# How to display progress for long running custom tasks?

**URL:** <https://discuss.gradle.org/t/how-to-display-progress-for-long-running-custom-tasks/25808>\
**Category:** Help/Discuss\
**Tags:** plugins\
**Created:** [February 12, 2018, 7:07am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/how-to-display-progress-for-long-running-custom-tasks/25808 "2018-02-12T07:07:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![mpern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@mpern](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/mpern)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 7:07am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/how-to-display-progress-for-long-running-custom-tasks/25808/1 "2018-02-12T07:07:16Z")

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Hi!

Is there any kind of API I can use in a custom task to display a progress bar or something like “x of 100 remaining”?

Or do I have to roll something on my own to provide other output then log messages?

Cheers,  
Markus