Supercharging Laravel Queues with Batching and Chains

Queues are one of the most powerful but often underused features in Laravel, and adding batching & chains makes them enterprise-ready.

Chains vs Batches in Laravel Queues

Queues are the backbone of any modern Laravel application.

They let you offload heavy tasks like sending emails, processing videos, or syncing data — keeping your app fast and responsive.

But Laravel doesn’t stop at simple queued jobs.
➤ With job chains and batches, you can orchestrate complex workflows with ease.

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Why Queues Matter

Imagine you need to send 10,000 emails.
If you do it synchronously, your app will crawl.
With queues, you push jobs into the background:

dispatch(new SendWelcomeEmail($user));

Job Chains: Running Jobs in Sequence

A chain lets you run jobs in order — each only runs if the previous succeeds.

Bus::chain([
    new ProcessImage($image),
    new ResizeImage($image),
    new UploadToCDN($image),
    new NotifyUser($user),
])->dispatch();