Laravel override trait for soft deletes that recognizes the observer

SoftDeletesTrait.php

<?php

/**
 * Overrides original SoftDeletes::runSoftDelete method to include observer changes in `deleting` event.
 * @see  SoftDeletes
 * @uses SoftDeletes::runSoftDelete()
 */

namespace App\Traits;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;

/**
 * Trait SoftDeletesTrait
 * @package App\Traits
 */
trait SoftDeletesTrait {

    use SoftDeletes;

    /**
     * Perform the actual delete query on this model instance.
     * Parent method in softDeletes trait
     * @return void
     */
    protected function runSoftDelete(): void {
        $query = $this->setKeysForSaveQuery($this->newModelQuery());

        $time = $this->freshTimestamp();

        $columns = [$this->getDeletedAtColumn() => $this->fromDateTime($time)];

        $this->{$this->getDeletedAtColumn()} = $time;

        if ($this->timestamps && !is_null($this->getUpdatedAtColumn())) {
            $this->{$this->getUpdatedAtColumn()} = $time;

            $columns[$this->getUpdatedAtColumn()] = $this->fromDateTime($time);
        }

        /**
         * Add changes from observer here,
         * overrides $columns, but leaves timestamps in tact
         */
        $columns = array_merge($query->getModel()->getDirty(), $columns);

        /**
         * Add attribute setting here
         */
        $query->update($columns);
    }
}

Laravel didn't offer a way use the 'deleting' observer correctly when using soft deletes. This solution will grab any changes made in the observer, merge them with the timestamps created for the soft delete, and update the model with all changes.