A small Laravel command to collect the sessions garbage if applicable to the current session driver

Kernel.php

<?php

namespace App\Console;

use Illuminate\Console\Scheduling\Schedule;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Console\Kernel as ConsoleKernel;

class Kernel extends ConsoleKernel
{
    //...

    /**
     * Define the application's command schedule.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Console\Scheduling\Schedule  $schedule
     * @return void
     */
    protected function schedule(Schedule $schedule)
    {
        //...

        $schedule->command('session:gc')
            ->hourly();
      
        //...
    }
    //...
}

session.php

<?php

//...

return [
    //...
  
    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Session Sweeping Lottery
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | Some session drivers must manually sweep their storage location to get
    | rid of old sessions from storage. Here are the chances that it will
    | happen on a given request. By default, the odds are 2 out of 100.
    |
    */

    'lottery' => [0, 1],
  
    //...
];

SessionGarbageCollector.php

<?php

namespace App\Console\Commands;

use Illuminate\Console\Command;

class SessionGarbageCollector extends Command
{
    /**
     * The name and signature of the console command.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $signature = 'session:gc';

    /**
     * The console command description.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $description = 'Clears the sessions garbage if applicable to the current driver';

    /**
     * Create a new command instance.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function __construct()
    {
        parent::__construct();
    }

    /**
     * Execute the console command.
     *
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function handle()
    {
        session()->getHandler()->gc($this->getSessionLifetimeInSeconds());
    }

    /**
     * Get the session lifetime in seconds.
     *
     * @return int
     */
    protected function getSessionLifetimeInSeconds()
    {
        return (config('session.lifetime', null)) * 60;
    }
}

Be sure to schedule this command to be executed at least every hour:

$schedule->command('session:gc')
            ->hourly();

Be sure to "disable" the session lottery to avoid the random garbage collection of session:

//In config/session.php
'lottery' => [0, 1],

Here is the article that shows this session problem in detail, to understand the usage of this gist: https://ma.ttias.be/disable-http-sessions-in-laravel-to-speed-up-your-api/