AI Loading States

Loading states for AI operations

What it solves

A AI Loading States pattern helps teams create a reliable way to communicate request progress, streaming readiness, and intermediate AI work without pretending to know the exact finish time. It is most useful when teams need long-running generation. Compared with adjacent patterns, this pattern should reduce friction without hiding the state, rules, or recovery paths people need to keep moving.

When to use

• Long-running generation
• Tool calls and retrieval
• Stream setup before first tokens arrive

When to avoid