[Mxstermind]

For a PHP application handling image generation, video processing and scheduled publishing, I'd avoid tying long-running tasks directly to a normal web request.

A queue worker, explicit job states, bounded retries, idempotency keys and clear failure reporting make the workflow much easier to reason about.

I'd also distinguish a generation failure from a publishing failure so retrying one doesn't duplicate the other.

For developers who've shipped this in production, which queue and monitoring setup has worked best for you?