How does .NET Core support advanced request batching and aggregation?

.NET Core supports request batching and aggregation using middleware, API composition patterns, GraphQL, gRPC streaming, background processing, and custom batching layers that combine multiple downstream calls into a single optimized request.

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Advanced request batching and aggregation are techniques used to reduce network overhead, improve latency, and optimize backend service calls in distributed systems.

Instead of making many small requests:

You batch or aggregate them:

This is especially important in microservices architectures built with ASP.NET Core.

Common enabling technologies: