Refactor the cron controller

app/Http/Controllers/API/CronController.php

@@ -12,17 +12,16 @@ class CronController extends Controller
 {
     /**
      * @param Request     $request
-     * @param null|string $cron_token
+     * @param string|null $cron_token
      * @return ResponseFactory|Response
      */
-    public function run(Request $request, $cron_token)
+    public function __invoke(Request $request, $cron_token)
     {
         // Verify the cron token
         if (!$cron_token || $cron_token !== systemsettings('cron_token')) {
-            abort(403);
+            return response(trans('settings.cron_token_auth_failure'), 403);
         }
 
-        // Run all cron tasks
         Artisan::call('schedule:run');
 
         return response('Cron successfully executed');

resources/lang/en/settings.php

@@ -63,4 +63,5 @@ return [
     'cron_token_url' => 'Point your cron to the following URL: <span class="cron-token-url">:route</span>',
     'cron_token_generate_info' => 'Caution: If you already have an cron token, generating a new one will break the existing cron job!',
     'cron_token_generate_failure' => 'A new cron token could not be generated. Please check your browser console and application logs for more information.',
+    'cron_token_auth_failure' => 'The provided cron token is invalid',
 ];

routes/web.php

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Route::prefix('bookmarklet')->group(function () {
         ->name('bookmarklet-login');
 });
 
-Route::get('cron/{token}', [CronController::class, 'run'])->name('cron');
+Route::get('cron/{token}', CronController::class)->name('cron');
 
 // Model routes
 Route::group(['middleware' => ['auth']], function () {