Async APIs & Jobs

Use this category for request-accept patterns where work continues after the initial response. It will collect recipes for status polling, deferred processing, and job-style APIs.

Category map

flowchart LR
    Client[Client] -->|submit| API[HTTP Function]
    API -->|202 + job id| Queue[(Work queue)]
    Queue --> Worker[Worker Function]
    Worker --> Store[(Status / result store)]
    Client -->|poll status| Status[Status Function]
    Status --> Store

Recipe	Trigger	Difficulty
Async HTTP 202 Polling	HTTP + Queue + Durable	Intermediate
Queue-Backed Job	HTTP + Queue	Beginner
Callback Completion	HTTP + Durable	Intermediate