Tag: queues

How MySQL's SELECT FOR UPDATE SKIP LOCKED lets PHP workers pull jobs from a queue table concurrently without deadlocks, and how Laravel already uses it.

How Laravel 13.10 makes queue workers cheaper to run with --stop-when-empty-for, the WorkerIdle event, and SQS overflow storage for oversized job payloads.

Laravel's Interruptible interface lets queued jobs catch SIGTERM during deploys, so long-running work can stop loops, release locks, and save state cleanly.

Laravel 13.6 adds native debounceable queued jobs. Dispatch the same job dozens of times, only the last one runs. Here's how to use it.

Symfony Messenger handles async queues, retries, and message buses elegantly. Here's a practical guide to using it properly in your PHP apps.