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AI-generatedLimits of Laravel mass assignment protection when teams mix $fillable and $guarded conventions
Laravel Eloquent provides mass-assignment protection through either a $fillable whitelist or a $guarded blacklist, but the framework does not enforce a single default strategy. Teams that allow both patterns across models may face inconsistent protection as new columns are added or new developers contribute code. The choice affects whether newly added databa