Why it matters
A direct API call can disappear when the process exits. A durable request keeps its id, status, attempts, and result.
How ReqRun approaches it
ReqRun stores request metadata and the processing payload required to run the request, claims work through a worker lock, and exposes status through GET /v1/requests/{id}.
const response = await reqrun.chat.completions.create({
model: "gpt-5-nano",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Run the agent task." }],
wait: false,
idempotency_key: "agent-task-991",
});
if (response.object === "chat.completion.async") {
const request = await reqrun.requests.get(response.id);
console.log(request.status, request.attempts);
}Common mistakes
Do not treat async request ids as OpenAI chat completion ids. ReqRun request ids start with rr_.