framework: Job chaining does not allow constructor arguments on first job in chain

You need to pass the required arguments to the dispatch method:

ProcessPodcast::withChain([
    new OptimizePodcast,
    new ReleasePodcast
])->dispatch($requiredArgument);

For those struggling, I managed to send differents constructor parameters like this:

getInvoiceDetails::dispatch($invoiceID1)->chain([
                    new getCurrentExchangeRate($invoiceID2),
                    new createInvoiceXML($invoiceID3),
                    new sendSignedInvoice($invoiceID4),
                    (new checkDocumentStatus($invoiceID5))->delay(3),
                ]);

Ran in to this problem myself. It’s by no means always practical to pass constructor arguments to dispatch(), as the withChain() method is specifically used to fire off a group of related jobs and they may well have entirely different constructors. Reinstantiating new objects as PendingChain currently does all with the same parameter set (and the same class) makes it substantially less useful as a feature.

Agreed. Ran into this issue today. This is very odd that every chained job is required to have the same parameters. Really limits this awesome feature.

https://laravel.com/docs/5.5/queues#dispatching-jobs