As the ThinkPHP 8 ecosystem matured, we completed evaluation and internal migration validation; ThinkPHP 8 + PHP 8.2 is now the default foundation for new projects.
Direct gains from the upgrade: strong typing and enums make business code more robust, ORM query performance improved noticeably, and with Redis caching, typical admin system APIs respond stably within 50ms.
Existing client systems are unaffected and maintenance continues as usual; older projects with performance bottlenecks can be assessed for a paid upgrade.