From 61f6b359f88c0af702e60e1c3ef86eba1056c920 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim MacDonald <hello@timacdonald.me>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 14:25:53 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Add warning when server workers cannot be respected

---
 src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/ServeCommand.php | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/ServeCommand.php b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/ServeCommand.php
index dc618f61a199..6dc1e43c1d1e 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/ServeCommand.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/ServeCommand.php
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ protected function initialize(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
             if ($workers > 1 &&
                 ! $this->option('no-reload') &&
                 ! (int) env('LARAVEL_SAIL', 0)) {
+                $this->components->warn('Unable to respect the `PHP_CLI_SERVER_WORKERS` environment variable without the `--no-reload` flag. Only creating a single server.');
+
                 return false;
             }