diff --git a/packages/backend/src/managers/applicationManager.spec.ts b/packages/backend/src/managers/applicationManager.spec.ts
index 93d177fa5..c614e3f5d 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/managers/applicationManager.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/managers/applicationManager.spec.ts
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ describe('pullApplication', () => {
         Running: true,
       },
     });
+    vi.spyOn(utils, 'getDurationSecondsSince').mockReturnValue(99);
     await manager.pullApplication(recipe, model);
     const gitCloneOptions = {
       repository: 'repo',
@@ -222,10 +223,14 @@ describe('pullApplication', () => {
     }
     expect(doDownloadModelWrapperSpy).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
     expect(mocks.builImageMock).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
-    expect(mocks.logUsageMock).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, 'model.download', { 'model.id': 'model1' });
+    expect(mocks.logUsageMock).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, 'model.download', {
+      'model.id': 'model1',
+      durationSeconds: 99,
+    });
     expect(mocks.logUsageMock).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, 'recipe.pull', {
       'recipe.id': 'recipe1',
       'recipe.name': 'Recipe 1',
+      durationSeconds: 99,
     });
   });
   test('pullApplication should not clone repository if folder already exists locally', async () => {
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/managers/applicationManager.ts b/packages/backend/src/managers/applicationManager.ts
index 17057bd26..943b4f307 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/managers/applicationManager.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/managers/applicationManager.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import type { ModelInfo } from '@shared/src/models/IModelInfo';
 import type { ModelsManager } from './modelsManager';
 import { getPortsInfo } from '../utils/ports';
 import { goarch } from '../utils/arch';
-import { isEndpointAlive, timeout } from '../utils/utils';
+import { getDurationSecondsSince, isEndpointAlive, timeout } from '../utils/utils';
 
 export const CONFIG_FILENAME = 'ai-studio.yaml';
 
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ export class ApplicationManager {
   ) {}
 
   async pullApplication(recipe: Recipe, model: ModelInfo) {
+    const startTime = performance.now();
     // Create a TaskUtils object to help us
     const taskUtil = new RecipeStatusUtils(recipe.id, this.recipeStatusRegistry);
 
@@ -101,7 +102,8 @@ export class ApplicationManager {
     const podInfo = await this.createApplicationPod(images, modelPath, taskUtil);
 
     await this.runApplication(podInfo, taskUtil);
-    this.telemetry.logUsage('recipe.pull', { 'recipe.id': recipe.id, 'recipe.name': recipe.name });
+    const durationSeconds = getDurationSecondsSince(startTime);
+    this.telemetry.logUsage('recipe.pull', { 'recipe.id': recipe.id, 'recipe.name': recipe.name, durationSeconds });
   }
 
   async runApplication(podInfo: PodInfo, taskUtil: RecipeStatusUtils) {
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/managers/modelsManager.spec.ts b/packages/backend/src/managers/modelsManager.spec.ts
index 01cccffa6..9bc78dc58 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/managers/modelsManager.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/managers/modelsManager.spec.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import type { CatalogManager } from './catalogManager';
 import type { ModelInfo } from '@shared/src/models/IModelInfo';
 import { RecipeStatusUtils } from '../utils/recipeStatusUtils';
 import type { RecipeStatusRegistry } from '../registries/RecipeStatusRegistry';
+import * as utils from '../utils/utils';
 
 const mocks = vi.hoisted(() => {
   return {
@@ -356,6 +357,7 @@ describe('downloadModel', () => {
       .mockImplementation((_modelId: string, _url: string, _taskUtil: RecipeStatusUtils, _destFileName?: string) => {
         return Promise.resolve('');
       });
+    vi.spyOn(utils, 'getDurationSecondsSince').mockReturnValue(99);
     await manager.downloadModel(
       {
         id: 'id',
@@ -373,7 +375,7 @@ describe('downloadModel', () => {
       },
       state: 'loading',
     });
-    expect(mocks.logUsageMock).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, 'model.download', { 'model.id': 'id' });
+    expect(mocks.logUsageMock).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, 'model.download', { 'model.id': 'id', durationSeconds: 99 });
   });
   test('retrieve model path if already on disk', async () => {
     vi.spyOn(manager, 'isModelOnDisk').mockReturnValue(true);
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/managers/modelsManager.ts b/packages/backend/src/managers/modelsManager.ts
index 928f75258..968462c91 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/managers/modelsManager.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/managers/modelsManager.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import type { CatalogManager } from './catalogManager';
 import type { ModelInfo } from '@shared/src/models/IModelInfo';
 import * as podmanDesktopApi from '@podman-desktop/api';
 import type { RecipeStatusUtils } from '../utils/recipeStatusUtils';
+import { getDurationSecondsSince } from '../utils/utils';
 
 export type DownloadModelResult = DownloadModelSuccessfulResult | DownloadModelFailureResult;
 
@@ -180,8 +181,10 @@ export class ModelsManager {
       });
 
       try {
+        const startTime = performance.now();
         const result = await this.doDownloadModelWrapper(model.id, model.url, taskUtil);
-        this.telemetry.logUsage('model.download', { 'model.id': model.id });
+        const durationSeconds = getDurationSecondsSince(startTime);
+        this.telemetry.logUsage('model.download', { 'model.id': model.id, durationSeconds });
         return result;
       } catch (e) {
         console.error(e);
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/utils/utils.ts b/packages/backend/src/utils/utils.ts
index 33ffa0fe9..d59f1efc3 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/utils/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/utils/utils.ts
@@ -45,3 +45,7 @@ export async function isEndpointAlive(endPoint: string): Promise<boolean> {
     });
   });
 }
+
+export function getDurationSecondsSince(startTimeMs: number) {
+  return Math.round((performance.now() - startTimeMs) / 1000);
+}