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Azure Durable Functions vs. LLM Rate Limits: What to do When Parallel Fails

July 10, 2026 • Azure Compute > Azure Functions

Durable Functions became a handy method for running scheduled, orchestrated, in-context RAG requests to generate content, but I was not able to use one of its most beneficial features: parallel execution. Still, I didn't walk away disappointed, and I have several optimization suggestions to share.