diff --git a/surfsense_backend/app/agents/new_chat/tools/mcp_tool.py b/surfsense_backend/app/agents/new_chat/tools/mcp_tool.py
index 64368a878..b3c26f331 100644
--- a/surfsense_backend/app/agents/new_chat/tools/mcp_tool.py
+++ b/surfsense_backend/app/agents/new_chat/tools/mcp_tool.py
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ from app.agents.new_chat.tools.hitl import request_approval
 from app.agents.new_chat.tools.mcp_client import MCPClient
 from app.db import SearchSourceConnector
 from app.services.mcp_oauth.registry import MCP_SERVICES, get_service_by_connector_type
+from app.utils.perf import get_perf_logger
+
+_perf_log = get_perf_logger()
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -293,15 +296,21 @@ async def _create_mcp_tool_from_definition_http(
         timeout: float = 60.0,
     ) -> str:
         """Execute a single MCP HTTP call with the given headers."""
+        call_start = time.perf_counter()
         async with (
             streamablehttp_client(url, headers=call_headers) as (read, write, _),
             ClientSession(read, write) as session,
         ):
+            init_start = time.perf_counter()
             await session.initialize()
+            init_elapsed = time.perf_counter() - init_start
+
+            tool_start = time.perf_counter()
             response = await asyncio.wait_for(
                 session.call_tool(original_tool_name, arguments=call_kwargs),
                 timeout=timeout,
             )
+            tool_elapsed = time.perf_counter() - tool_start
 
             result = []
             for content in response.content:
@@ -312,7 +321,18 @@ async def _create_mcp_tool_from_definition_http(
                 else:
                     result.append(str(content))
 
-            return "\n".join(result) if result else ""
+            payload = "\n".join(result) if result else ""
+
+        _perf_log.info(
+            "[mcp_http_call] connector=%s tool=%s init=%.3fs call=%.3fs total=%.3fs out_chars=%d",
+            connector_id,
+            original_tool_name,
+            init_elapsed,
+            tool_elapsed,
+            time.perf_counter() - call_start,
+            len(payload),
+        )
+        return payload
 
     async def mcp_http_tool_call(**kwargs) -> str:
         """Execute the MCP tool call via HTTP transport."""
@@ -792,14 +812,25 @@ async def _maybe_refresh_mcp_oauth_token(
     except (ValueError, TypeError):
         return server_config
 
+    refresh_start = time.perf_counter()
     try:
         new_access = await _refresh_connector_token(session, connector)
         if not new_access:
+            _perf_log.info(
+                "[mcp_oauth_refresh] connector=%s elapsed=%.3fs outcome=no_token",
+                connector.id,
+                time.perf_counter() - refresh_start,
+            )
             return server_config
 
         logger.info(
             "Proactively refreshed MCP OAuth token for connector %s", connector.id
         )
+        _perf_log.info(
+            "[mcp_oauth_refresh] connector=%s elapsed=%.3fs outcome=refreshed",
+            connector.id,
+            time.perf_counter() - refresh_start,
+        )
 
         refreshed_config = dict(server_config)
         refreshed_config["headers"] = {
@@ -809,6 +840,11 @@ async def _maybe_refresh_mcp_oauth_token(
         return refreshed_config
 
     except Exception:
+        _perf_log.info(
+            "[mcp_oauth_refresh] connector=%s elapsed=%.3fs outcome=failed",
+            connector.id,
+            time.perf_counter() - refresh_start,
+        )
         logger.warning(
             "Failed to refresh MCP OAuth token for connector %s",
             connector.id,
@@ -1074,9 +1110,11 @@ async def load_mcp_tools(
                 )
 
         async def _discover_one(task: dict[str, Any]) -> list[StructuredTool]:
+            discover_start = time.perf_counter()
+            transport = task["transport"]
             try:
-                if task["transport"] in ("streamable-http", "http", "sse"):
-                    return await asyncio.wait_for(
+                if transport in ("streamable-http", "http", "sse"):
+                    result = await asyncio.wait_for(
                         _load_http_mcp_tools(
                             task["connector_id"],
                             task["connector_name"],
@@ -1091,7 +1129,7 @@ async def load_mcp_tools(
                         timeout=_MCP_DISCOVERY_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
                     )
                 else:
-                    return await asyncio.wait_for(
+                    result = await asyncio.wait_for(
                         _load_stdio_mcp_tools(
                             task["connector_id"],
                             task["connector_name"],
@@ -1101,7 +1139,23 @@ async def load_mcp_tools(
                         ),
                         timeout=_MCP_DISCOVERY_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
                     )
+                _perf_log.info(
+                    "[mcp_discover] connector=%s name=%r transport=%s tools=%d elapsed=%.3fs",
+                    task["connector_id"],
+                    task["connector_name"],
+                    transport,
+                    len(result),
+                    time.perf_counter() - discover_start,
+                )
+                return result
             except TimeoutError:
+                _perf_log.info(
+                    "[mcp_discover] connector=%s name=%r transport=%s elapsed=%.3fs outcome=timeout",
+                    task["connector_id"],
+                    task["connector_name"],
+                    transport,
+                    time.perf_counter() - discover_start,
+                )
                 logger.error(
                     "MCP connector %d timed out after %ds during discovery",
                     task["connector_id"],
@@ -1109,6 +1163,13 @@ async def load_mcp_tools(
                 )
                 return []
             except Exception as e:
+                _perf_log.info(
+                    "[mcp_discover] connector=%s name=%r transport=%s elapsed=%.3fs outcome=error",
+                    task["connector_id"],
+                    task["connector_name"],
+                    transport,
+                    time.perf_counter() - discover_start,
+                )
                 logger.exception(
                     "Failed to load tools from MCP connector %d: %s",
                     task["connector_id"],
@@ -1116,7 +1177,14 @@ async def load_mcp_tools(
                 )
                 return []
 
+        gather_start = time.perf_counter()
         results = await asyncio.gather(*[_discover_one(t) for t in discovery_tasks])
+        _perf_log.info(
+            "[mcp_discover] gather_wall=%.3fs connectors=%d total_tools=%d",
+            time.perf_counter() - gather_start,
+            len(discovery_tasks),
+            sum(len(r) for r in results),
+        )
         tools: list[StructuredTool] = [tool for sublist in results for tool in sublist]
 
         _mcp_tools_cache[cache_key] = (now, tools)