php artisan cache:clear, config:clear, route:clear, view:clear and manually deleted storage/framework/cache, sessions, views, and bootstrap/cache. SESSION_DRIVER=file and database (with sessions table created via migration). storage/ and bootstrap/cache/ owned by www-data:www-data, perms 775.database driver) or the authentication middleware may not be propagating the updated state, causing the component to “stick” to the previous record until a full page reload.