in my laravel 10, I had a appExceptionsHandler.php class to render a json response when something try to access an invalid api endpoint or to render the default framework 404 page when something try to access a non-existent non-api page:

<?php

namespace AppExceptions;

use IlluminateFoundationExceptionsHandler as ExceptionHandler;
use Throwable;

class Handler extends ExceptionHandler
{
    protected $dontReport = [];

    protected $dontFlash = [
        'current_password',
        'password',
        'password_confirmation',
    ];

    public function register()
    {
        $this->reportable(function (Throwable $e) {});
    }

    public function render($request, Throwable $e)
    {
        if ($request->is('api/*')) {
            return response()->json(['error' => 404, 'message' => 'route_not_found'], 404);
        } else {
            return parent::render($request, $e);
        }
    }
}

I’ve updated the framework to laravel 11 and moved the excetions to bootstrapapp.php using the ->withExceptions() method:

<?php

use IlluminateFoundationApplication;
use IlluminateFoundationConfigurationExceptions;
use IlluminateFoundationConfigurationMiddleware;

return Application::configure(basePath: dirname(__DIR__))
    ->withRouting(
        web: __DIR__ . '/../routes/web.php',
        commands: __DIR__ . '/../routes/console.php',
        api: __DIR__ . '/../routes/api.php',
        health: '/up',
    )
    ->withMiddleware(function (Middleware $middleware) {
        $middleware->api(append: [
            AppHttpMiddlewareApiResponse::class
        ])
            ->alias([
                'auth' => AppHttpMiddlewareAuthenticate::class
            ]);
    })
    ->withExceptions(function (Exceptions $exceptions) {
        $exceptions->render(function (Throwable $e, IlluminateHttpRequest $request) {
            if ($request->is('api/*')) {               
                return response()->json(['error' => 404, 'message' => 'route_not_found'], 404);
            } else {
                abort(404);
            }
        });
    })
    ->create();

the thing is I wish to use something like the return parent::render($request, $e); from laravel 10, since it return the default 404 page of the framework. The abort(404) in laravel 11 return a generic 500 error with no render at all.

I’ve tried to instantiate the IlluminateFoundationExceptionsHandler, but its constructor needs a container which I don’t know how to provide one.

How can I render the default 404 error page in laravel 11 using the ->withExceptions() method?

thx in advance