app_Http_Middleware_ConsiderStatic.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Middleware;

use Closure;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Pipeline\Pipeline;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;

class ConsiderStatic
{

    private function handleStateful(Request $request, Closure $next): Response
    {
        $middlewares = [
            \Illuminate\Session\Middleware\StartSession::class,
            \Illuminate\View\Middleware\ShareErrorsFromSession::class,
            \Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\ValidateCsrfToken::class,
        ];
        
        return app(Pipeline::class)
            ->send($request)
            ->through($middlewares)
            ->then($next);
    }

    /**
     * Handle an incoming request.
     *
     * @param  \Closure(\Illuminate\Http\Request): (\Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response)  $next
     */
    public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next): Response
    {
        $sessionName = config('session.cookie');

        // Already has a session cookie and thus is stateful
        if ($request->hasCookie($sessionName)) {
            return $this->handleStateful($request, $next);
        }

        // Is within the admin area
        if ($request->is('cp/*')) {
            return $this->handleStateful($request, $next);
        }

        // Custom stateful routes
        if ($request->is('*login*') || $request->is('*debug*')) {
            return $this->handleStateful($request, $next);
        }

        // Stateless
        $response = $next($request);
        $response->header('Cache-Control', 'public, max-age=3600');
        $response->setEtag(md5($response->getContent()));
        return $response;
    }
}

bootstrap_app.php

<?php

return Application::configure(basePath: dirname(__DIR__))
    ->withRouting(
        web: __DIR__.'/../routes/web.php',
        commands: __DIR__.'/../routes/console.php',
        health: '/up',
    )
    ->withMiddleware(function (Middleware $middleware) {
        $middleware->web(remove: [
            StartSession::class,
            ShareErrorsFromSession::class,
            ValidateCsrfToken::class,
        ]);
        $middleware->append(ConsiderStatic::class);
    })
    ->withExceptions(function (Exceptions $exceptions) {
        //
    })->create();