driver.
Can Octane run on Laravel Cloud?
Yes. Laravel Cloud manages Octane workers natively with automatic scaling and zero-downtime deployments. It removes the need for manual Supervisor configuration, Nginx proxy setup, and worker restart scripts entirely.
Will Octane break our existing codebase?
It depends on what’s in it. We audit your codebase before implementation to identify singleton injections, static arrays, and service providers that need adjustment. Most applications require targeted fixes rather than significant rewrites.
How do your engineers work with our team?
We work in your repo, document every configuration decision, and deliver load test results before production cutover. Your team owns the Supervisor config, worker settings, and rollback procedure when we’re done.
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