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+profile\_tasks.py
+=================
+
+Ansible plugin for timing individual tasks and overall execution time.
+
+Mashup of 2 excellent original works:
+
+-  https://github.com/jlafon/ansible-profile
+-  https://github.com/junaid18183/ansible_home/blob/master/ansible_plugins/callback_plugins/timestamp.py.old
+
+Usage
+-----
+
+Add ``profile_tasks`` to the ``callback_whitelist`` in ``ansible.cfg``.
+
+Run playbooks as normal.
+
+Features
+--------
+
+Tasks
+~~~~~
+
+Ongoing timing of each task as it happens.
+
+| Format:
+| ``<task start timestamp> (<length of previous task>) <current elapsed playbook execution time>``
+
+Task output example:
+
+.. code:: shell
+
+    TASK: [ensure messaging security group exists] ********************************
+    Thursday 11 June 2017  22:50:53 +0100 (0:00:00.721)       0:00:05.322 *********
+    ok: [localhost]
+
+    TASK: [ensure db security group exists] ***************************************
+    Thursday 11 June 2017  22:50:54 +0100 (0:00:00.558)       0:00:05.880 *********
+    changed: [localhost]
+
+Play Recap
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Recap includes ending timestamp, total playbook execution time and a
+sorted list of the top longest running tasks.
+
+No more wondering how old the results in a terminal window are.
+
+.. code:: shell
+
+       ansible <args here>
+       <normal output here>
+       PLAY RECAP ******************************************************************** 
+       Thursday 11 June 2016  22:51:00 +0100 (0:00:01.011)       0:00:43.247 *********
+       ===============================================================================
+       really slow task  | Download project packages----------------------------11.61s
+       security | Really slow security policies----------------------------------7.03s
+       common-base | Install core system dependencies----------------------------3.62s
+       common | Install pip------------------------------------------------------3.60s
+       common | Install boto-----------------------------------------------------3.57s
+       nginx | Install nginx-----------------------------------------------------3.41s
+       serf | Install system dependencies----------------------------------------3.38s
+       duo_security | Install Duo Unix SSH Integration---------------------------3.37s
+       loggly | Install TLS version----------------------------------------------3.36s
+
+Compatibility
+-------------
+
+Ansible 2.0+