diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/CleanupRedis.php b/app/Console/Commands/CleanupRedis.php
index 815895064..64a3ac259 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/CleanupRedis.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/CleanupRedis.php
@@ -388,6 +388,15 @@ private function cleanupStuckJobs($redis, string $prefix, bool $dryRun, bool $is
                 continue;
             }
 
+            // Check for JSON decode errors
+            if ($payloadData === null || json_last_error() !== JSON_ERROR_NONE) {
+                $errorMsg = json_last_error_msg();
+                $truncatedPayload = is_string($payload) ? substr($payload, 0, 200) : 'non-string payload';
+                $this->error("Failed to decode job payload for {$keyWithoutPrefix}: {$errorMsg}. Payload: {$truncatedPayload}");
+
+                continue;
+            }
+
             $jobClass = data_get($payloadData, 'displayName', 'Unknown');
 
             // Prefer reserved_at (when job started processing), fallback to created_at