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Your agent workflow takes 30 seconds. Design the streaming UX, including what happens when it fails mid-stream.

Perceived latency is a design surface, not an infrastructure detail. Covers progressive disclosure, SSE vs WebSockets, resumability, and the mid-stream failure question most candidates have never thought about.

Updated Sep 2026 · Grounded in real Forward Deployed Engineer interview loops and written to a senior-engineer editorial bar.

Perceived latency is a design surface, not an infrastructure detail. Covers progressive disclosure, SSE vs WebSockets, resumability, and the mid-stream failure question most candidates have never thought about.

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