Async Leads Finish Sooner: How the Lead Waits Matters in Agent Teams
nouhadziri · x · 2026-10-14
How should the lead wait for workers? Blocking leads sit idle until workers report back; asynchronous leads keep working, check on workers, and move on as soon as results arrive.
Async leads finish the team's task sooner — the waiting/scheduling policy is itself a key design variable in multi-agent systems.
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