diff --git a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/server/startServer.tsx b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/server/startServer.tsx
index 66bcf1f5f..5b7a4420b 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/server/startServer.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/server/startServer.tsx
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ export async function startServer(
 }> {
   setTimeout(() => {
     if (!isReady && isProduction()) {
+      tracker.track('server-ready-timeout', {timeout: timeoutSeconds});
       console.error(
         `[flipper-server] Unable to become ready within ${timeoutSeconds} seconds, exit`,
       );
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/tracker.tsx b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/tracker.tsx
index e3db6228d..dd5ba2067 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/tracker.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/tracker.tsx
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ type TrackerEvents = {
   'server-socket-already-in-use': {};
   'server-open-ui': {browser: boolean; hasToken: boolean};
   'server-ws-server-error': {port: number; error: string};
+  'server-ready-timeout': {timeout: number};
   'browser-connection-created': {
     successful: boolean;
     timeMS: number;