Monitoring the Rendering Progress 
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Progress settings are available in the settings panel ``Settings panel (⚙) ‣ Monitoring``
Here you can create a tracking link to see progress on the mobile App.
You can also save out rendering progress information to files (``PNG`` & ``TXT``).


.. image:: _static/img/screenshots/settings-progress.png




Using the monitoring App
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First you need to generate a unique tracking link by clicking the ``GENERATE TRACKING LINK`` button.
Then move to the :ref:`monitoring App installation  <Installing the monitoring WebApp>` guide.

.. figure:: _static/img/screenshots/settings-progress-pairing.png

    Once a tracking link is generated, the app will wait for a mobile device to pair


.. warning::
    Your tracking informations won't be visible to anyone unless you share your tracking link


Screenshot
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If you specify a cloud based folder (e.g. ``Google Drive, Dropbox, iCloud, One Drive``...) in the settings, then you can access progress informations remotely.

.. figure:: _static/img/screenshots/_Blender\ Progress.png

    Every minute, a screenshot of the app window will be saved to the specified folder

Save Blender rendering log files
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Sometimes it can be useful to save all the console output, it contains all the rendering logs from Blender itself and from add-ons.
Be sure to enable ``Save Blender rendering logs`` in the settings panel.