Fresh install: `artisan optimize:clear` fails because the `database` cache store has no table

[ogorzalka]

Summary

Straight after composer create-project + pollora:install, any cache-clearing command fails:

$ php artisan optimize:clear
SQLSTATE[42S02]: Base table or view not found: 1146 Table 'db.pf_cache' doesn't exist

.env ships with:

SESSION_DRIVER=database
CACHE_STORE=database

but the corresponding tables are never created — php artisan migrate reports Nothing to migrate., so the framework's own cache/session migrations either are not shipped or are not published by the installer.

Impact

optimize:clear, cache:clear and view:clear are exactly the commands you reach for while setting a project up — for instance after changing config/theme.php. Hitting a SQL error on the first one sends you looking for a database problem that does not exist.

Workaround

CACHE_STORE=file
SESSION_DRIVER=file

Suggestion

Either ship the cache/session migrations and run them during pollora:install, or default .env.example to the file driver so a fresh install is coherent on its own.

Environment

Pollora v13.4.3 · WordPress 6.9.4 · PHP 8.4.20 · Laravel 13.8.0 · MariaDB 10.11

https://claude.ai/code/session_01CtKVtFGujknnYGtcEEJD3x