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Async API for RestCatalog

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5/5
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Over a week
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35/100
Issue type
Feature
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Mostly clear
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Active
Tech stack
python

Research direction

Start at the existing RestCatalog implementation and map which catalog operations currently use synchronous HTTP calls. Define the initial AsyncRestCatalog scope while preserving the synchronous API; the issue leaves the exact operation coverage and validation approach open.

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Description

Feature Request / Improvement

RestCatalog currently uses synchronous HTTP calls, while most catalog operations are network io-bound. Native async support would help async consumers and high-concurrency use cases in general.

We could introduce a separate AsyncRestCatalog, preserving the existing synchronous API.

asyncio.to_thread()/running in a dedicated executor is a possible workaround but doesn't give the same benefits as native support as we'd still have the limitations of the sync client (one worker thread per in-flight request being the most annoying in this case).

We can start small without necessarily the full ops coverage, wdyt?

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