configuring-horizon

Configure Laravel Horizon supervisors and queue balancing by defining supervisor blocks, queue assignments, and balancing strategies with minProcesses and maxProcesses in the config/horizon.php file. This setup manages worker distribution across queues.

Laravel Horizon dashboard metrics appear blank when horizon:snapshot scheduling is not configured. You must schedule the snapshot command in your application's task scheduler to continuously populate the metrics data.

Authorize access to the Laravel Horizon dashboard by defining a Gate::define viewHorizon rule in your application. This gate restricts dashboard visibility to approved users, securing production queue monitoring.

Resolve LongWaitDetected notifications and worker crashes by adjusting the waits config in config/horizon.php and correcting timeout chain ordering. This prevents long queue wait thresholds from triggering false alerts.

Yes, you can tag and silence specific jobs in Laravel Horizon. Job tagging allows you to monitor specific job categories in the dashboard, while silencing suppresses notifications for non-critical tasks.

Yes, Laravel Horizon works with Sail for local queue monitoring. You can install Horizon using horizon:install and configure Sail integration to run supervisors alongside your local development environment.