Key Takeaways
- Weekly ops for Laravel + Android SMS gateway: queue health, failed jobs, device last-seen, airtime, canary OTP.
- Horizon/failed_jobs green does not prove the SIM delivered — check radio path.
- Rotate staging keys; confirm webhook HMAC still verifies.
- Isolate OTP queues from marketing jobs.
- Developer Center owns live REST fields.
- BYO Android and operator credit. We meter devices and volume (Free 300 lifetime; paid from $19/mo).
Summary
Weekly ops checklist for Laravel frameworks sending through an Android SMS gateway. Send guide: Laravel send SMS. Setup: setup. Docs: Developer Center.
Horizon green and a dead phone is not “Laravel is fine.” It is a radio outage with a pretty dashboard.
Weekly rhythm
Same day each week: queues → devices → balances → canary → secrets age. No Unlimited SMS assumptions — OEM and plan caps still apply.
Context
Laravel makes retries easy; retries burn airtime. Pace OTP and marketing on separate queues and devices.
Checklist sequence
- Horizon / failed_jobs / timeout spikes.
- Device last-seen and charging.
- Operator balance + platform allowance awareness.
- Staff OTP canary on OTP pool.
- Webhook HMAC self-test; rotate if staff changed.
Weekly table
| Check | Pass | Act |
|---|---|---|
| Queues | Backlog within SLO | Scale workers / pause bulk |
| Phone | Fresh last-seen | Wake/OEM/battery drill |
| Airtime | Headroom for peak | Top up SIM |
| Canary | Delivered staff OTP | Escalate before Monday traffic |
| Secrets | Env keys; HMAC OK | Rotate + redeploy |
Cost checks
Free 300 lifetime; paid from $19/mo. Budget weekly canaries. Pricing.
Laravel-specific ops
Confirm OTP jobs do not share the marketing rate limiter. Watch unique job locks for idempotency.
Security rotation
Rotate keys on staff change. Keep webhook secrets out of repo.
Escalate when
Canary fails twice or last-seen stale beyond your RTO — page on-call, do not wait for customer OTP tickets.
Printable gate
- Five table rows green.
- OTP pool untouched by bulk.
- No Unlimited SMS in status reports.
Next steps
PHP send patterns: send SMS with PHP.
Related product pages
Jump to the live product docs for this topic—not another long-form article.
- SMS API documentationLive endpoint reference
- PHP REST send samplesPHP code examples
- device and SMS volume pricingPlans and allowances
- Android SMS gateway product guideDefinition, product, and how to buy
