{
  "id": 397093,
  "title": "Is it possible to check the time taken for the submission after it is successfully completed?",
  "url": "/competitions/asl-signs/discussion/397093",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2023-03-24T03:11:26.842519Z",
  "votes": 6,
  "comment_count": 4,
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  "content": "<p>I am currently monitoring the end of scoring on the submission page to see how long the submission took. Is there a better way to check the submission time? If there isn't, I think it would be nice to add the submission time to be displayed on the submission page for convenience in Kaggle.</p>",
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    {
      "id": "2194560",
      "postDate": "03/24/2023 03:11:26",
      "content": "<p>I am currently monitoring the end of scoring on the submission page to see how long the submission took. Is there a better way to check the submission time? If there isn't, I think it would be nice to add the submission time to be displayed on the submission page for convenience in Kaggle.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I am currently monitoring the end of scoring on the submission page to see how long the submission took. Is there a better way to check the submission time? If there isn't, I think it would be nice to add the submission time to be displayed on the submission page for convenience in Kaggle.",
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    {
      "id": "2194621",
      "postDate": "03/24/2023 04:21:31",
      "content": "<p>Currently, there is no direct way to check the time taken for a submission after it is successfully completed on Kaggle. However, there are a few workarounds that you can use to estimate the submission time.</p>\n<p>One way to estimate the submission time is to check the timestamp of the submission file in your local machine. If you have a copy of the submission file, you can check the modified timestamp of the file to get an approximate idea of the submission time. However, this method may not be very accurate as the file may have been modified before or after the submission.</p>\n<p>Another way to estimate the submission time is to check the time when the submission started and the time when the submission completed. You can use the logs generated during the submission process to find out the start and end time of the submission. This can give you a more accurate estimate of the submission time.</p>\n<p>Unfortunately, there is currently no way to display the submission time on the submission page on Kaggle. However, you can suggest this feature to the Kaggle team through their feedback forum. They are always looking for ways to improve the platform and may consider adding this feature in the future.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Currently, there is no direct way to check the time taken for a submission after it is successfully completed on Kaggle. However, there are a few workarounds that you can use to estimate the submission time.\n\nOne way to estimate the submission time is to check the timestamp of the submission file in your local machine. If you have a copy of the submission file, you can check the modified timestamp of the file to get an approximate idea of the submission time. However, this method may not be very accurate as the file may have been modified before or after the submission.\n\nAnother way to estimate the submission time is to check the time when the submission started and the time when the submission completed. You can use the logs generated during the submission process to find out the start and end time of the submission. This can give you a more accurate estimate of the submission time.\n\nUnfortunately, there is currently no way to display the submission time on the submission page on Kaggle. However, you can suggest this feature to the Kaggle team through their feedback forum. They are always looking for ways to improve the platform and may consider adding this feature in the future.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2194793",
      "postDate": "03/24/2023 06:49:00",
      "content": "<p>Hi, I thought about this several time while solving this competition, so I even wanted to suggest this feature to the Kaggle team. However, later I found some old discussions on this topic where Kaggle team says that it might lead to LB probing and as a result they don't  want to add this feature, at least so far. So it seems like the only way to monitor your submission is still just sitting and watching as it running :)</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi, I thought about this several time while solving this competition, so I even wanted to suggest this feature to the Kaggle team. However, later I found some old discussions on this topic where Kaggle team says that it might lead to LB probing and as a result they don't  want to add this feature, at least so far. So it seems like the only way to monitor your submission is still just sitting and watching as it running :)",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2194914",
      "postDate": "03/24/2023 09:00:11",
      "content": "<p>There's already been a similar discussion! Thank you for letting me know. I also thought about the risk of LB probing, but I thought it is not the case because, like the method mentioned by <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/siddharthkumarsah\" target=\"_blank\">@siddharthkumarsah</a> we could get a submission time if we really wanted to. It's a matter of convenience. But I understand that the kaggle team does not add the feature to prevent any kind of possible LB probing. Thank you!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "There's already been a similar discussion! Thank you for letting me know. I also thought about the risk of LB probing, but I thought it is not the case because, like the method mentioned by @siddharthkumarsah we could get a submission time if we really wanted to. It's a matter of convenience. But I understand that the kaggle team does not add the feature to prevent any kind of possible LB probing. Thank you!",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2194998",
      "postDate": "03/24/2023 10:21:47",
      "content": "<p>I have seen two ways to track time -  <br>\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/riiid-test-answer-prediction/discussion/201047\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/riiid-test-answer-prediction/discussion/201047</a>  (I use this script often and it works well)</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/code/yasufuminakama/fb3-submission-time\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/code/yasufuminakama/fb3-submission-time</a> </p>\n<p>a similar discussion earlier had <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/AI4Code/discussion/342035#1886231\" target=\"_blank\">this answer by Kaggle Staff </a></p>\n<blockquote>\n  <p>I can confirm the reason that we don't show times is to limit their utility in automated/high-volume probing. There are a couple channels where information can leak out--error messages, errored vs. not, submission timing--so we try to strike a balance between providing some debugging information without allowing too much information exfiltration.</p>\n</blockquote>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I have seen two ways to track time -  \nhttps://www.kaggle.com/competitions/riiid-test-answer-prediction/discussion/201047  (I use this script often and it works well)\n\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/code/yasufuminakama/fb3-submission-time \n\na similar discussion earlier had [this answer by Kaggle Staff ](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/AI4Code/discussion/342035#1886231 )\n\n>I can confirm the reason that we don't show times is to limit their utility in automated/high-volume probing. There are a couple channels where information can leak out--error messages, errored vs. not, submission timing--so we try to strike a balance between providing some debugging information without allowing too much information exfiltration.",
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  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 2194621,
      "author_name": "siddharthkumarsah",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "03/24/2023 04:21:31",
      "content": "<p>Currently, there is no direct way to check the time taken for a submission after it is successfully completed on Kaggle. However, there are a few workarounds that you can use to estimate the submission time.</p>\n<p>One way to estimate the submission time is to check the timestamp of the submission file in your local machine. If you have a copy of the submission file, you can check the modified timestamp of the file to get an approximate idea of the submission time. However, this method may not be very accurate as the file may have been modified before or after the submission.</p>\n<p>Another way to estimate the submission time is to check the time when the submission started and the time when the submission completed. You can use the logs generated during the submission process to find out the start and end time of the submission. This can give you a more accurate estimate of the submission time.</p>\n<p>Unfortunately, there is currently no way to display the submission time on the submission page on Kaggle. However, you can suggest this feature to the Kaggle team through their feedback forum. They are always looking for ways to improve the platform and may consider adding this feature in the future.</p>",
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    },
    {
      "id": 2194793,
      "author_name": "vadimtimakin",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "03/24/2023 06:49:00",
      "content": "<p>Hi, I thought about this several time while solving this competition, so I even wanted to suggest this feature to the Kaggle team. However, later I found some old discussions on this topic where Kaggle team says that it might lead to LB probing and as a result they don't  want to add this feature, at least so far. So it seems like the only way to monitor your submission is still just sitting and watching as it running :)</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 2194914,
          "author_name": "hoyso48",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "03/24/2023 09:00:11",
          "content": "<p>There's already been a similar discussion! Thank you for letting me know. I also thought about the risk of LB probing, but I thought it is not the case because, like the method mentioned by <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/siddharthkumarsah\" target=\"_blank\">@siddharthkumarsah</a> we could get a submission time if we really wanted to. It's a matter of convenience. But I understand that the kaggle team does not add the feature to prevent any kind of possible LB probing. Thank you!</p>",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 2194998,
      "author_name": "rashmibanthia",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "03/24/2023 10:21:47",
      "content": "<p>I have seen two ways to track time -  <br>\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/riiid-test-answer-prediction/discussion/201047\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/riiid-test-answer-prediction/discussion/201047</a>  (I use this script often and it works well)</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/code/yasufuminakama/fb3-submission-time\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/code/yasufuminakama/fb3-submission-time</a> </p>\n<p>a similar discussion earlier had <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/AI4Code/discussion/342035#1886231\" target=\"_blank\">this answer by Kaggle Staff </a></p>\n<blockquote>\n  <p>I can confirm the reason that we don't show times is to limit their utility in automated/high-volume probing. There are a couple channels where information can leak out--error messages, errored vs. not, submission timing--so we try to strike a balance between providing some debugging information without allowing too much information exfiltration.</p>\n</blockquote>",
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    "2194560": "I am currently monitoring the end of scoring on the submission page to see how long the submission took. Is there a better way to check the submission time? If there isn't, I think it would be nice to add the submission time to be displayed on the submission page for convenience in Kaggle.",
    "2194621": "Currently, there is no direct way to check the time taken for a submission after it is successfully completed on Kaggle. However, there are a few workarounds that you can use to estimate the submission time.\n\nOne way to estimate the submission time is to check the timestamp of the submission file in your local machine. If you have a copy of the submission file, you can check the modified timestamp of the file to get an approximate idea of the submission time. However, this method may not be very accurate as the file may have been modified before or after the submission.\n\nAnother way to estimate the submission time is to check the time when the submission started and the time when the submission completed. You can use the logs generated during the submission process to find out the start and end time of the submission. This can give you a more accurate estimate of the submission time.\n\nUnfortunately, there is currently no way to display the submission time on the submission page on Kaggle. However, you can suggest this feature to the Kaggle team through their feedback forum. They are always looking for ways to improve the platform and may consider adding this feature in the future.",
    "2194793": "Hi, I thought about this several time while solving this competition, so I even wanted to suggest this feature to the Kaggle team. However, later I found some old discussions on this topic where Kaggle team says that it might lead to LB probing and as a result they don't  want to add this feature, at least so far. So it seems like the only way to monitor your submission is still just sitting and watching as it running :)",
    "2194914": "There's already been a similar discussion! Thank you for letting me know. I also thought about the risk of LB probing, but I thought it is not the case because, like the method mentioned by @siddharthkumarsah we could get a submission time if we really wanted to. It's a matter of convenience. But I understand that the kaggle team does not add the feature to prevent any kind of possible LB probing. Thank you!",
    "2194998": "I have seen two ways to track time -  \nhttps://www.kaggle.com/competitions/riiid-test-answer-prediction/discussion/201047  (I use this script often and it works well)\n\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/code/yasufuminakama/fb3-submission-time \n\na similar discussion earlier had [this answer by Kaggle Staff ](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/AI4Code/discussion/342035#1886231 )\n\n>I can confirm the reason that we don't show times is to limit their utility in automated/high-volume probing. There are a couple channels where information can leak out--error messages, errored vs. not, submission timing--so we try to strike a balance between providing some debugging information without allowing too much information exfiltration."
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