ask-laravel-mechanic

<critical_constraints> ❌ NO migrate:fresh on prod/staging → destroys DB ❌ NO db:seed on prod → overwrites data ❌ NO Model::truncate() on prod without backup ❌ NO migrate:reset on prod ✅ MUST run php artisan env before dangerous commands ✅ MUST use migrate --pretend when unsure ✅ MUST restart queue after code deployment </critical_constraints>

<safety_commands> ✅ Allowed: migrate (forward only) ✅ Safe test: migrate --pretend (shows SQL without running) ✅ Cache clear: optimize:clear ✅ Queue restart: queue:restart (after deploy!) </safety_commands>

<soft_delete_restore>

User::withTrashed()->find($id)->restore();

</soft_delete_restore>

N+1 Prevention

// In AppServiceProvider::boot()
Model::preventLazyLoading(!app()->isProduction());

Common Errors

• "member function on null" → Mongo relation with SQL syntax, check with()
• "MongoDB... not found" → wrong namespace, check composer.json

<log_analysis>

# Single channel
tail -n 50 storage/logs/laravel.log

# Daily channel
tail -n 50 storage/logs/laravel-$(date +%Y-%m-%d).log

# Search with context
grep -C 5 "User ID 505" storage/logs/laravel.log

Keywords: local.ERROR, QueryException, ModelNotFound, MassAssignmentException </log_analysis>

<queue_forensics>

• Status: queue:monitor default
• Failed: queue:failed
• Retry one: queue:retry <UUID>
• Flush all: queue:flush (careful!) </queue_forensics>