Why are some Secretary of State requests slow or inconsistent, and how long do results take?

Response time depends on the state registry.

• Cached lookups: 1–3 seconds (often <1s).
• Live fast states: ~7–15 seconds.
• Slower states (e.g., Delaware, Nevada, Texas): up to 2 minutes.

Cobalt retrieves data directly from the state to ensure accuracy and freshness. For resilience:

• Use retryId if a request takes longer than ~20s (poll until complete).
• Use callbackUrl to receive results asynchronously, ideal for batches.
• For faster, non-blocking checks, set liveData=false to pull from cache. Cache misses aren’t billed.