It is believed that any classical gauge symmetry gives rise to an L ∞ algebra. Based on the recently realized relation between classical W $$ \mathcal{W} $$ algebras and L ∞ algebras, we analyze how this generalizes to the quantum case. Guided by the existence of quantum W algebras, we provide a physically well motivated definition of quantum L ∞ algebras describing the consistency of global symmetries in quantum field theories. In this case we are restricted to only two non-trivial graded vector spaces X 0 and X −1 containing the symmetry variations and the symmetry generators. This quantum L ∞ algebra structure is explicitly exemplified for the quantum W 3 $$ {\mathcal{W}}_3 $$ algebra. The natural quantum product between fields is the normal ordered one so that, due to contractions between quantum fields, the higher L ∞ relations receive off-diagonal quantum corrections. Curiously, these are not present in the loop L ∞ algebra of closed string field theory.
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