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Laravel Broadcasting Connection Failed - How to Fix
This error occurs when Laravel cannot establish a connection to the broadcasting service like Pusher or Laravel Reverb.
The Error
Error Message
Pusher error / Broadcasting connection failedCommon Causes
- 1 Incorrect Pusher/broadcasting credentials
- 2 Broadcasting driver not configured
- 3 WebSocket server not running
- 4 Laravel Echo not initialized properly
- 5 CORS issues with WebSocket connection
Solutions
1
Configure Pusher in .env
ENV
BROADCAST_DRIVER=pusher
PUSHER_APP_ID=your-app-id
PUSHER_APP_KEY=your-app-key
PUSHER_APP_SECRET=your-app-secret
PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER=mt1
# Also add for frontend
VITE_PUSHER_APP_KEY="${PUSHER_APP_KEY}"
VITE_PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER="${PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER}"
2
Initialize Laravel Echo in frontend
JavaScript
// resources/js/bootstrap.js
import Echo from 'laravel-echo';
import Pusher from 'pusher-js';
window.Pusher = Pusher;
window.Echo = new Echo({
broadcaster: 'pusher',
key: import.meta.env.VITE_PUSHER_APP_KEY,
cluster: import.meta.env.VITE_PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER,
forceTLS: true
});
3
Enable BroadcastServiceProvider
PHP
// In config/app.php, uncomment:
App\Providers\BroadcastServiceProvider::class,
// Or in Laravel 11, it's auto-registered
// Just make sure routes/channels.php exists
4
Configure broadcasting channels
PHP
// routes/channels.php
Broadcast::channel('orders.{orderId}', function ($user, $orderId) {
return $user->id === Order::find($orderId)?->user_id;
});
// Private channel
Broadcast::channel('user.{id}', function ($user, $id) {
return (int) $user->id === (int) $id;
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