Why AI Image Generation Should Be Async

AI image generation can look like a simple request-response feature. A user enters a prompt, clicks generate, and waits for an image. For a prototype, that can work. For a production product, it usually becomes fragile. Image generation may take several seconds or minutes. A provider may return a job ID first and the final result later. Some results arrive through webhooks. Others need polling. Requests can fail, time out, or finish after the user has already left the page. That is why AI im...