diff --git a/pkg/repository/prisma/step_run.go b/pkg/repository/prisma/step_run.go
index 89e18c668..6f680fe41 100644
--- a/pkg/repository/prisma/step_run.go
+++ b/pkg/repository/prisma/step_run.go
@@ -938,12 +938,17 @@ func (s *stepRunEngineRepository) UnassignStepRunFromWorker(ctx context.Context,
 }
 
 type debugInfo struct {
-	UniqueActions          []string       `json:"unique_actions"`
-	TotalStepRuns          int            `json:"total_step_runs"`
-	TotalStepRunsAssigned  int            `json:"total_step_runs_assigned"`
-	TotalSlots             int            `json:"total_slots"`
-	StartingSlotsPerAction map[string]int `json:"starting_slots"`
-	EndingSlotsPerAction   map[string]int `json:"ending_slots"`
+	UniqueActions                []string       `json:"unique_actions"`
+	TotalStepRuns                int            `json:"total_step_runs"`
+	TotalStepRunsAssigned        int            `json:"total_step_runs_assigned"`
+	TotalSlots                   int            `json:"total_slots"`
+	StartingSlotsPerAction       map[string]int `json:"starting_slots"`
+	EndingSlotsPerAction         map[string]int `json:"ending_slots"`
+	Duration                     string         `json:"duration"`
+	TimeToStartDuration          string         `json:"time_to_start_duration"`
+	TimeToListQueuesDuration     string         `json:"time_to_list_queues_duration"`
+	TimeToListQueueItemsDuration string         `json:"time_to_list_queue_items_duration"`
+	DurationsOfQueueListResults  []string       `json:"durations_of_queue_list_results"`
 }
 
 type queueItemWithOrder struct {
@@ -953,6 +958,8 @@ type queueItemWithOrder struct {
 }
 
 func (s *stepRunEngineRepository) QueueStepRuns(ctx context.Context, tenantId string) (repository.QueueStepRunsResult, error) {
+	startedAt := time.Now().UTC()
+
 	emptyRes := repository.QueueStepRunsResult{
 		Queued:             []repository.QueuedStepRun{},
 		SchedulingTimedOut: []string{},
@@ -971,6 +978,8 @@ func (s *stepRunEngineRepository) QueueStepRuns(ctx context.Context, tenantId st
 		return emptyRes, err
 	}
 
+	timeToStartDuration := time.Since(startedAt)
+
 	defer deferRollback(ctx, s.l, tx.Rollback)
 
 	// list queues
@@ -984,19 +993,29 @@ func (s *stepRunEngineRepository) QueueStepRuns(ctx context.Context, tenantId st
 		return emptyRes, nil
 	}
 
+	timeToListQueues := time.Since(startedAt)
+
 	// construct params for list queue items
 	query := []dbsqlc.ListQueueItemsParams{}
 
+	// randomly order queues
+	rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano())).Shuffle(len(queues), func(i, j int) { queues[i], queues[j] = queues[j], queues[i] }) // nolint:gosec
+
 	for _, queue := range queues {
+		name := queue.Name
+
 		query = append(query, dbsqlc.ListQueueItemsParams{
 			Tenantid: pgTenantId,
-			Queue:    queue.Name,
+			Queue:    name,
 		})
 	}
 
 	queueItems := make([]queueItemWithOrder, 0)
 
 	results := s.queries.ListQueueItems(ctx, tx, query)
+	defer results.Close()
+
+	durationsOfQueueListResults := make([]string, 0)
 
 	// TODO: verify whether this is multithreaded and if it is, whether thread safe
 	results.Query(func(i int, qi []*dbsqlc.QueueItem, err error) {
@@ -1004,18 +1023,32 @@ func (s *stepRunEngineRepository) QueueStepRuns(ctx context.Context, tenantId st
 			return
 		}
 
+		queueName := ""
+
 		for i := range qi {
 			queueItems = append(queueItems, queueItemWithOrder{
 				QueueItem: qi[i],
 				order:     i,
 			})
+
+			queueName = qi[i].Queue
 		}
+
+		durationsOfQueueListResults = append(durationsOfQueueListResults, fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s:%s", queues[i].Name, queueName, time.Since(startedAt).String()))
 	})
 
+	err = results.Close()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return emptyRes, fmt.Errorf("could not close queue items result: %w", err)
+	}
+
 	if len(queueItems) == 0 {
 		return emptyRes, nil
 	}
 
+	timeToListQueueItemsDuration := time.Since(startedAt)
+
 	// sort the queue items by order from least to greatest, then by queue id
 	sort.Slice(queueItems, func(i, j int) bool {
 		if queueItems[i].order == queueItems[j].order {
@@ -1179,12 +1212,17 @@ func (s *stepRunEngineRepository) QueueStepRuns(ctx context.Context, tenantId st
 	defer func() {
 		// pretty-print json with 2 spaces
 		debugInfo := debugInfo{
-			UniqueActions:          uniqueActionsArr,
-			TotalStepRuns:          len(queueItems),
-			TotalStepRunsAssigned:  len(stepRunIds),
-			TotalSlots:             len(slots),
-			StartingSlotsPerAction: startingSlotsPerAction,
-			EndingSlotsPerAction:   endingSlotsPerAction,
+			UniqueActions:                uniqueActionsArr,
+			TotalStepRuns:                len(queueItems),
+			TotalStepRunsAssigned:        len(stepRunIds),
+			TotalSlots:                   len(slots),
+			StartingSlotsPerAction:       startingSlotsPerAction,
+			EndingSlotsPerAction:         endingSlotsPerAction,
+			Duration:                     time.Since(startedAt).String(),
+			TimeToStartDuration:          timeToStartDuration.String(),
+			TimeToListQueuesDuration:     timeToListQueues.String(),
+			TimeToListQueueItemsDuration: timeToListQueueItemsDuration.String(),
+			DurationsOfQueueListResults:  durationsOfQueueListResults,
 		}
 
 		debugInfoBytes, err := json.MarshalIndent(debugInfo, "", "  ")