# Does discourse call AI APIs in the background

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-call-ai-apis-in-the-background/406836
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** ai
**Created:** [July 4, 2026, 7:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-call-ai-apis-in-the-background/406836 "2026-07-04T19:47:47Z")
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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2026, 9:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-call-ai-apis-in-the-background/406836/2 "2026-07-04T21:39:38Z")

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> [@m\_terenui](#):
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> Does discourse calls the AI APIs on a determined interval in the background ? (Which would explain the period calls I see on my Google Cloud panel)

Yes, for many features like backfill of summaries, embeddings, sentiment, etc.

Of course, that is all dependent on which features you enabled and what settings do you have.

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