laravel · taylorotwell · May 10, 2025 · May 8, 2025 · Jan 31, 2025 · Jan 31, 2025
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@

 use ArrayAccess;
 use Closure;
+use Exception;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Broadcasting\HasBroadcastChannel;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\QueueableCollection;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\QueueableEntity;
@@ -143,6 +144,13 @@ abstract class Model implements Arrayable, ArrayAccess, CanBeEscapedWhenCastToSt
     */
    protected static $dispatcher;

+    /**
+     * The models that are currently being booted.
+     *
+     * @var array
+     */
+    protected static $booting = [];
+
    /**
     * The array of booted models.
     *
@@ -286,12 +294,20 @@ public function __construct(array $attributes = [])
    protected function bootIfNotBooted()
    {
        if (! isset(static::$booted[static::class])) {
-            static::$booted[static::class] = true;
+            if (isset(static::$booting[static::class])) {
+                throw new LogicException('The ['.__METHOD__.'] method may not be called on model ['.static::class.'] while it is being booted.');
+            }
+
+            static::$booting[static::class] = true;

            $this->fireModelEvent('booting', false);

            static::booting();
            static::boot();
+
+            static::$booted[static::class] = true;
+            unset(static::$booting[static::class]);
+
            static::booted();

            static::$bootedCallbacks[static::class] ??= [];

diff --git a/tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentModelTest.php b/tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentModelTest.php
@@ -3330,6 +3330,21 @@ public function testUseFactoryAttribute()
        $this->assertEquals(EloquentModelWithUseFactoryAttribute::class, $factory->modelName());
        $this->assertEquals('test name', $instance->name); // Small smoke test to ensure the factory is working
    }
+
+    public function testNestedModelBootingIsDisallowed()
+    {
+        $this->expectExceptionMessageMatches('/The \[(.+)] method may not be called on model \[(.+)\] while it is being booted\./');
+
+        $model = new class extends Model
+        {
+            protected static function boot()
+            {
+                parent::boot();
+
+                $tableName = (new static())->getTable();
+            }
+        };
+    }
 }

 class EloquentTestObserverStub