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Queue Job Failed in Laravel - How to Debug and Fix
This error occurs when a queued job fails repeatedly and exceeds the maximum retry attempts.
The Error
Error Message
Job has been attempted too many timesCommon Causes
- 1 Exception thrown inside job handle() method
- 2 Database connection lost during job execution
- 3 External API failures
- 4 Memory or timeout limits exceeded
- 5 Missing dependencies or configuration
Solutions
1
Check failed jobs table
Bash
# Create failed jobs table if not exists
php artisan queue:failed-table
php artisan migrate
# View failed jobs
php artisan queue:failed
# Retry a specific failed job
php artisan queue:retry <job-id>
# Retry all failed jobs
php artisan queue:retry all
2
Handle exceptions in job
PHP
class ProcessOrder implements ShouldQueue
{
public $tries = 3;
public $backoff = [30, 60, 120];
public function handle()
{
try {
// Your job logic
} catch (\Exception $e) {
Log::error('Job failed: ' . $e->getMessage());
$this->fail($e);
}
}
public function failed(\Throwable $exception)
{
// Notify admin or log failure
}
}
3
Set job timeout and memory
PHP
class ProcessLargeFile implements ShouldQueue
{
public $timeout = 300; // 5 minutes
public $memory = 512; // MB
public function retryUntil()
{
return now()->addHours(1);
}
}
4
Run queue worker with proper settings
Bash
php artisan queue:work --tries=3 --timeout=120 --memory=256
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