# Big time descrepancy in recursive checkout time

**URL:** <https://drone.discourse.group/t/big-time-descrepancy-in-recursive-checkout-time/6181>\
**Category:** Drone Support\
**Created:** [August 8, 2021, 7:46am UTC](https://drone.discourse.group/t/big-time-descrepancy-in-recursive-checkout-time/6181 "2021-08-08T07:46:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 7:46am UTC](https://drone.discourse.group/t/big-time-descrepancy-in-recursive-checkout-time/6181/1 "2021-08-08T07:46:03Z")

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Hey,  
Hit an odd issue where cloning a git repo (outside of the plugin) took a huge amount of time:

3 minutes: [Drone CI](https://cloud.drone.io/baxterworks-build/qemu-builder/72/1/2)  
25 minutes: [Drone CI](https://cloud.drone.io/baxterworks-build/qemu-builder/74/1/2)

I realise I’m using free resources here, it’s OK for this to take a while, but I’m just wondering what causes this and if I can make the build timeout and retry instead.