Handling Timeouts in AI Image Generation Without Blind Retries
A user clicks Generate. Your backend submits a request to an image provider, then the HTTP call times out. The provider may already be creating an image. Submitting again could create a second paid task. The code examples are simplified illustrations. A Timeout Leaves a Question Open An asynchronous generation API still has an initial HTTP exchange: submit a request and receive a task ID. That…
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