Adding a batch to a chain through prependToChain/appendToChain results in serialization errors

[SabatinoMasala]

Laravel Version

11.20.0

PHP Version

8.2

Database Driver & Version

No response

Description

When creating and dispatching a chain with a nested batch, the type of the batch will be a ChainedBatch

\Illuminate\Support\Facades\Bus::chain([
    Bus::batch([
        new \App\Jobs\HelloWorld(),
    ])
])->dispatch();

However, when appending or prepending a batch to a chain, the type will be a PendingBatch, leading to serialization errors.

\Illuminate\Support\Facades\Bus::chain([
    new \App\Jobs\Batcher(),
])->dispatch();

// App\Jobs\Batcher()

<?php

namespace App\Jobs;

use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Queue\Queueable;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Bus;

class Batcher implements ShouldQueue
{
    use Queueable;

    /**
     * Create a new job instance.
     */
    public function __construct()
    {
        //
    }

    /**
     * Execute the job.
     */
    public function handle(): void
    {
        // The type of this batch will be PendingBatch
        $this->prependToChain(
            Bus::batch([
                new \App\Jobs\HelloWorld(),
            ])
        );
    }
}

To mitigate this, you can manually create a ChainedBatch from the PendingBatch as follows:

$chainedBatch = new ChainedBatch(Bus::batch([
    new HelloWorld(),
]));
$this->prependToChain($chainedBatch);

And this will make sure the batch gets queued onto the chain correctly.

Steps To Reproduce

Dispatching a batch onto a chain from within a job using prependToChain or appendToChain will result into a closure serialization error.

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[driesvints]

Seems the PR for this one was merged. Thanks