100 Omni proofs, then 20 finals: two bulk queues cost $45, not $112.50

Run the whole week as proofs first. For 100 six-second Omni ads, 360p costs $0.225 each and 1080p costs $1.125 each. Proofs for all 100 are $22.50, finals for the 20 you approve are $22.50 and the total is $45.00, against $112.50 for 100 finals.

A Sume bulk run queues up to 100 ordinary Format runs with a concurrency window of 1 to 16. A second queue holds the approved items. Video generation cost is the part counted here; Format runs also use agent time.

Queue one: 100 proofs

Post the items to POST /v1/formats/{handle}/{slug}/bulk-runs with a fresh Idempotency-Key. Each item names the hook and asks for 360p. The queue has no webhook, so poll GET /v1/format-run-queues/{id} and read counts.

A queue shows completed when every item is terminal, which is not the same as every item succeeding. Branch on counts.failed.

Queue two: the 20 you approve

Collect the run_id of each approved item from queue one's items[]. Queue two sends one item per approved run, with previous_run_id set to that run and an instruction to render at 1080p. A previous_run_id must belong to the same Format, so keep both queues on one Format.

Use a new Idempotency-Key for queue two. Replaying a spent key returns 202 with the old queue and starts nothing.

The catch

A 360p proof is a test of the idea, not a preview of the final frame. Sume does not fix a seed across resolutions, so the 1080p take is a new generation. Budget a second final for a miss: 40 finals would make the total $67.50, still 40% under the all-finals week.

Rates are the Sume card on 2026-10-07: $0.0375 a second at 360p and $0.1875 at 1080p.