Utilizing persistent and non-persistent connections for distributed tasks for performing a job

A system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• one or more processing devices coupled to the memory to:
• receive a request pertaining to a job from a primary machine using a non-persistent connection between the primary machine and a secondary machine;
• transmit, by the secondary machine using a persistent connection between the primary machine and the secondary machine, a task request for supplemental information pertaining to the job;
• receive, by the secondary machine, a task response comprising the supplemental information from the primary machine using the persistent connection;
• and
• transmit, to the primary machine, a job result for the job using the non-persistent connection, the job result being based on the task response.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoding instructions thereon that, in response to execution by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a request pertaining to a job from a primary machine using a non-persistent connection between the primary machine and a secondary machine;
• transmitting, by the secondary machine using a persistent connection between the primary machine and the secondary machine, a task request for supplemental information pertaining to the job;
• receiving, by the secondary machine, a task response comprising the supplemental information from the primary machine using the persistent connection;
• and
• transmitting, to the primary machine, a job result for the job using the non-persistent connection, the job result being based on the task response.