Laravel Defer on API requests

Is it possible to use defer functions on API requests? I can run defer on my website, but through API is not working at all.

Sample scenario:

// Endpoint accessible through browser https://mywebsite.com/something
public function index(Request $request): void
{
    Log::info('Before response sent');
    defer(function () {
        Log::info('Deferred task executed');
    });
    Log::info('After response sent');
}

// Endpoint accessible through API request https://mywebsite/api/something
public function search(Request $request): JsonResponse
{
    Log::info('Before response sent.');
    defer(function () {
        Log::info('Deferred task executed.');
    });
    Log::info('After response sent.');
    
    return response()->json(true);
}

This sample only works when acessing the endpoint through browser. With the API endpoint, by using either tests or Postman, the message Deferred task executed. is never written.

I tried to create a middleware, applied to the API endpoints, in order to make sure the app is terminated so the defer functions execute, but got no luck.

class EnforceDeferForApi
{
    public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next)
    {
        return $next($request);
    }

    public function terminate(Request $request, $response): void
    {
        app()->terminate();
    }
} 

Any solution?

Solved.

Forgot to add \Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\InvokeDeferredCallbacks::class to the array of api in $middlewareGroups » file kernel.php