diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/LanguageRuntime/Swift/LLDBMemoryReader.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/LanguageRuntime/Swift/LLDBMemoryReader.cpp
index 6b3e8ec652a91..2ee3f25efc1ab 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/LanguageRuntime/Swift/LLDBMemoryReader.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/LanguageRuntime/Swift/LLDBMemoryReader.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #include "swift/Demangling/Demangle.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/MathExtras.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h"
 
 using namespace lldb;
 using namespace lldb_private;
@@ -416,16 +417,27 @@ bool LLDBMemoryReader::readString(swift::remote::RemoteAddress address,
   Log *log = GetLog(LLDBLog::Types);
 
   auto format_string = [](const std::string &dest) {
-    StreamString stream;
-    for (auto c : dest) {
-      if (c >= 32 && c <= 127) {
-        stream << c;
-      } else {
-        stream << "\\0";
-        stream.PutHex8(c);
-      }
+    std::string result;
+    llvm::raw_string_ostream s(result);
+    llvm::printEscapedString(dest, s);
+    return result;
+  };
+  /// Very quickly (this is a high-firing event), copy a few
+  /// human-readable bytes usable as detail in the progress update.
+  auto short_string = [](const std::string &dest) {
+    std::string result;
+    result.reserve(24);
+    size_t end = std::min<size_t>(dest.size(), 24);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < end; ++i) {
+      signed char c = dest[i];
+      result.append(1, c > 32 ? c : '.');
     }
-    return std::string(stream.GetData());
+    if (end < dest.size()) {
+      result[21] = '.';
+      result[22] = '.';
+      result[23] = '.';
+    }
+    return result;
   };
   LLDB_LOGV(log, "[MemoryReader] asked to read string data at address {0:x}",
             address.getRawAddress());
@@ -463,6 +475,8 @@ bool LLDBMemoryReader::readString(swift::remote::RemoteAddress address,
       !readMetadataFromFileCacheEnabled() || !addr.IsSectionOffset();
   target.ReadCStringFromMemory(addr, dest, error, force_live_memory);
   if (error.Success()) {
+    if (m_progress_callback)
+      m_progress_callback(short_string(dest));
     LLDB_LOGV(log, "[MemoryReader] memory read returned string: \"{0}\"",
               format_string(dest));
     return true;
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/LanguageRuntime/Swift/LLDBMemoryReader.h b/lldb/source/Plugins/LanguageRuntime/Swift/LLDBMemoryReader.h
index a42f503ad07cc..6d37b7f18c820 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/LanguageRuntime/Swift/LLDBMemoryReader.h
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/LanguageRuntime/Swift/LLDBMemoryReader.h
@@ -105,6 +105,12 @@ class LLDBMemoryReader : public swift::remote::MemoryReader {
   /// Returns whether the filecache optimization is enabled or not.
   bool readMetadataFromFileCacheEnabled() const;
 
+  /// Set or clear the progress callback.
+  void SetProgressCallback(
+      std::function<void(llvm::StringRef)> progress_callback = {}) {
+    m_progress_callback = progress_callback;
+  }
+
 protected:
   bool readRemoteAddressImpl(swift::remote::RemoteAddress address,
                              swift::remote::RemoteAddress &out,
@@ -166,6 +172,8 @@ class LLDBMemoryReader : public swift::remote::MemoryReader {
   /// The set of modules where we should read memory from the symbol file's
   /// object file instead of the main object file.
   llvm::SmallSet<lldb::ModuleSP, 8> m_modules_with_metadata_in_symbol_obj_file;
+  /// A callback to update a progress event.
+  std::function<void(llvm::StringRef)> m_progress_callback;
 };
 } // namespace lldb_private
 #endif
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/LanguageRuntime/Swift/SwiftLanguageRuntimeDynamicTypeResolution.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/LanguageRuntime/Swift/SwiftLanguageRuntimeDynamicTypeResolution.cpp
index d89b3821a5225..f3ad5a2008c61 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/LanguageRuntime/Swift/SwiftLanguageRuntimeDynamicTypeResolution.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/LanguageRuntime/Swift/SwiftLanguageRuntimeDynamicTypeResolution.cpp
@@ -608,6 +608,22 @@ std::optional<uint64_t> SwiftLanguageRuntime::GetMemberVariableOffset(
 
 namespace {
 
+class ProgressRAII {
+  Progress m_progress;
+  LLDBMemoryReader &m_memory_reader;
+public:
+  ProgressRAII(std::string title, Debugger *debugger,
+               LLDBMemoryReader &memory_reader)
+      : m_progress(title, {}, {}, debugger,
+                   Progress::kDefaultHighFrequencyReportTime),
+        m_memory_reader(memory_reader) {
+    m_memory_reader.SetProgressCallback([&](StringRef message) {
+      m_progress.Increment(1, message.str());
+    });
+  }
+  ~ProgressRAII() { m_memory_reader.SetProgressCallback(); };
+};
+
 CompilerType GetTypeFromTypeRef(TypeSystemSwiftTypeRef &ts,
                                 const swift::reflection::TypeRef *type_ref,
                                 swift::Mangle::ManglingFlavor flavor) {
@@ -3480,6 +3496,14 @@ SwiftLanguageRuntime::GetSwiftRuntimeTypeInfo(
   if (!reflection_ctx)
     return llvm::createStringError("no reflection context");
 
+  // On remove connections downloading reflection metadata can be a bottleneck.
+  auto flavor = GetManglingFlavor(type.GetMangledTypeName());
+  static std::string g_debuginfo = "Loading debug info";
+  static std::string g_reflection = "Loading reflection metadata";
+  ProgressRAII progress(
+      flavor == swift::Mangle::ManglingFlavor::Embedded ? g_debuginfo
+                                                        : g_reflection,
+      &GetProcess().GetTarget().GetDebugger(), *GetMemoryReader());
   LLDBTypeInfoProvider provider(*this, ts);
   return reflection_ctx->GetTypeInfo(*type_ref_or_err, &provider,
                                      ts.GetDescriptorFinder());
diff --git a/lldb/test/API/functionalities/progress_reporting/swift_progress_reporting/TestSwiftProgressReporting.py b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/progress_reporting/swift_progress_reporting/TestSwiftProgressReporting.py
index 1cca761bf5a14..3ab9abcf135c0 100644
--- a/lldb/test/API/functionalities/progress_reporting/swift_progress_reporting/TestSwiftProgressReporting.py
+++ b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/progress_reporting/swift_progress_reporting/TestSwiftProgressReporting.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ def test_swift_progress_report(self):
             "Importing dependencies for main.swift",
             "Importing dependencies for main.swift: Foundation",
             "Importing Swift standard library",
+            "Loading reflection metadata",
         ]
 
         importing_swift_reports = []