Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded Laravel Origin: Application & API OSI layer 7 · Application Last updated 4 Nov 2026

Laravel: Symfony\Component\ErrorHandler\Error\FatalError: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded

A web request ran longer than PHP's max_execution_time and was killed.

Exact message you may see Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceededSymfony\Component\ErrorHandler\Error\FatalError: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceededMaximum execution time of 60 seconds exceeded LaravelMaximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded vendor/laravel
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Seen on: Laravel PHP

Meaning

Long tasks shouldn't run in web requests. Dispatch a queued job, optimise queries (indexes, eager loading to avoid N+1), cache results, or temporarily raise max_execution_time / set_time_limit(). Behind Nginx also check fastcgi_read_timeout.

Common causes

  • Heavy report/export in the request
  • N+1 queries
  • Slow external API call
  • Infinite loop
  • Default 30s limit on shared hosting

⚡ Quick fix

  1. Move to a queued job with dispatch()
  2. Add indexes and eager loading (with())
  3. Raise max_execution_time and fastcgi_read_timeout if needed

Detailed fix by platform

Laravel

  1. php artisan make:job ProcessReport then ProcessReport::dispatch($id);

How to diagnose

  1. Cause — Slow query, API or loop?
  2. Time — Which limit?
  3. Queue — Possible?

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