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stage: Monitor
group: Monitor
info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
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# Request Profiling **(FREE SELF)**
To profile a request:
1. Sign in to GitLab as a user with Administrator or Maintainer [permissions](../../../user/permissions.md).
1. In the navigation bar, click **Admin area**.
1. Go to **Monitoring > Requests Profiles**.
1. In the **Requests Profiles** section, copy the token.
1. Pass the headers `X-Profile-Token: <token>` and `X-Profile-Mode: <mode>`(where
`<mode>` can be `execution` or `memory`) to the request you want to profile. When
passing headers, you can use:
- Browser extensions such as the
[ModHeader](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/modheader/idgpnmonknjnojddfkpgkljpfnnfcklj)
Chrome extension.
- `curl`. For example:
```shell
curl --header 'X-Profile-Token: <token>' --header 'X-Profile-Mode: <mode>' "https://gitlab.example.com/group/project"
```
Profiled requests can take longer than usual.
After the request completes, you can view the profiling output from the
**Monitoring > Requests Profiles** administration page:
![Profiling output](img/request_profile_result.png)
## Cleaning up profiled requests
The output from profiled requests is cleared out once each day through a
Sidekiq worker.
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