Grokking Modern API Design Interview
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When REST Doesn't Fit

A caller sends a request whose work takes three minutes.

A browser, gateway, or load balancer may time out before three minutes of work finishes. The client then needs to know whether the work continues, how to check its status, and whether retrying would start it again.

REST has not failed here. One request-response exchange is simply the wrong shape for this job.

REST remains the starting point in this course. Some requirements need a different interaction pattern, while others justify another protocol. Explain both the requirement and the cost:

**Name the trigger that makes the defaul

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