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Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) errors are a regular part of web development. More info: MDN CORS Guide .

Issue 1: No Access-Control-Allow-Origin Header

Access to XMLHttpRequest blocked by CORS policy: No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource.

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The frontend is calling a backend endpoint without proper CORS configuration. Fix:

'allowed_origins' => [ 'http://localhost:3000' , 'http://localhost:5173' , ],

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For Laravel 11+:

php artisan config:publish cors

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Then edit config/cors.php .…