{
  "id": 342035,
  "title": "Why won't Kaggle show submission time?",
  "url": "/competitions/AI4Code/discussion/342035",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2022-08-05T10:15:50.112613200Z",
  "votes": 17,
  "comment_count": 12,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Is there any reason why Kaggle won't show us submission time? <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/argv\" target=\"_blank\">@argv</a></p>\n<p>I can't think of a good reason why this is the case. They are tracking this and it doesn't seem to be hard to add it. But, still after 12 years of Kaggle, I refresh the submission page and calculate submission time on my own.</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "1885670",
      "postDate": "08/05/2022 10:15:50",
      "content": "<p>Is there any reason why Kaggle won't show us submission time? <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/argv\" target=\"_blank\">@argv</a></p>\n<p>I can't think of a good reason why this is the case. They are tracking this and it doesn't seem to be hard to add it. But, still after 12 years of Kaggle, I refresh the submission page and calculate submission time on my own.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Is there any reason why Kaggle won't show us submission time? @argv\n\nI can't think of a good reason why this is the case. They are tracking this and it doesn't seem to be hard to add it. But, still after 12 years of Kaggle, I refresh the submission page and calculate submission time on my own.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1885761",
      "postDate": "08/05/2022 11:19:28",
      "content": "<p>Still 13G cpu Mem and 16G gpu Mem😄. It would be much better if we could infer 2-3 times faster and limit submission time to 4 or 3 hours. Saving much of our time.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Still 13G cpu Mem and 16G gpu Mem😄. It would be much better if we could infer 2-3 times faster and limit submission time to 4 or 3 hours. Saving much of our time.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1885796",
      "postDate": "08/05/2022 11:35:51",
      "content": "<p>I agree with that as well. But adding submission time seems trivial. And 0 cost.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I agree with that as well. But adding submission time seems trivial. And 0 cost.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1885841",
      "postDate": "08/05/2022 12:03:08",
      "content": "<p>Totally agree with you, I do not undertand what leak will happen if show running time as we only have 5 submmisons each day and we can also get running time by manually watch progress.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Totally agree with you, I do not undertand what leak will happen if show running time as we only have 5 submmisons each day and we can also get running time by manually watch progress.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1886007",
      "postDate": "08/05/2022 13:59:55",
      "content": "<p>Having submission time would make my kaggling experience so much better.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Having submission time would make my kaggling experience so much better.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1886059",
      "postDate": "08/05/2022 14:42:15",
      "content": "<p>It could be gamed to get (limited) information from the private test set.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "It could be gamed to get (limited) information from the private test set.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1886062",
      "postDate": "08/05/2022 14:43:43",
      "content": "<p>How? What is the difference of manually refreshing the submission page?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "How? What is the difference of manually refreshing the submission page?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1886231",
      "postDate": "08/05/2022 16:33:37",
      "content": "<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>",
      "rawMarkdown": "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.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1888843",
      "postDate": "08/07/2022 19:55:47",
      "content": "<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/wcukierski\" target=\"_blank\">@wcukierski</a> Is there any other way for us to get submission time without having to look at the submission page or refresh non-stop? I am spending a ton of time on this, instead of solving the problem.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "wcukierski Is there any other way for us to get submission time without having to look at the submission page or refresh non-stop? I am spending a ton of time on this, instead of solving the problem.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1893649",
      "postDate": "08/11/2022 01:01:50",
      "content": "<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/crodoc\" target=\"_blank\">@crodoc</a> Try this script - <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/riiid-test-answer-prediction/discussion/201047\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/c/riiid-test-answer-prediction/discussion/201047</a> <br>\nWorks well, I have used it in the past.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "crodoc Try this script - https://www.kaggle.com/c/riiid-test-answer-prediction/discussion/201047 \nWorks well, I have used it in the past.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1893667",
      "postDate": "08/11/2022 01:34:10",
      "content": "<p>Information can be leaked using <code>sleep</code></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Information can be leaked using `sleep`",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1894288",
      "postDate": "08/11/2022 11:34:00",
      "content": "<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/wcukierski\" target=\"_blank\">@wcukierski</a> is using the script above allowed?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "wcukierski is using the script above allowed?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1896377",
      "postDate": "08/12/2022 19:27:07",
      "content": "<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/crodoc\" target=\"_blank\">@crodoc</a> yes</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "crodoc yes",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 1885761,
      "author_name": "goldenlock",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "08/05/2022 11:19:28",
      "content": "<p>Still 13G cpu Mem and 16G gpu Mem😄. It would be much better if we could infer 2-3 times faster and limit submission time to 4 or 3 hours. Saving much of our time.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1885796,
          "author_name": "crodoc",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "08/05/2022 11:35:51",
          "content": "<p>I agree with that as well. But adding submission time seems trivial. And 0 cost.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 1885841,
          "author_name": "goldenlock",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "08/05/2022 12:03:08",
          "content": "<p>Totally agree with you, I do not undertand what leak will happen if show running time as we only have 5 submmisons each day and we can also get running time by manually watch progress.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 1886007,
          "author_name": "crodoc",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "08/05/2022 13:59:55",
          "content": "<p>Having submission time would make my kaggling experience so much better.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 1886059,
      "author_name": "happycube",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "08/05/2022 14:42:15",
      "content": "<p>It could be gamed to get (limited) information from the private test set.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1886062,
          "author_name": "crodoc",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "08/05/2022 14:43:43",
          "content": "<p>How? What is the difference of manually refreshing the submission page?</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 1886231,
          "author_name": "wcukierski",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "08/05/2022 16:33:37",
          "content": "<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>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 1888843,
          "author_name": "crodoc",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "08/07/2022 19:55:47",
          "content": "<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/wcukierski\" target=\"_blank\">@wcukierski</a> Is there any other way for us to get submission time without having to look at the submission page or refresh non-stop? I am spending a ton of time on this, instead of solving the problem.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 1893649,
          "author_name": "rashmibanthia",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "08/11/2022 01:01:50",
          "content": "<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/crodoc\" target=\"_blank\">@crodoc</a> Try this script - <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/riiid-test-answer-prediction/discussion/201047\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/c/riiid-test-answer-prediction/discussion/201047</a> <br>\nWorks well, I have used it in the past.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 1894288,
          "author_name": "crodoc",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "08/11/2022 11:34:00",
          "content": "<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/wcukierski\" target=\"_blank\">@wcukierski</a> is using the script above allowed?</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 1896377,
          "author_name": "wcukierski",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "08/12/2022 19:27:07",
          "content": "<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/crodoc\" target=\"_blank\">@crodoc</a> yes</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 1893667,
      "author_name": "zacchaeus",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "08/11/2022 01:34:10",
      "content": "<p>Information can be leaked using <code>sleep</code></p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
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    "1885670": "Is there any reason why Kaggle won't show us submission time? @argv\n\nI can't think of a good reason why this is the case. They are tracking this and it doesn't seem to be hard to add it. But, still after 12 years of Kaggle, I refresh the submission page and calculate submission time on my own.",
    "1885761": "Still 13G cpu Mem and 16G gpu Mem😄. It would be much better if we could infer 2-3 times faster and limit submission time to 4 or 3 hours. Saving much of our time.",
    "1885796": "I agree with that as well. But adding submission time seems trivial. And 0 cost.",
    "1885841": "Totally agree with you, I do not undertand what leak will happen if show running time as we only have 5 submmisons each day and we can also get running time by manually watch progress.",
    "1886007": "Having submission time would make my kaggling experience so much better.",
    "1886059": "It could be gamed to get (limited) information from the private test set.",
    "1886062": "How? What is the difference of manually refreshing the submission page?",
    "1886231": "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.",
    "1888843": "wcukierski Is there any other way for us to get submission time without having to look at the submission page or refresh non-stop? I am spending a ton of time on this, instead of solving the problem.",
    "1893649": "crodoc Try this script - https://www.kaggle.com/c/riiid-test-answer-prediction/discussion/201047 \nWorks well, I have used it in the past.",
    "1893667": "Information can be leaked using `sleep`",
    "1894288": "wcukierski is using the script above allowed?",
    "1896377": "crodoc yes"
  },
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