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# Merge Async Results Stage

export const schema = {
  "type": "object",
  "title": "Merge Async Results",
  "description": "Wait for previous asynchronous stages to complete and merge their results into the active request",
  "required": ["timeoutMs", "asyncStageIds", "strictAsyncIds", "failFast"],
  "properties": {
    "skip": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "title": "Skip This Stage",
      "description": "Set to true to skip this stage.",
      "default": false,
      "hints": ["advanced"]
    },
    "label": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Label",
      "description": "A unique label for this stage.",
      "hints": ["advanced"],
      "maxLength": 255
    },
    "condition": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Condition",
      "description": "Define a conditional script that must result in true or false. This can be used to determine if the stage should process or not.",
      "hints": ["code", "code/javascript", "advanced"]
    },
    "timeoutMs": {
      "type": "integer",
      "title": "Timeout",
      "description": "Maximum amount of time (in milliseconds) that this stage will wait for completion of the configured asynchronous stages. If this timeout is reached and not all asynchronous stages have completed, it will abort the unfinished ones",
      "default": 1000,
      "minimum": 1,
      "exclusiveMinimum": false
    },
    "asyncStageIds": {
      "type": "array",
      "title": "Async IDs",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "strictAsyncIds": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "title": "Strict Async IDs",
      "description": "Throw an error if one of the reference Async IDs is missing from the context.",
      "default": true
    },
    "failFast": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "title": "Fail Fast",
      "description": "Sets the fail-fast behavior. If selected, will abort any asynchronous calls we are waiting for after the first failure.",
      "default": false
    }
  },
  "category": "Fetch Data",
  "categoryPriority": 5,
  "unsafe": false
};

export const SchemaParamFields = ({schema}) => {
  const sanitize = str => {
    if (typeof str !== "string") return str;
    return str.replace(/^"(.*)"$/s, "$1").replace(/\\/g, "").replace(/"/g, "'");
  };
  const renderMd = str => {
    const s = sanitize(str);
    const text = (/[.!?]\)*$/).test(s) ? s : `${s}.`;
    return text.split(/(\*\*[^*]+\*\*|_[^_]+_|`[^`]+`)/g).map((part, i) => {
      if (part.startsWith("**")) return <strong key={i}>{part.slice(2, -2)}</strong>;
      if (part.startsWith("_")) return <em key={i}>{part.slice(1, -1)}</em>;
      if (part.startsWith("`")) return <code key={i}>{part.slice(1, -1)}</code>;
      return part;
    });
  };
  const {description, properties = {}, required: requiredProps = []} = schema;
  const visibleProps = useMemo(() => Object.entries(properties).filter(([, prop]) => !prop.hints?.includes("hidden")), [properties]);
  const renderProp = ([name, prop]) => {
    const isRequired = requiredProps.includes(name);
    const hasDefault = prop.default !== undefined;
    const rawDefault = prop.default;
    const hints = prop.hints || [];
    const isComplexDefault = hasDefault && (typeof rawDefault === "object" || typeof rawDefault === "string" && (rawDefault.length > 20 || rawDefault.includes('"')));
    const postBadges = [];
    if (prop.title) {
      postBadges.push(<><span className="text-stone-400 dark:text-stone-500">API property: </span>{name}</>);
    }
    const constraints = [];
    if (prop.minimum !== undefined && prop.maximum !== undefined) {
      constraints.push(`Range: ${prop.minimum} – ${prop.maximum}`);
    } else if (prop.minimum !== undefined) {
      constraints.push(`Min: ${prop.minimum}`);
    } else if (prop.maximum !== undefined) {
      constraints.push(`Max: ${prop.maximum}`);
    }
    if (prop.minLength !== undefined && prop.maxLength !== undefined) {
      constraints.push(`Length: ${prop.minLength} – ${prop.maxLength}`);
    } else if (prop.minLength !== undefined) {
      constraints.push(`Min length: ${prop.minLength}`);
    } else if (prop.maxLength !== undefined) {
      constraints.push(`Max length: ${prop.maxLength}`);
    }
    const fieldProps = {
      key: name,
      body: prop.title || name,
      type: prop.type,
      ...postBadges.length > 0 && ({
        post: postBadges
      }),
      ...isRequired && ({
        required: true
      }),
      ...!isComplexDefault && hasDefault ? {
        default: sanitize(String(rawDefault))
      } : {}
    };
    const isObject = prop.type === "object" && prop.properties;
    const isArrayOfObjects = prop.type === "array" && prop.items?.type === "object" && prop.items.properties;
    return <ParamField {...fieldProps}>
        {prop.description && <p>{renderMd(prop.description)}</p>}

        {prop.enum && <p>
            Allowed values: 
            {prop.enum.map((v, i) => <>{i > 0 && ", "}<code key={i}>{String(v)}</code></>)}
          </p>}

        {constraints.length > 0 && <p className="text-stone-500 dark:text-stone-400 text-sm">
            {constraints.join(" · ")}
          </p>}

        {isComplexDefault && <div className="flex">
            <p>
              <strong>Default:</strong>
            </p>
            <pre className="!my-0">
              <code>
                {JSON.stringify(rawDefault, null, 2)}
              </code>
            </pre>
          </div>}

        {isArrayOfObjects && <Expandable title="item properties">
            <SchemaParamFields schema={{
      properties: prop.items.properties,
      required: prop.items.required
    }} />
          </Expandable>}

        {isObject && <Expandable title="properties">
            <SchemaParamFields schema={{
      properties: prop.properties,
      required: prop.required
    }} />
          </Expandable>}
      </ParamField>;
  };
  return <div>
      {description && <p>{renderMd(description)}</p>}

      {visibleProps.map(renderProp)}
    </div>;
};

export const LwTemplate = ({title = "Key questions to get you started", icon = "sparkles", cta = "Powered by Agent Studio", linkHref = "https://lucidworks.com/demo/?utm_source=docs&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=docs_cta_ai"}) => {
  const [isLoaded, setIsLoaded] = useState(false);
  useEffect(() => {
    const timer = setTimeout(() => {
      setIsLoaded(true);
    }, 500);
    return () => clearTimeout(timer);
  }, []);
  return <div className="lw-template-container">
      <Card title={title} icon={icon}>
        {isLoaded && <span dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{
    __html: `<lw-template id="a029c1a9-28be-427e-b0e1-5d918920246a"></lw-template
            >`
  }} />}
        <Link href={linkHref} className="agent-studio-link text-left text-gray-600 gap-2 dark:text-gray-400 text-sm font-medium flex flex-row items-center hover:text-primary dark:hover:text-primary-light group-hover:text-primary group-hover:dark:text-primary-light">Powered by Lucidworks Agent Studio</Link>
      </Card>
    </div>;
};

[localhost link]: http://localhost:3000/docs/4/fusion-server/reference/pipeline-stages/query/merge-async-results-query-stage

[mintlify link]: https://doc.lucidworks.com/docs/4/fusion-server/reference/pipeline-stages/query/merge-async-results-query-stage

[old doc.lw link]: https://doc.lucidworks.com/fusion/5.9/266

Wait for previous [asynchronous stages](/docs/4/fusion-server/concepts/querying/pipelines/query-pipelines) to complete and merge their results into the active request.

<LwTemplate />

## Configuration

<Tip>
  When entering configuration values in the UI, use *unescaped* characters, such as `\t` for the tab character. When entering configuration values in the API, use *escaped* characters, such as `\\t` for the tab character.
</Tip>

<SchemaParamFields schema={schema} />
