Laravel Queues in Production: Horizon, Supervisor and Monitoring
Deploy reliable queue workers for email, webhooks and AI jobs — configuration we use on RelaxGen client servers.
Mehran Shafique · June 23, 2026 · 1 min read · 107 words
A Laravel app without working queues is a synchronous trap. Users click "Send invoice" and wait eight seconds while SMTP handshake completes. Jobs belong off the request thread — but only if workers stay alive.
Supervisor configuration
Run multiple worker processes with autorestart. Separate queues: default, mail, webhooks, low. Long-running AI content jobs should not block transactional mail.
Horizon for visibility
Laravel Horizon gives throughput graphs, failed job retry and tagging. Restrict dashboard access to admin roles. Alert on queue depth thresholds via Slack or email.
Failed job hygiene
Review failed_jobs weekly. Classify failures: transient (retry), permanent (fix code), external (vendor outage). Never silently truncate without archiving.
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