diff --git a/jans-cedarling/.gitignore b/jans-cedarling/.gitignore
index e6b55b8ee7e..e706d0f4264 100644
--- a/jans-cedarling/.gitignore
+++ b/jans-cedarling/.gitignore
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 coverage.txt
 lcov.info
 test_profile.profraw
+*profiling*.svg
 
 # files for debug
 cedar_files/demo_tokens_data.txt
@@ -99,4 +100,4 @@ docs/_build/
 .python-version
 
 # allow commit of cedarling_native_apps bindings
-!/bindings/cedarling_uniffi/src/bin
\ No newline at end of file
+!/bindings/cedarling_uniffi/src/bin
diff --git a/jans-cedarling/README.md b/jans-cedarling/README.md
index aba7636257f..0a3d865e1d1 100644
--- a/jans-cedarling/README.md
+++ b/jans-cedarling/README.md
@@ -131,3 +131,13 @@ You can run the benchmarks using:
 ```sh
 cargo bench -p cedarling
 ```
+
+## Profiling
+
+Profiling is done using the [`pprof`](https://crates.io/crates/pprof) crate. We have an example you can run with
+
+```sh
+cargo run --example profiling
+```
+
+that outputs an SVG named `cedarling_profiling_flamegraph`.
diff --git a/jans-cedarling/cedarling/Cargo.toml b/jans-cedarling/cedarling/Cargo.toml
index 1e8012a67dc..7c64d94e197 100644
--- a/jans-cedarling/cedarling/Cargo.toml
+++ b/jans-cedarling/cedarling/Cargo.toml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ jsonwebkey = { workspace = true, features = ["generate", "jwt-convert"] }
 mockito = "1.5.0"
 criterion = { version = "0.5.1", features = ["async_tokio"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.42.0", features = ["rt-multi-thread"] }
+pprof = { version = "0.14.0", features = ["flamegraph"] }
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "authz_benchmark"
diff --git a/jans-cedarling/cedarling/examples/profiling.rs b/jans-cedarling/cedarling/examples/profiling.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9123311a225
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jans-cedarling/cedarling/examples/profiling.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+// This software is available under the Apache-2.0 license.
+// See https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt for full text.
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2024, Gluu, Inc.
+
+use cedarling::*;
+use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
+use std::fs::File;
+
+#[tokio::main(flavor = "current_thread")]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let cedarling = init_cedarling().await;
+    let (access_token, id_token, userinfo_token) = get_tokens();
+
+    // init profiler guard
+    let guard = pprof::ProfilerGuardBuilder::default()
+        .frequency(1000)
+        .blocklist(&["libc", "libgcc", "pthread", "vdso"])
+        .build()
+        .unwrap();
+
+    // calls Cedarling::authorize
+    call_authorize(&cedarling, &access_token, &id_token, &userinfo_token).await;
+
+    if let Ok(report) = guard.report().build() {
+        println!("report: {:?}", &report);
+
+        // write output flamegraph to an SVG file
+        let file = File::create(format!(
+            "{}/../{}",
+            env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"),
+            "cedarling_profiling_flamegraph.svg",
+        ))
+        .unwrap();
+        let mut options = pprof::flamegraph::Options::default();
+        options.image_width = Some(3000);
+        report.flamegraph_with_options(file, &mut options).unwrap();
+    };
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+static POLICY_STORE_RAW: &str = include_str!("../../test_files/policy-store_ok.yaml");
+
+async fn init_cedarling() -> Cedarling {
+    let cedarling = Cedarling::new(&BootstrapConfig {
+        application_name: "test_app".to_string(),
+        log_config: LogConfig {
+            log_type: LogTypeConfig::Off,
+            log_level: LogLevel::INFO,
+        },
+        policy_store_config: PolicyStoreConfig {
+            source: PolicyStoreSource::Yaml(POLICY_STORE_RAW.to_string()),
+        },
+        jwt_config: JwtConfig {
+            jwks: None,
+            jwt_sig_validation: false,
+            jwt_status_validation: false,
+            signature_algorithms_supported: HashSet::new(),
+            token_validation_settings: HashMap::from_iter(
+                ["access_token", "id_token", "userinfo_token", "custom_token"]
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|tkn| (tkn.to_string(), TokenValidationConfig::default())),
+            ),
+        }
+        .allow_all_algorithms(),
+        authorization_config: AuthorizationConfig {
+            use_user_principal: true,
+            use_workload_principal: true,
+            user_workload_operator: WorkloadBoolOp::And,
+            decision_log_default_jwt_id: "jti".to_string(),
+            decision_log_user_claims: vec!["client_id".to_string(), "username".to_string()],
+            decision_log_workload_claims: vec!["org_id".to_string()],
+            id_token_trust_mode: IdTokenTrustMode::None,
+            mapping_tokens: HashMap::from([
+                ("access_token".to_string(), "Jans::Access_token".to_string()),
+                ("id_token".to_string(), "Jans::id_token".to_string()),
+                (
+                    "userinfo_token".to_string(),
+                    "Jans::Userinfo_token".to_string(),
+                ),
+            ])
+            .into(),
+            ..Default::default()
+        },
+    })
+    .await
+    .expect("should initialize cedarling");
+
+    cedarling
+}
+
+fn get_tokens() -> (String, String, String) {
+    let access_token = "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.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.D6q28qP-rZ3LayPsVlvUzXCwHtl7g3VTntMQvG_f3mM".to_string();
+    let id_token = "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.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.xVRNRN7RW3Y2n4bzW0k93zbe5Tn0htQS6JiVq9NP0NE".to_string();
+    let userinfo_token = "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJodHRwczovL2FkbWluLXVpLXRlc3QuZ2x1dS5vcmciLCJzdWIiOiJib0c4ZGZjNU1LVG4zN283Z3NkQ2V5cUw4THBXUXRnb080MW0xS1p3ZHEwIiwiY2xpZW50X2lkIjoiNWI0NDg3YzQtOGRiMS00MDlkLWE2NTMtZjkwN2I4MDk0MDM5IiwiYXVkIjoiNWI0NDg3YzQtOGRiMS00MDlkLWE2NTMtZjkwN2I4MDk0MDM5IiwidXNlcm5hbWUiOiJhZG1pbkBnbHV1Lm9yZyIsIm5hbWUiOiJEZWZhdWx0IEFkbWluIFVzZXIiLCJlbWFpbCI6ImFkbWluQGdsdXUub3JnIiwiY291bnRyeSI6IlVTIiwianRpIjoidXNyaW5mb190a25fanRpIn0.NoR53vPZFpfb4vFk85JH9RPx7CHsaJMZwrH3fnB-N60".to_string();
+
+    (access_token, id_token, userinfo_token)
+}
+
+async fn call_authorize(
+    cedarling: &Cedarling,
+    access_token: &str,
+    id_token: &str,
+    userinfo_token: &str,
+) {
+    let _result = cedarling
+        .authorize(Request {
+            tokens: HashMap::from([
+                ("access_token".to_string(), access_token.to_string()),
+                ("id_token".to_string(), id_token.to_string()),
+                ("userinfo_token".to_string(), userinfo_token.to_string()),
+            ]),
+            action: "Jans::Action::\"Update\"".to_string(),
+            context: serde_json::json!({}),
+            resource: ResourceData {
+                id: "random_id".to_string(),
+                resource_type: "Jans::Issue".to_string(),
+                payload: HashMap::from_iter([
+                    (
+                        "org_id".to_string(),
+                        serde_json::Value::String("some_long_id".to_string()),
+                    ),
+                    (
+                        "country".to_string(),
+                        serde_json::Value::String("US".to_string()),
+                    ),
+                ]),
+            },
+        })
+        .await;
+}