[FIXED] How do you pause a Laravel queue

Issue

I have a queue that sends requests to a remote service. Sometimes this service undergoes a maintenance. I want all queue tasks to pause and retry in 10 minutes when such situation is encountered. How do I implement that?

Solution

<?php

namespace App\Jobs;

use ...

class SendRequest implements ShouldQueue
{
    use Dispatchable, InteractsWithQueue, Queueable, SerializesModels;

    const REMOTE_SERVER_UNAVAILABLE = 'remote_server_unavailable';

    private $msg;
    private $retryAfter;

    public function __construct($msg)
    {
        $this->msg = $msg;
        $this->retryAfter = 10;
    }

    /**
    * Execute the job.
    *
    * @return void
    */
    public function handle(){
        try {
            // if we have tried sending the request and get a RemoteServerException, we will
            // redispatch the job directly and return.
            if(Cache::get(self::REMOTE_SERVER_UNAVAILABLE)) {
                self::dispatch($this->msg)->delay(Carbon::now()->addMinutes($this->retryAfter));
                return;                  
            }
            // send request to remote server
            // ...
        } catch (RemoteServerException $e) {
            // set a cache value expires in 10 mins if not exists.
            Cache::add(self::REMOTE_SERVER_UNAVAILABLE,'1', $this->retryAfter);
            // if the remote service undergoes a maintenance, redispatch a new delayed job.
            self::dispatch($this->msg)->delay(Carbon::now()->addMinutes($this->retryAfter));            
        }
    }
}

Answered By - sean xia