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Async Job Status API Basics

Report async job progress

Designing async job APIs involves returning job IDs, offering status endpoints with states/progress/errors, optional webhooks, idempotent job creation, and reasonable retention of results for clients to fetch.

Create Idempotently

Return job IDs; accept idempotency keys for job creation.

Expose Status

States (queued/running/succeeded/failed), progress, and error info.

Notify

Offer webhooks/callbacks; retain results for a sensible window.

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