From 8bb0776b84fe1fffc194aee0ab0b4359ed99c2cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tejas <tejashs@rocketmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2025 18:57:03 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Initialize start time for server

By initializing start_time_ for server, I hope to measure the time taken to process a request at the end maybe in the set_logger callback and print it.

I only see current usage in client with server retaining the inital min value
---
 httplib.h | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/httplib.h b/httplib.h
index 25e1b2f1ab..e1ace8aeae 100644
--- a/httplib.h
+++ b/httplib.h
@@ -8265,6 +8265,7 @@ Server::process_request(Stream &strm, const std::string &remote_addr,
   if (!line_reader.getline()) { return false; }
 
   Request req;
+  req.start_time_ = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
 
   Response res;
   res.version = "HTTP/1.1";

From 8e0c8b1d74be7e8c6db7c9d7e2308c14918d51ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tejas <tejashs@rocketmail.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2025 20:47:04 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Add test to verify start time is initialized

---
 test/test.cc | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/test/test.cc b/test/test.cc
index 0e4fd42d58..9c02e4a0ad 100644
--- a/test/test.cc
+++ b/test/test.cc
@@ -3200,6 +3200,10 @@ class ServerTest : public ::testing::Test {
              [&](const Request & /*req*/, Response &res) {
                res.set_content("abcdefg", "text/plain");
              })
+        .Get("/custom",
+             [&](const Request &req, Response &res) {
+               if (custom_fn) { custom_fn(req, res); }
+             })
         .Get("/with-range-customized-response",
              [&](const Request & /*req*/, Response &res) {
                res.status = StatusCode::BadRequest_400;
@@ -3594,6 +3598,7 @@ class ServerTest : public ::testing::Test {
 #endif
   thread t_;
   std::vector<thread> request_threads_;
+  std::function<void(const Request &, Response &)> custom_fn;
 };
 
 TEST_F(ServerTest, GetMethod200) {
@@ -5800,6 +5805,13 @@ TEST_F(ServerTest, TooManyRedirect) {
   EXPECT_EQ(Error::ExceedRedirectCount, res.error());
 }
 
+TEST_F(ServerTest, StartTime) {
+  custom_fn = [](const Request &req, Response &res) {
+    EXPECT_NE(req.start_time_, std::chrono::steady_clock::time_point::min());
+  };
+  auto res = cli_.Get("/custom");
+}
+
 #ifdef CPPHTTPLIB_ZLIB_SUPPORT
 TEST_F(ServerTest, Gzip) {
   Headers headers;

From bea8007033ca63e422f2cb0061c9ac2d2446918c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tejas <tejashs@rocketmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 20:47:24 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Address review comments

---
 test/test.cc | 11 ++++-------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/test/test.cc b/test/test.cc
index 9c02e4a0ad..ac5a3031db 100644
--- a/test/test.cc
+++ b/test/test.cc
@@ -3200,9 +3200,10 @@ class ServerTest : public ::testing::Test {
              [&](const Request & /*req*/, Response &res) {
                res.set_content("abcdefg", "text/plain");
              })
-        .Get("/custom",
+        .Get("/test-start-time",
              [&](const Request &req, Response &res) {
-               if (custom_fn) { custom_fn(req, res); }
+               EXPECT_NE(req.start_time_,
+                         std::chrono::steady_clock::time_point::min());
              })
         .Get("/with-range-customized-response",
              [&](const Request & /*req*/, Response &res) {
@@ -3598,7 +3599,6 @@ class ServerTest : public ::testing::Test {
 #endif
   thread t_;
   std::vector<thread> request_threads_;
-  std::function<void(const Request &, Response &)> custom_fn;
 };
 
 TEST_F(ServerTest, GetMethod200) {
@@ -5806,10 +5806,7 @@ TEST_F(ServerTest, TooManyRedirect) {
 }
 
 TEST_F(ServerTest, StartTime) {
-  custom_fn = [](const Request &req, Response &res) {
-    EXPECT_NE(req.start_time_, std::chrono::steady_clock::time_point::min());
-  };
-  auto res = cli_.Get("/custom");
+  auto res = cli_.Get("/test-start-time");
 }
 
 #ifdef CPPHTTPLIB_ZLIB_SUPPORT

From cb8e3b86a909e56bb5e49388586e4263fcd07859 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tejas <tejashs@rocketmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 21:12:28 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] run clang format

---
 test/test.cc | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/test/test.cc b/test/test.cc
index ac5a3031db..4788ada383 100644
--- a/test/test.cc
+++ b/test/test.cc
@@ -5805,9 +5805,7 @@ TEST_F(ServerTest, TooManyRedirect) {
   EXPECT_EQ(Error::ExceedRedirectCount, res.error());
 }
 
-TEST_F(ServerTest, StartTime) {
-  auto res = cli_.Get("/test-start-time");
-}
+TEST_F(ServerTest, StartTime) { auto res = cli_.Get("/test-start-time"); }
 
 #ifdef CPPHTTPLIB_ZLIB_SUPPORT
 TEST_F(ServerTest, Gzip) {