requireMultiplexed = planToReplace != null && planToReplace.isReady,
      ) ?: return null

    // If we coalesced our connection, remember the replaced connection's route. That way if the
    // coalesced connection later fails we don't waste a valid route.
    if (planToReplace != null) {
      nextRouteToTry = planToReplace.route
      planToReplace.closeQuietly()
    }

    connectionUser.connectionAcquired(result)

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```

with a JSON body of:

```JSON
{
    "id": "2expen51ve",
    "customer": "Mr. Richie Rich",
    "total": "9999"
}
```

then *your API* will process the invoice, and at some point later, send a callback request to the `callback_url` (the *external API*):

```
https://www.external.org/events/invoices/2expen51ve
```

with a JSON body containing something like:

```JSON
{

In particular, when running on **Kubernetes** you will probably **not** want to use workers and instead run **a single Uvicorn process per container**, but I'll tell you about it later in that chapter.

///

## Multiple Workers { #multiple-workers }

You can start multiple workers with the `--workers` command line option:

//// tab | `fastapi`

If you use the `fastapi` command:

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