Accept text/plain events from the Plausible tracker #21

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The Plausible tracker sends events via fetch with Content-Type: text/plain and a JSON body. Laravel doesn't parse that, so every real event failed validation (302 redirect) and never reached Plausible. The tests used postJson(), which hid the bug.

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• PlausibleEventRequest: decodes the raw body when the request isn't JSON
• Invalid non-JSON requests get a 400 instead of a redirect (JSON requests still get 422)
• The event controller trims a trailing slash from the domain, uses a 5s timeout and responds with 502 when Plausible is unreachable
• New tests for text/plain, invalid body, trailing slash and connection failures

Compared against https://plausible.io/docs/proxy/guides/laravel – everything else already matches.

The Plausible tracker sends events via `fetch` with `Content-Type: text/plain` and a JSON body. Laravel doesn't parse that, so every real event failed validation (302 redirect) and never reached Plausible. The tests used `postJson()`, which hid the bug. ## Changes - `PlausibleEventRequest`: decodes the raw body when the request isn't JSON - Invalid non-JSON requests get a 400 instead of a redirect (JSON requests still get 422) - The event controller trims a trailing slash from the domain, uses a 5s timeout and responds with 502 when Plausible is unreachable - New tests for text/plain, invalid body, trailing slash and connection failures Compared against https://plausible.io/docs/proxy/guides/laravel – everything else already matches.

mathiaspalmqvist added 1 commit 2026-11-12 08:20:17 +00:00

Accept text/plain events from the Plausible tracker ... a97baf5921

The Plausible tracker posts its JSON payload with Content-Type text/plain,
  which Laravel does not parse, so every real event failed validation and
  was redirected instead of being forwarded.

  - Decode the raw body when the request is not JSON
  - Respond with 400 instead of a redirect on invalid non-JSON requests
  - Trim trailing slash from the configured domain when forwarding events
  - Add a 5s timeout and respond with 502 when Plausible is unreachable

mathiaspalmqvist merged commit 16257e3383 into main 2026-11-12 08:21:32 +00:00

mathiaspalmqvist deleted branch fix-text-plain-events 2026-11-12 08:21:32 +00:00

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Reference: 559342-9607/laravel-plausible-proxy#21