# "Loading bar" for long thinking times

**URL:** https://community.pickaxe.co/t/loading-bar-for-long-thinking-times/7972
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [January 27, 2026, 8:31am UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/loading-bar-for-long-thinking-times/7972 "2026-01-27T08:31:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![hurmuli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bbce88/32.png) [@hurmuli](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/hurmuli)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2026, 8:31am UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/loading-bar-for-long-thinking-times/7972/1 "2026-01-27T08:31:20Z")

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In ChatGPT you can see a “loading bar” when the bot does “deep thinking” or other functions that take a longer time. Having the same kind of “loading bar” with the “ Running XYZ bot” would help ease the pain of waiting for an answer for most users. Especially when our bots might have actions or other bots doing background work that might take a bit longer.

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### Author: ![abhi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/abhi/32/5009_2.png) [@abhi](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/abhi)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2026, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/loading-bar-for-long-thinking-times/7972/2 "2026-01-27T19:07:19Z")

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Hi @hurmuli,

Have you tried this?

 ![Display reasoning@2x](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/uploads/pickaxeproject/original/2X/5/532c1b76740acc37946dbbc6aaa4dcf560fa8744.jpeg)

I would also recommend reading this: [✨ New Feature: You can now turn off “Display Reasoning Steps”](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/new-feature-you-can-now-turn-off-display-reasoning-steps/7678)

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### Author: ![hurmuli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bbce88/32.png) [@hurmuli](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/hurmuli)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2026, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/loading-bar-for-long-thinking-times/7972/3 "2026-01-27T20:33:41Z")

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Havent tried it sincenI use Gemini. Just a thought since ChatGPT hasthis loading bar showing on DeepThink which helps to visualize The thinking to users.

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### Author: ![abhi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/abhi/32/5009_2.png) [@abhi](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/abhi)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2026, 8:49pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/loading-bar-for-long-thinking-times/7972/4 "2026-01-27T20:49:03Z")

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Yes, you will be able to see the reasoning steps if you enable the option shown in the screenshot. Please try that and let me know if it works.

P.S: This option only appears on models that support visible reasoning steps. Models without this capability will not show the toggle.

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### Author: ![nathaniel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/nathaniel/32/11_2.png) [@nathaniel](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/nathaniel)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2026, 12:14am UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/loading-bar-for-long-thinking-times/7972/5 "2026-01-31T00:14:22Z")

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I want this too! We’ll release it sometime next month!

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### Author: ![lindsay\_support](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/lindsay_support/32/4508_2.png) [@lindsay\_support](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/lindsay_support)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2026, 7:29pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/loading-bar-for-long-thinking-times/7972/6 "2026-07-15T19:29:23Z")

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