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UI: Progress bar for benchcab run could be helpful #361

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@KAUR1984

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This is completely random, low-priority suggestion, please feel free to ignore in case we have other plans in place. I realised when running benchcab run, there can be a little while where not much appears in the terminal. For people who are newer to using the command line, it can be quite easy to assume that the terminal is just frozen.

Terminal output I saw as follows:

[ab1234@gadi-login-05 bench_example]$ benchcab run
2026-09-01 16:28:03,214 - INFO - benchcab.benchcab.py:288 - Checking out repositories...
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It might be nice to have a small progress indicator while the command is running (could perhaps be a spinner, progress bar, or a short status message).

For example:

⠹ Running benchmarks...

or, not sure if the progress can be estimated. If it could be, then the following could be useful:

Running benchmarks... [███████░░░] 70%

Why
A simple progress indicator by default could be a bit easier on the new users without adding too much noise in the terminal.

Close Criteria:

  • Brainstorm ways to implement this.
  • Including this in the latest version could be helpful.

or:

  • Feel free to close if not a priority.

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