Bugsnag error when running artisan command - laravel

Question

I got this error when trying to run my php artisan migrate on my production server...
PHP Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'Bugsnag Error: Invalid API key' in /var/app/current/vendor/bugsnag/bugsnag/src/Bugsnag/Client.php:19
Stack trace:
#0 /var/app/current/vendor/bugsnag/bugsnag-laravel/src/Bugsnag/BugsnagLaravel/BugsnagLaravelServiceProvider.php(61): Bugsnag_Client->__construct(NULL)
#1 /var/app/current/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Container/Container.php(738): Bugsnag\BugsnagLaravel\BugsnagLaravelServiceProvider->Bugsnag\BugsnagLaravel\{closure}(Object(Illuminate\Foundation\Application), Array)
#2 /var/app/current/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Container/Container.php(631): Illuminate\Container\Container->build(Object(Closure), Array)
#3 /var/app/current/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php(674): Illuminate\Container\Container->make('bugsnag', Array)
#4 /var/app/current/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/helpers.php(62): Illuminate\Foundation\Application->make('bugsnag', Array)
#5 /var/app/current/vendor/bugsnag/bugsna in /var/app/current/vendor/bugsnag/bugsnag/src/Bugsnag/Client.php on line 19
PHP Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'Bugsnag Error: Invalid API key' in /var/app/current/vendor/bugsnag/bugsnag/src/Bugsnag/Client.php:19
Stack trace:
#0 /var/app/current/vendor/bugsnag/bugsnag-laravel/src/Bugsnag/BugsnagLaravel/BugsnagLaravelServiceProvider.php(61): Bugsnag_Client->__construct(NULL)
#1 /var/app/current/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Container/Container.php(738): Bugsnag\BugsnagLaravel\BugsnagLaravelServiceProvider->Bugsnag\BugsnagLaravel\{closure}(Object(Illuminate\Foundation\Application), Array)
#2 /var/app/current/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Container/Container.php(631): Illuminate\Container\Container->build(Object(Closure), Array)
#3 /var/app/current/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php(674): Illuminate\Container\Container->make('bugsnag', Array)
#4 /var/app/current/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/helpers.php(62): Illuminate\Foundation\Application->make('bugsnag', Array)
#5 /var/app/current/vendor/bugsnag/bugsna in /var/app/current/vendor/bugsnag/bugsnag/src/Bugsnag/Client.php on line 19
I ran env on the command line and I have an env variable called BUGSNAG_API_KEY and the value of it exactly matches the key at bugsnag.com for this project.
Furthermore, I have this line in my project at ./config/bugsnag.php
'api_key' => env('BUGSNAG_API_KEY'),
Weirdly, I eventually tried the same command again (php artisan migrate) and it worked! But it's left me very unsettled as it's a production server. So I'd like to understand the problem.
Errors seem to be logging in Bugsnag as well by the way.

Answer 1

Try to regenerate the configuration cache with php artisan config:cache. It will use the current data from the .env file to generate a new configuration cache. This worked for me.

Answer 2

In case this helps anyone...
The Bugsnag Git Repo mentions this issue:
(Uncaught exception 'ReflectionException' with message 'Class bugsnag.logger does not exist'
Github user GrahamCampbell suggested that what is actually happening is that another error exists, but it's "...trying to log to bugsnag which is causing this error, which is hiding the real error". I confirmed this was my issue by doing what user russianryebread suggested, which was to manually copy the bugsnag.php config file over to the Laravel /config directory. Once I did that now my real error shows:
[Symfony\Component\Debug\Exception\FatalThrowableError] Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '{'
Now to troubleshoot this issue :)
Hope this helps!