# Automatic Event / Listener Discovery

DevFeed: [Automatic Event / Listener Discovery](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/automatic-event-listener-discovery-3582.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://laravel.com/blog/automatic-event-listener-discovery>)

Author: Taylor Otwell

Published: 2019-04-03T13:52:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Laravel Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/laravel-blog.md>)

Topics: [Laravel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/laravel.md>), [Deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deployment.md>), [Cache](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cache.md>)

Tags: [cache](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cache.md>), [deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deployment.md>), [feature](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/feature.md>), [laravel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/laravel.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>)

## AI overview

Laravel 5.8.9 introduces opt-in automatic discovery and registration of events and listeners. Applications can configure additional directories for scanning, while production deployments can cache an event and listener manifest to speed up registration.

## Source excerpt

Yesterday we shipped Laravel 5.8.9. Included in this release is the ability to have the framework automatically register your events and listeners. However, since this is a patch release, you must opt...