# Chef v11 opensource - recipe timing data

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-v11-opensource-recipe-timing-data/7487>\
**Category:** Chef Infra (archive)\
**Created:** [December 20, 2015, 12:10am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-v11-opensource-recipe-timing-data/7487 "2015-12-20T00:10:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![aravind](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/aravind/32/1199_2.png) [@aravind](https://discourse.chef.io/u/aravind)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2015, 12:10am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-v11-opensource-recipe-timing-data/7487/1 "2015-12-20T00:10:36Z")

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Hi,

Chef open source server v11.1.7  
chef-client v12.5.1

When I run chef-client on a node to download/synchronize/run the latest recipe from the chef-server, I know that at the end of the chef-client run, I get timing data – for example “Chef Client finished, 31/31 resources updated in 16 minutes 02 seconds”

Is it possible to get timing data on a per-resource level? My intention is to find out which resources/recipes in the cookbook take the largest amount of time (& do something about it where possible) so that the overall cookbook execution time is reduced as much as possible.

Thanks  
Aravind

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**Author:** ![coderanger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/coderanger/32/5_2.png) [@coderanger](https://discourse.chef.io/u/coderanger)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2015, 12:15am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-v11-opensource-recipe-timing-data/7487/2 "2015-12-20T00:15:42Z")

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There are some handlers like [https://github.com/joemiller/chef-handler-profiler](https://github.com/joemiller/chef-handler-profiler) or you can upgrade to Chef Server 12 and buy a license to the Chef Reporting features which provider that kind of data.

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**Author:** ![aravind](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/aravind/32/1199_2.png) [@aravind](https://discourse.chef.io/u/aravind)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 10:33pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-v11-opensource-recipe-timing-data/7487/3 "2015-12-29T22:33:33Z")

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Thank you coderanger, I have now successfully implemented the above.

Shame that it needs me to run it in Debug mode `chef-client -l debug` - Is there any way do you know of making this appear in default mode (Error?) or even Info mode?