diff --git a/backend/src/core/utils/async_network.py b/backend/src/core/utils/async_network.py
index 87f899fa..7f5d6bec 100644
--- a/backend/src/core/utils/async_network.py
+++ b/backend/src/core/utils/async_network.py
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
 # @DATA_CONTRACT  Input[config: Dict[str, Any]] -> Output[authenticated async Superset HTTP interactions]
 # @RELATION DEPENDS_ON -> [SupersetAuthCache]
 # @INVARIANT  Async client reuses cached auth tokens per environment credentials and invalidates on 401.
+# @RATIONALE Async migration of Superset network layer. Uses httpx.AsyncClient with session-level
+#   cookie persistence for CSRF. Shared auth cache reduces per-request login overhead from O(n) to O(1).
+#   String data passed as httpx content (not json) to avoid double-encoding of pre-serialized JSON.
+# @REJECTED requests.Session — blocks async event loop. Per-request AsyncAPIClient — loses connection
+#   pooling and CSRF session cookies, causing 'CSRF tokens do not match' on SQL Lab execute.
 import asyncio
 import io
 import json
@@ -36,6 +41,11 @@ from .network import (
 # @RELATION CALLS -> [SupersetAuthCache.get]
 # @RELATION CALLS -> [SupersetAuthCache.set]
 # @INVARIANT  semaphore.acquire() before request and semaphore.release() in finally.
+# @RATIONALE One class handles auth lifecycle, CSRF token refresh on cache-hit, and per-env
+#   semaphore for connection backpressure. authenticate() was extended to re-fetch CSRF token
+#   on cache-hit to set session cookie on new httpx.AsyncClient instances.
+# @REJECTED Per-request client with separate httpx.AsyncClient — loses CSRF session cookie,
+#   causes 'CSRF tokens do not match' on SQL Lab execute. No semaphore — no backpressure.
 class AsyncAPIClient:
     DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 30
     _auth_locks: dict[tuple[str, str, bool], asyncio.Lock] = {}
@@ -207,6 +217,12 @@ class AsyncAPIClient:
     # @RELATION CALLS -> [AsyncAPIClient._handle_http_error]
     # @RELATION CALLS -> [AsyncAPIClient._handle_network_error]
     # @RELATION CALLS -> [AsyncAPIClient._is_dashboard_endpoint]
+    # @RATIONALE Supports both pre-serialized JSON strings (legacy callers) and Python dicts.
+    #   Strings sent via httpx content parameter to avoid double encoding by json parameter.
+    #   This was the root cause of GENERIC_BACKEND_ERROR on all POST requests — httpx re-encoded
+    #   pre-serialized JSON, turning the request body into a JSON string instead of a JSON object.
+    # @REJECTED Passing all data through httpx json= — double-encodes strings. Using only content=
+    #   breaks callers that pass dicts. Always passing dicts — requires refactoring 50+ callers.
     async def request(
         self,
         method: str,
@@ -403,6 +419,10 @@ class AsyncAPIClient:
     # @POST  Returns parsed JSON API response.
     # @SIDE_EFFECT  Performs multipart HTTP upload via httpx.AsyncClient.
     # @RELATION CALLS -> [AsyncAPIClient.get_headers]
+    # @RATIONALE Async migration of requests.post to httpx.AsyncClient.post with multipart files.
+    #   Uses httpx files= parameter for multipart upload with file_name and Content-Type per file.
+    # @REJECTED requests.post with files= — blocks async event loop. Direct file read -> httpx content
+    #   — loses multipart boundary handling.
     async def upload_file(
         self,
         endpoint: str,
diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/translate/_llm_async_http.py b/backend/src/plugins/translate/_llm_async_http.py
index 6389acb7..70d43a7e 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/translate/_llm_async_http.py
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/translate/_llm_async_http.py
@@ -7,8 +7,11 @@
 # @POST Returns (response text, finish_reason) tuple.
 # @SIDE_EFFECT Async HTTP POST to LLM API with optional retry on 429.
 # @RATIONALE Async migration of _llm_http.py to use httpx.AsyncClient instead of sync requests.
-#            Uses asyncio.sleep for 429 backoff instead of time.sleep.
+#   Uses asyncio.sleep for 429 backoff instead of time.sleep. Module-level httpx client singleton
+#   for connection reuse. response.ok -> response.is_success for httpx.Response compatibility.
 # @REJECTED Keeping sync requests.post — would block async event loop during LLM calls.
+#   Per-request httpx.AsyncClient — loses connection pooling. response.ok — httpx.Response has no
+#   .ok attribute (only is_success), causes 'Response' object has no attribute 'ok'.
 
 import asyncio
 import os