--- title: 'You can add a --refresh flag to the artisan down command to send a refresh header to the browser' tweet_id: '1471864676652826626' thread_slug: weekly-thread-2021-01 author_username: DianaWebdev images: - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FG0dHeBXwAw3bvc.jpg' created_at: 2021-12-17T15:27:39+00:00 slug: you-can-add-a-refresh-flag-to-the-artisan-down-command-to-send-a-refresh-header-to-the-browser --- #WeirdDevReadsDocs Did you know? You can add a --refresh flag to the artisan down command to send a refresh header to the browser. I think that's helpful for well visited apps where you trying to keep perceived downtime as low as possible! https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/configuration#maintenance-mode @laravelphp