@event directive not returning "changes" on model

[eNzyOfficial]

Describe the bug

For some reason using @event directive with @create (and possibly @update) removes all the changes made in the model.

For example if you $model = User::create(...) you can $model->getRawOriginal() and $model->getAttributes() (and other similar functions) to get the original and changed attributes.

This is missing and these 2 functions return the same data and $model->getChanges() is an empty array.

Steps to reproduce

Dispatch an event on @create

createCompany(input: CompanyCreateInput! @spread): Company!
        @create
        @event(dispatch: "App\\Events\\ModelCreated")

Inside the listener, check the model for changes:

$model->getChanges()

or compare $model->getRawOriginal() and $model->getAttributes()

[eNzyOfficial]

Ok, so after poking around a bit more, it seems like this is the intended functionality within Laravel.

The reason is that when ->save() is called on the model, all changes are wiped from the model via $this->syncOriginal() replacing the originals with the new values.

Between ->save() and $this->syncOriginal() the saved event is fired containing all the original attributes.

The obvious solution would be hooking into the saved event. The problem is that I only want to hook in to this event when a model is saved/created/updated via graphql and no where else in the codebase.

The simplest (but possibly a little hacky) solution I can think of is to send out events from graphql? updated, graphql:saved, etc.

[spawnia]

The problem is that I only want to hook in to this event when a model is saved/created/updated via graphql

This seems like a very odd and specific use case. I don't think there is anything for Lighthouse to do here.