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---
title: Progress Reporting
sidebarTitle: Progress
description: Update clients on the progress of long-running operations through the MCP context.
icon: chart-line
---
import { VersionBadge } from '/snippets/version-badge.mdx'
Progress reporting allows MCP tools to notify clients about the progress of long-running operations. Clients can display progress indicators and provide better user experience during time-consuming tasks.
## Basic Usage
Use `ctx.report_progress()` to send progress updates to the client. The method accepts a `progress` value representing how much work is complete, and an optional `total` representing the full scope of work.
```python
from fastmcp import FastMCP, Context
import asyncio
mcp = FastMCP("ProgressDemo")
@mcp.tool
async def process_items(items: list[str], ctx: Context) -> dict:
"""Process a list of items with progress updates."""
total = len(items)
results = []
for i, item in enumerate(items):
await ctx.report_progress(progress=i, total=total)
await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
results.append(item.upper())
await ctx.report_progress(progress=total, total=total)
return {"processed": len(results), "results": results}
```
## Progress Patterns
| Pattern | Description | Example |
|---------|-------------|---------|
| Percentage | Progress as 0-100 percentage | `progress=75, total=100` |
| Absolute | Completed items of a known count | `progress=3, total=10` |
| Indeterminate | Progress without known endpoint | `progress=files_found` (no total) |
For multi-stage operations, map each stage to a portion of the total progress range. A four-stage operation might allocate 0-25% to validation, 25-60% to export, 60-80% to transform, and 80-100% to import.
## Client Requirements
Progress reporting requires clients to support progress handling. Clients must send a `progressToken` in the initial request to receive progress updates. If no progress token is provided, progress calls have no effect (they don't error).
See [Client Progress](/clients/progress) for details on implementing client-side progress handling.