Why: - Long benchmark and process runs block HTTP clients; task #20 required async execution. Changes: - SQLite jobs table + GET /jobs and GET /jobs/{id} - POST /benchmarks?background=true and POST /documents/{id}/process?background=true return 202 + job_id - FastAPI BackgroundTasks execute work in-process; sync paths unchanged Impact: - Jobs are lost on server restart (Option A, no external queue) Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>