diff --git a/core/src/jsMain/kotlin/dev/fritz2/tracking/tracking.kt b/core/src/jsMain/kotlin/dev/fritz2/tracking/tracking.kt
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+package dev.fritz2.tracking
+
+import dev.fritz2.binding.Store
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.Flow
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.MutableStateFlow
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.debounce
+
+/**
+ * convenience method for creating a [Tracker]
+ */
+fun tracker(defaultTransaction: String = "...", debounceTimeout: Long = 100): Tracker =
+    Tracker(defaultTransaction, debounceTimeout)
+
+/**
+ * tracks running transactions (e.g. inside a [Store])
+ *
+ * @param defaultTransaction default transactions text (used if not specified when [track] is called)
+ * @param debounceTimeout denounces values in the [Flow] of running transaction by this value
+ * @param state stores the actual running transaction or null
+ */
+class Tracker(
+    private val defaultTransaction: String,
+    debounceTimeout: Long,
+    private val state: MutableStateFlow<String?> = MutableStateFlow(null)
+) : Flow<String?> by state.debounce(debounceTimeout) {
+
+    /**
+     * tracks a given operation
+     *
+     * @param transaction text describing the transaction
+     * @param operation function to track
+     */
+    suspend fun <T> track(transaction: String = defaultTransaction, operation: suspend () -> T): T {
+        state.value = transaction
+        return operation().also { state.value = null }
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/core/src/jsTest/kotlin/dev/fritz2/tracking/tracking.kt b/core/src/jsTest/kotlin/dev/fritz2/tracking/tracking.kt
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+package dev.fritz2.tracking
+
+import dev.fritz2.binding.RootStore
+import dev.fritz2.binding.action
+import dev.fritz2.binding.handledBy
+import dev.fritz2.dom.html.render
+import dev.fritz2.dom.mount
+import dev.fritz2.identification.uniqueId
+import dev.fritz2.test.initDocument
+import dev.fritz2.test.runTest
+import dev.fritz2.test.targetId
+import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.map
+import kotlin.browser.document
+import kotlin.test.Test
+import kotlin.test.assertEquals
+
+class TrackingTests {
+
+
+    @Test
+    fun testTracking() = runTest {
+        initDocument()
+
+        val transactionText = "long running"
+        val transactionId = "transaction-${uniqueId()}"
+
+        val startValue = "start"
+        val endValue = "end"
+        val valueId = "value-${uniqueId()}"
+
+        val store = object : RootStore<String>(startValue) {
+            val running = tracker()
+
+            val longRunningHandler = handle {
+                running.track(transactionText) {
+                    delay(600)
+                    endValue
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        render {
+            div {
+                span(id = transactionId) { store.running.map { it.orEmpty() }.bind() }
+                span(id = valueId) { store.data.bind() }
+            }
+        }.mount(targetId)
+        delay(200)
+
+        action() handledBy store.longRunningHandler
+
+        val valueBeforeTransaction = document.getElementById(valueId)?.textContent
+        assertEquals(startValue, valueBeforeTransaction)
+
+        delay(300)
+
+        val transactionDuringHandler = document.getElementById(transactionId)?.textContent
+        assertEquals(transactionText, transactionDuringHandler)
+
+        val valueDuringTransaction = document.getElementById(valueId)?.textContent
+        assertEquals(startValue, valueDuringTransaction)
+
+        delay(450)
+
+        val transactionAfterHandler = document.getElementById(transactionId)?.textContent
+        assertEquals("", transactionAfterHandler)
+
+        val valueAfterTransaction = document.getElementById(valueId)?.textContent
+        assertEquals(endValue, valueAfterTransaction)
+
+    }
+}
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