# Time to publish

> Time to publish: Time until the first token the user can see. Later than time to first token when the model first generates hidden steps such as a plan.

Canonical: https://llmdojo.dev/glossary/time-to-publish

Time until the first token the user can see. Later than time to first token when the model first generates hidden steps such as a plan.

Learn it in the lesson: [Hidden tokens, and wrap-up](https://llmdojo.dev/learn/inference-optimization/measuring-inference/time-to-publish) (Inference and Model Optimization · Measuring Inference: Latency, Throughput and Goodput).

## Interview questions about Time to publish

- [Server logs show a TTFT of 80 ms, yet users of your reasoning assistant say it takes seconds to start answering. Explain the gap.](https://llmdojo.dev/interview/q/server-logs-show-a-ttft-of-80-ms-yet-users-of-your)

## Related
- [Time to first token (TTFT)](https://llmdojo.dev/glossary/ttft)
- [Time per output token (TPOT)](https://llmdojo.dev/glossary/tpot)
- [Inter-token latency](https://llmdojo.dev/glossary/itl)
- [Percentile (p50, p99)](https://llmdojo.dev/glossary/percentile)
- [Throughput](https://llmdojo.dev/glossary/throughput)
- [Goodput](https://llmdojo.dev/glossary/goodput)
- [Service level objective (SLO)](https://llmdojo.dev/glossary/slo)
- [Glossary of every term](https://llmdojo.dev/glossary)