Async LLM inference in CI: stop build workers blocking on slow jobs

Short summary

CI build workers blocked on 35-second LLM calls waste expensive compute. Bifrost AI gateway's async submit-and-poll pattern lets agents fire a job, return immediately with an id, and poll later—freeing workers to continue builds while inference runs asynchronously. The win is mechanical: on a fleet with hundreds of concurrent builds, decoupling computation submission from waiting recovers substantial capacity.

• •Blocking LLM calls in CI create queue depth: workers idle waiting on 35s+ model latency
• •Async submit-and-poll via Bifrost decouples job submission from result polling, freeing worker capacity
• •Trade-off: you own job id tracking and operational complexity (Postgres backing, single-node SPOF if not HA)

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