Eloquent save() method doesn't work and does not output any error/exception

CloseDayBreakdownCall.php

<?php
// Model
namespace App;

class CloseDayBreakdownCall extends Model {

  public $timestamps = false;

  protected $fillable = [
    'api_start_date', 'api_end_date', 'api_call_datetime',
    'api_call_status', 'file_download_status', 'download_filename',
    'file_download_datetime', 'store_in_db_status', 'store_in_db_datetime',
    'api_filters', 'remarks', 'api_resp_last_update_time',
    'api_resp_last_update_time_gmt', 'api_timezone'
  ];
  
  public static function updateJsonToDBStatus($params = []) {
    $id = $params['id'] ?? 0;
    if ($id < 1) {
      return -1;
    }

    $instanceCDB = self::find($id);
    // $instanceCDB = self::where('id', $id)->first();

    if ($instanceCDB) {
      $remarks = $params['remarks'] ?? '';
      $storeDbStatus = $params['storeDbStatus'] ?? null;
      $lastUpdateTime = $params['apiRespLastUpdateTime'] ?? null;
      $lastUpdateTimeGmt = $params['apiRespLastUpdateTimeGmt'] ?? null;
      $apiTimezone = $params['apiTimezone'] ?? null;
      $dbStatusInt = self::getIntForStatusText($storeDbStatus);

      $instanceCDB->store_in_db_status = $dbStatusInt;
      $instanceCDB->store_in_db_datetime = DateHandler::getUTCTimestamp();

      if (!empty($lastUpdateTime)) {
        $instanceCDB->api_resp_last_update_time = $lastUpdateTime;
        $instanceCDB->api_resp_last_update_time_gmt = $lastUpdateTimeGmt;
        $instanceCDB->api_timezone = $apiTimezone;
      }
      if (!empty($remarks)) {
        $instanceCDB->remarks .= $remarks . PHP_EOL;
      }
// \DB::connection()->enableQueryLog();
      $instanceCDB->save();
// $queries = \DB::getQueryLog();
// dd($queries);


      // $columnsChanged = $instanceCDB->getChanges();
      // dd($columnsChanged);
      // $instanceCDB->update(['remarks' => $remarks]);

      return $instanceCDB->id;
    }
    return -1;
  }
  
  }

CloseDayBreakdownCallController.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\CloseDayBreakdownCall;

class CloseDayBreakdownController extends Controller {

  public function apiBulkInsert($cdbCall = null) {
    DB::disableQueryLog();

    try {
      DB::beginTransaction();
      $callId = $cdbCall->id ?? -1;// Call ID
      
      $jsonData = FileHandler::getDownloadTaboola($filename);
      if (empty($jsonData)) {
        Log::debug(__METHOD__ . '; CDBCall no json file exists.');
        // Update the calls table as NO json data is available from the file
        CloseDayBreakdownCall::updateJsonToDBStatus([
          'id' => $callId,
          'storeDbStatus' => 4,
          'remarks' => 'file do not exists.',
        ]);
        
        /**
         * DB::commit(); line was missing and does not updating the records in DB
         */
        DB::commit();
        return;
      }
      
      .... more logic to inert in bulk
        
        
      DB::commit();
    } catch (\Exception $e) {
      // Update the calls table as all data inserted correctly
      CloseDayBreakdownCall::updateJsonToDBStatus([
        'id' => $callId,
        'storeDbStatus' => 0,
        'remarks' => $e->getMessage() . PHP_EOL
      ]);

      Log::debug(__METHOD__ . '; Catch Exception; ' . $e->getMessage());
      DB::rollback();
    }
  }
}