[Feature Request] Add a way to check whether the scheduler is paused

[masnmt]

Laravel provides schedule:pause and schedule:continue, but there does not seem to be a built-in way to check the current pause state.

It would be useful to expose this state through Artisan, especially for deployment scripts and operational checks.

For example, a new command could be added:

php artisan schedule:status

which could output something like:

Scheduler is paused.

or:

Scheduler is running.

Alternatively, the current scheduler state could be shown at the end of:

php artisan schedule:list

For example:

Scheduler status: paused

I think either approach would make schedule:pause safer and easier to use in automated deployment and maintenance workflows.

Personally, I think a dedicated schedule:status command would be the clearest option, but exposing the state through schedule:list would also solve the problem.

[HIRATRA]

I think a dedicated schedule:status command would be the clearest API, especially for deployment and maintenance workflows.

One thing I’d consider is making the output machine-readable as well. A human-friendly message like:

Scheduler is paused.

is useful interactively, but deployment scripts would benefit from something deterministic, for example:

php artisan schedule:status --quiet

returning an appropriate exit code, or optionally:

php artisan schedule:status --json

with a simple state such as:

{"paused": true}

That would make it possible to safely use the scheduler state in CI/CD or maintenance scripts without having to parse console output.

I’d also lean toward keeping the status check separate from schedule:list: schedule:list describes what is scheduled, while schedule:status describes the current runtime state. That separation makes the intent of each command much clearer.