Leverage the injected $request object in Controllers and Middleware instead of using Facades or helpers.

Before

public function store()
{
    $widget = Widget::create([
        'name' => request()->input('name'),
        'user_id' => Auth::user()->id,
    ]);
 
    Session::flash('message', 'Widget #' . $widget->id . ' created');
 
    return redirect()->route('show', $widget);
}

After

public function store(Request $request)
{
    $widget = Widget::create([
        'name' => $request->input('name'),
        'user_id' => $request->user()->id,
    ]);
 
    $request->session()->flash('message', 'Widget #' . $widget->id . ' created');
 
    return redirect()->route('show', $widget);
}