I am using Laravel 12 and facing an issue where the php artisan serve command takes too long to start. I am running XAMPP on Windows with PHP 8.2.12. When I run the command in the terminal, it hangs for several seconds (or even minutes) before starting the local server.

What I have tried so far:

• Clear cache
• Reset configurations using the following commands, but the issue persists.

Additional Information: PHP version: 8.2.12 (php -v)

Laravel version: 12.0.1 (php artisan --version)

I am not using WSL or any Windows virtual environment.

I have not tried running the server on a different port.

I have not checked if another process is using port 8000.

What could be causing this slowdown? Are there any settings in XAMPP or Laravel that I should change to make php artisan serve start faster? What other steps should I try to troubleshoot this issue?