NVIDIA / NVIDIA/NeMo-Retriever
[FEA]: Complete the async API by allowing async ingestion jobs for library (non-service) API
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Since Mar 20, 2026.
feature request
next-release
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Description
Is this a new feature, an improvement, or a change to existing functionality?
Improvement
How would you describe the priority of this feature request
Significant improvement
Please provide a clear description of problem this feature solves
Should following the existing nv_ingest async API design, but adapted for the nemo_retriever Python API
Describe the feature, and optionally a solution or implementation and any alternatives
ability to submit ingestion jobs that run in the background without blocking the main thread
It should return job/task IDs which the user can use to check status of individual documents
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