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Queues in Laravel 12

Long-Running Jobs: Timeouts, Fatal Errors and a Better Way

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Summary of this lesson:
- Understanding how long-running jobs can reach timeout limits (default 60 seconds)
- Setting custom timeout periods using --timeout flag or the $timeout property
- Breaking down large jobs into smaller, more manageable jobs to avoid timeouts
- Passing only necessary data to jobs to keep payloads small and more efficient

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When working with Laravel queues, you'll inevitably encounter scenarios where jobs take a long time to complete. In this lesson, we'll examine the challenges of long-running jobs, potential issues that can arise, and best practices for handling them effectively.

Understanding Long-Running Jobs

Long-running jobs are queue jobs that take many seconds or even minutes to complete. These could include operations like:

  • Generating reports for thousands of users
  • Processing large batches of data
  • Creating multiple files or documents
  • Performing complex calculations

These jobs present unique challenges, particularly with timeouts and error handling.

The Problem with Long-Running Jobs

Let's examine a practical example: generating monthly invoice PDFs for all customers. This could be thousands of documents that need to be created once per month.

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