# Request Profiling ## Procedure 1. Grab the profiling token from `Monitoring > Requests Profiles` admin page (highlighted in a blue in the image below). ![Profile token](img/request_profiling_token.png) 1. Pass the header `X-Profile-Token: <token>` to the request you want to profile. You can use any of these tools * [ModHeader](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/modheader/idgpnmonknjnojddfkpgkljpfnnfcklj) Chrome extension * [Modify Headers](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/modify-headers/) Firefox extension * `curl --header 'X-Profile-Token: <token>' https://gitlab.example.com/group/project` 1. Once request is finished (which will take a little longer than usual), you can view the profiling output from `Monitoring > Requests Profiles` admin page. ![Profiling output](img/request_profile_result.png) ## Cleaning up Profiling output will be cleared out every day via a Sidekiq worker.