General Cloud Infrastructure

Hi everyone,

I’m testing Laravel (v11) email verification using queued jobs.
The application works correctly when using QUEUE_CONNECTION=sync, but when switching to a queue driver (database), the worker appears idle.

Command executed:

php artisan queue:work

The command runs without errors, but:

• No jobs are processed
• No output is shown in the terminal
• Email verification is not sent

Current setup:

• QUEUE_CONNECTION=database
• Queue table created and migrated (jobs table exists)
• Jobs are inserted into the jobs table when registration occurs
• SMTP email works correctly when using sync
• Gmail SMTP configured using App Password
• No visible error in terminal

Things already tried:

• php artisan queue:restart
• php artisan queue:work --verbose
• php artisan queue:listen
• php artisan config:clear && php artisan cache:clear
• Checked storage/logs/laravel.log (no critical error)

Environment:

• PHP 8.x
• Laravel 11
• Running on local / cloud VM environment

Is there any additional worker configuration, permission issue, or environment-related setting (especially on cloud/VM) that could cause the queue worker to stay idle without errors?

Any insight or best practice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.