Scaling Infrastructure: Queues, Workers, and Async Agent Runs

Agentic AI 20 min min read Updated: Feb 26, 2026 Intermediate
Scaling Infrastructure: Queues, Workers, and Async Agent Runs
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Scaling Infrastructure: Queues, Workers, and Async Agent Runs

Why async matters

Long-running agent runs should not block user requests. Use job queues and background workers.

Worker model

Workers execute steps, store progress, and stream updates to the UI.

Reliability

Use retries with idempotency and store checkpoints after each step.

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