Remove triggerAndPoll()

.cursor/rules/writing-tasks.mdc

@@ -431,28 +431,6 @@ export async function POST(request: Request) {
 }
 ```
 
-### tasks.triggerAndPoll()
-
-Triggers a task and polls until completion. Not recommended for web requests as it blocks until the run completes. Consider using Realtime docs for better alternatives.
-
-```ts
-import { tasks } from "@trigger.dev/sdk/v3";
-import type { emailSequence } from "~/trigger/emails";
-
-export async function POST(request: Request) {
-  const data = await request.json();
-  const result = await tasks.triggerAndPoll<typeof emailSequence>(
-    "email-sequence",
-    {
-      to: data.email,
-      name: data.name,
-    },
-    { pollIntervalMs: 5000 }
-  );
-  return Response.json(result);
-}
-```
-
 ### batch.trigger()
 
 Triggers multiple runs of different tasks at once, useful when you need to execute multiple tasks simultaneously.

docs/triggering.mdx

@@ -7,12 +7,11 @@ description: "Tasks need to be triggered in order to run."
 
 Trigger tasks **from your backend**:
 
-| Function                 | What it does                                                                                     |                               |
-| :----------------------- | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------- |
-| `tasks.trigger()`        | Triggers a task and returns a handle you can use to fetch and manage the run.                    | [Docs](#tasks-trigger)        |
-| `tasks.batchTrigger()`   | Triggers a single task in a batch and returns a handle you can use to fetch and manage the runs. | [Docs](#tasks-batchtrigger)   |
-| `tasks.triggerAndPoll()` | Triggers a task and then polls the run until it’s complete.                                      | [Docs](#tasks-triggerandpoll) |
-| `batch.trigger()`        | Similar to `tasks.batchTrigger` but allows running multiple different tasks                      | [Docs](#batch-trigger)        |
+| Function               | What it does                                                                                     |                             |
+| :--------------------- | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------- |
+| `tasks.trigger()`      | Triggers a task and returns a handle you can use to fetch and manage the run.                    | [Docs](#tasks-trigger)      |
+| `tasks.batchTrigger()` | Triggers a single task in a batch and returns a handle you can use to fetch and manage the runs. | [Docs](#tasks-batchtrigger) |
+| `batch.trigger()`      | Similar to `tasks.batchTrigger` but allows running multiple different tasks                      | [Docs](#batch-trigger)      |
 
 Trigger tasks **from inside a another task**:
 
@@ -162,40 +161,6 @@ export async function POST(request: Request) {
 }
 ```
 
-### tasks.triggerAndPoll()
-
-Triggers a single run of a task with the payload you pass in, and any options you specify, and then polls the run until it's complete.
-
-<Warning>
-  We don't recommend using `triggerAndPoll()`, especially inside a web request, as it will block the
-  request until the run is complete. Please see our [Realtime docs](/realtime) for a better way to
-  handle this.
-</Warning>
-
-```ts Your backend
-import { tasks } from "@trigger.dev/sdk/v3";
-import type { emailSequence } from "~/trigger/emails";
-
-//app/email/route.ts
-export async function POST(request: Request) {
-  //get the JSON from the request
-  const data = await request.json();
-
-  // Pass the task type to `triggerAndPoll()` as a generic argument, giving you full type checking
-  const result = await tasks.triggerAndPoll<typeof emailSequence>(
-    "email-sequence",
-    {
-      to: data.email,
-      name: data.name,
-    },
-    { pollIntervalMs: 5000 }
-  );
-
-  //return a success response with the result
-  return Response.json(result);
-}
-```
-
 ### batch.trigger()
 
 Triggers multiple runs of different tasks with the payloads you pass in, and any options you specify. This is useful when you need to trigger multiple tasks at once.

packages/trigger-sdk/src/v3/shared.ts

@@ -490,32 +490,6 @@ export async function batchTriggerAndWait<TTask extends AnyTask>(
   >("tasks.batchTriggerAndWait()", id, items, undefined, options, requestOptions);
 }
 
-/**
- * Trigger a task by its identifier with the given payload and poll until the run is completed.
- *
- * @example
- *
- * ```ts
- * import { tasks, runs } from "@trigger.dev/sdk/v3";
- * import type { myTask } from "./myTasks"; // Import just the type of the task
- *
- * const run = await tasks.triggerAndPoll<typeof myTask>("my-task", { foo: "bar" }); // The id and payload are fully typesafe
- * console.log(run.output) // The output is also fully typed
- * ```
- *
- * @returns {Run} The completed run, either successful or failed.
- */
-export async function triggerAndPoll<TTask extends AnyTask>(
-  id: TaskIdentifier<TTask>,
-  payload: TaskPayload<TTask>,
-  options?: TriggerOptions & PollOptions,
-  requestOptions?: TriggerApiRequestOptions
-): Promise<RetrieveRunResult<TTask>> {
-  const handle = await trigger(id, payload, options, requestOptions);
-
-  return runs.poll(handle, options, requestOptions);
-}
-
 export async function batchTrigger<TTask extends AnyTask>(
   id: TaskIdentifier<TTask>,
   items: Array<BatchItem<TaskPayload<TTask>>>,

packages/trigger-sdk/src/v3/tasks.ts

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import {
   createToolTask,
   SubtaskUnwrapError,
   trigger,
-  triggerAndPoll,
   triggerAndWait,
 } from "./shared.js";
 
@@ -86,7 +85,6 @@ export const toolTask = createToolTask;
 
 export const tasks = {
   trigger,
-  triggerAndPoll,
   batchTrigger,
   triggerAndWait,
   batchTriggerAndWait,

references/v3-catalog/src/trigger/sdkUsage.ts

@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ export const sdkUsage = task({
       run: $firstRun,
     });
 
-    await tasks.triggerAndPoll<typeof sdkChild>("sdk-child", {
-      handle,
-    });
-
     const replayedRun = await runs.replay($firstRun.id);
 
     await runs.cancel(replayedRun.id);