diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 3a59076c..ba6351db 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.2.0-alpha.47"
+  ".": "0.2.0-alpha.48"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0c7e8fa0..f4e93dec 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## 0.2.0-alpha.48 (2025-03-18)
+
+Full Changelog: [v0.2.0-alpha.47...v0.2.0-alpha.48](https://github.com/openlayer-ai/openlayer-python/compare/v0.2.0-alpha.47...v0.2.0-alpha.48)
+
+### Features
+
+* feat: add option to wait for commit completion to push function ([b3b4afd](https://github.com/openlayer-ai/openlayer-python/commit/b3b4afd998c28df816f4223fc0eebc2ab0882b8b))
+* feat: add wait_for_commit_completion convenience method ([f71e29a](https://github.com/openlayer-ai/openlayer-python/commit/f71e29af2602d5eb08a88de02f834a5f654aeec8))
+
 ## 0.2.0-alpha.47 (2025-03-17)
 
 Full Changelog: [v0.2.0-alpha.46...v0.2.0-alpha.47](https://github.com/openlayer-ai/openlayer-python/compare/v0.2.0-alpha.46...v0.2.0-alpha.47)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e2d4a592..53947155 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "openlayer"
-version = "0.2.0-alpha.47"
+version = "0.2.0-alpha.48"
 description = "The official Python library for the openlayer API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/openlayer/_version.py b/src/openlayer/_version.py
index e4de22de..17ba4a64 100644
--- a/src/openlayer/_version.py
+++ b/src/openlayer/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
 
 __title__ = "openlayer"
-__version__ = "0.2.0-alpha.47"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "0.2.0-alpha.48"  # x-release-please-version
diff --git a/src/openlayer/lib/data/commit.py b/src/openlayer/lib/data/commit.py
index e94e8ff7..b46ced99 100644
--- a/src/openlayer/lib/data/commit.py
+++ b/src/openlayer/lib/data/commit.py
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@
 import os
 import tarfile
 import tempfile
+import time
 from typing import Optional
 
 
 from ... import Openlayer
 from . import StorageType, _upload
+from ...types.commit_retrieve_response import CommitRetrieveResponse
 
 
 def push(
@@ -16,10 +18,28 @@ def push(
     project_id: str,
     message: str = "New commit",
     storage_type: Optional[StorageType] = None,
-) -> None:
+    wait_for_completion: bool = False,
+    verbose: bool = False,
+) -> Optional[CommitRetrieveResponse]:
     """Push a new commit to the Openlayer platform.
 
-    This is equivalent to running `openlayer push` from the Openlayer CLI."""
+    This is equivalent to running `openlayer push` from the Openlayer CLI.
+
+    If `wait_for_completion` is True, the function will wait for the commit to be
+    completed and return the commit object.
+
+    Args:
+        client: The Openlayer client.
+        directory: The directory to push.
+        project_id: The id of the project to push to.
+        message: The commit message.
+        storage_type: The storage type to use.
+        wait_for_completion: Whether to wait for the commit to be completed.
+        verbose: Whether to print verbose output.
+
+    Returns:
+        The commit object if `wait_for_completion` is True, otherwise None.
+    """
     if not os.path.exists(directory):
         raise ValueError(f"Directory {directory} does not exist.")
 
@@ -41,8 +61,52 @@ def push(
         )
 
     # Create the project version (commit)
-    client.projects.commits.create(
+    commit = client.projects.commits.create(
         project_id=project_id,
         commit={"message": message, "source": "cli"},
         storage_uri=presigned_url_response.storage_uri,
     )
+
+    if wait_for_completion:
+        return wait_for_commit_completion(
+            client=client,
+            project_version_id=commit.id,
+            verbose=verbose,
+        )
+
+    return None
+
+
+def wait_for_commit_completion(
+    client: Openlayer, project_version_id: str, verbose: bool = True
+) -> CommitRetrieveResponse:
+    """Wait for a commit to be processed by the Openlayer platform.
+
+    Waits until the commit status is "completed" or "failed".
+
+    Args:
+        client: The Openlayer client.
+        project_version_id: The id of the project version (commit) to wait for.
+        verbose: Whether to print verbose output.
+
+    Returns:
+        The commit object.
+    """
+    while True:
+        commit = client.commits.retrieve(project_version_id=project_version_id)
+        if commit.status == "completed":
+            if verbose:
+                print(f"Commit {project_version_id} completed successfully.")
+            return commit
+        elif commit.status == "failed":
+            raise Exception(
+                f"Commit {project_version_id} failed with status message:"
+                f" {commit.status_message}"
+            )
+        else:
+            if verbose:
+                print(
+                    f"Commit {project_version_id} is still processing (status:"
+                    f" {commit.status})..."
+                )
+            time.sleep(1)