Level 63
There is already an active transaction
Surely a database transaction locked some database tables.
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After upgrading my project to Laravel 10, I started encountering errors while processing the queue.
There is already an active transaction {"exception":"[object] (PDOException(code: 0): There is already an active transaction at /vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Concerns/ManagesTransactions.php:149)
[stacktrace]
#0 /vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Concerns/ManagesTransactions.php(149): PDO->beginTransaction()
#1 /vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Concerns/ManagesTransactions.php(125): Illuminate\Database\Connection->createTransaction()
#2 /vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Concerns/ManagesTransactions.php(24): Illuminate\Database\Connection->beginTransaction()
#3 /vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Queue/DatabaseQueue.php(227): Illuminate\Database\Connection->transaction()
#4 /vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Queue/Worker.php(349): Illuminate\Queue\DatabaseQueue->pop()
#5 /vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Queue/Worker.php(363): Illuminate\Queue\Worker->Illuminate\Queue\{closure}()
#6 /vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Queue/Worker.php(163): Illuminate\Queue\Worker->getNextJob()
#7 /vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Queue/Console/WorkCommand.php(138): Illuminate\Queue\Worker->daemon()
#8 /vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Queue/Console/WorkCommand.php(121): Illuminate\Queue\Console\WorkCommand->runWorker()
#9 /vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Container/BoundMethod.php(36): Illuminate\Queue\Console\WorkCommand->handle()
#10 /vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Container/Util.php(41): Illuminate\Container\BoundMethod::Illuminate\Container\{closure}()
#11 /vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Container/BoundMethod.php(93): Illuminate\Container\Util::unwrapIfClosure()
#12 /vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Container/BoundMethod.php(37): Illuminate\Container\BoundMethod::callBoundMethod()
#13 /vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Container/Container.php(662): Illuminate\Container\BoundMethod::call()
#14 /vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Console/Command.php(211): Illuminate\Container\Container->call()
#15 /vendor/symfony/console/Command/Command.php(326): Illuminate\Console\Command->execute()
#16 /vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Console/Command.php(181): Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command->run()
#17 /vendor/symfony/console/Application.php(1096): Illuminate\Console\Command->run()
#18 /vendor/symfony/console/Application.php(324): Symfony\Component\Console\Application->doRunCommand()
#19 /vendor/symfony/console/Application.php(175): Symfony\Component\Console\Application->doRun()
#20 /vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/Kernel.php(201): Symfony\Component\Console\Application->run()
#21 /artisan(37): Illuminate\Foundation\Console\Kernel->handle()
#22 {main}
"}
QUEUE_DRIVER=database
With some dispatchs using 'dispatchSync'
Please note that the entire error stack is related to the framework, and I have been unable to reproduce this behavior.
Do you have any insights on this issue?
Redeployed and the error's gone
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