Do not run queue workers while application is in maintenance mode.

src/Illuminate/Foundation/changes.json

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
		{"message": "Added Cookie::queue method for creating cookies that are automatically attached to the final response.", "backport": null},
		{"message": "Allow environment to be checked via App::environment method.", "backport": null},
		{"message": "Add support for order by and limit on MySQL update queries.", "backport": null},
		{"message": "Tweak Container::resolve to accept a type, new resolvingAny method for all objects.", "backport": null}
		{"message": "Tweak Container::resolve to accept a type, new resolvingAny method for all objects.", "backport": null},
		{"message": "Do not run queue workers while application is in maintenance mode.", "backport": null}
	]
}

src/Illuminate/Queue/Console/WorkCommand.php

@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ public function __construct(Worker $worker)
	 */
	public function fire()
	{
		if ($this->downForMaintenance()) return;

		$queue = $this->option('queue');

		$delay = $this->option('delay');
@@ -62,6 +64,18 @@ public function fire()
		$this->worker->pop($connection, $queue, $delay, $memory, $this->option('sleep'));
	}

	/**
	 * Determine if the worker should run in maintenance mode.
	 *
	 * @return bool
	 */
	protected function downForMaintenance()
	{
		if ($this->option('force')) return false;

		return $this->laravel->isDownForMaintenance();
	}

	/**
	 * Get the console command arguments.
	 *
@@ -86,6 +100,8 @@ protected function getOptions()

			array('delay', null, InputOption::VALUE_OPTIONAL, 'Amount of time to delay failed jobs', 0),

			array('force', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Force the worker to run even in maintenance mode.'),

			array('memory', null, InputOption::VALUE_OPTIONAL, 'The memory limit in megabytes', 128),

			array('sleep', null, InputOption::VALUE_OPTIONAL, 'Number of seconds to sleep when no job is available', 3),