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Intermediate LevelLaravel

What is Laravel Pulse and how does it monitor server health and slow queries?

❓ Interview Prompt: Explain Laravel Pulse, application performance monitoring (APM), monitoring slow queries, long jobs, high memory endpoints, and server metrics.

Laravel Pulse is a real-time Application Performance Monitoring (APM) tool built for Laravel applications.

What Pulse Tracks:

Monitors server CPU/memory usage, slow database queries, long-running jobs, sluggish HTTP endpoints, and high-frequency exceptions, identifying system bottlenecks instantly.

Code Implementation Example

php
<?php
// In config/pulse.php - configuring slow query recording threshold
'recorders' => [
    LaravelPulseRecordersSlowQueries::class => [
        'threshold' => 500, // Records queries exceeding 500ms
    ],
];
💡Configuring Laravel Pulse slow query recording threshold.
🎯 Interview Key Takeaway

Use Laravel Pulse to monitor live server health, slow queries, and bottlenecked HTTP endpoints in real-time.

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