job objects track how many requests they get, and when they were queued

src/index.coffee

@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ class ChainGang extends Events.EventEmitter
       @queue.push job
       @emit 'add', job.name
 
+    job.requests += 1
+
     if callback
       job.callbacks.push callback
 
@@ -106,6 +108,8 @@ class Job
     @callbacks = []
     @timedOut  = false
     @timer     = @chain.setTimerFor @
+    @requests  = 0
+    @created   = new Date
 
   # Performs the Job, running any callbacks.  See finish().
   #

test/chain_gang_test.coffee

@@ -19,11 +19,16 @@ chain.addListener 'add', cb
 chain.add 'work', 'foo'
 assert.ok called
 
+job = chain.index.foo
+assert.equal 1, job.requests
+assert.ok job.created?
+
 # test adding a duplicate item to the queue
 called = false
 chain.add null, 'foo'
 assert.equal false, called
 chain.removeListener 'add', cb
+assert.equal 2, job.requests
 
 # test adding a 2nd item to the queue
 called = false