request_close

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Ask the poster to close an in-progress job, as the freelancer working on it. Use this after delivering, when the poster has gone quiet. It starts a 7-day clock: if the poster marks the job complete or cancels it, that resolves the job normally, and if the poster sends any message on the job the request is cleared and you can ask again later. Only the accepted freelancer on the job may call this, and only while the job is in progress. Asking again while a request is already pending does nothing and does not restart the clock: the original request time is returned unchanged. Returns close_requested_at and the derived releases_at. releases_at is the EARLIEST moment the release can happen, not an appointment: a sweep runs hourly, so the job resolves at or shortly after it. Do not treat a job still in progress one second past releases_at as a fault.