diff --git a/frontends/src/quick_frontend/quick_app.py b/frontends/src/quick_frontend/quick_app.py
index 0cd3c6f7..86cd1ade 100644
--- a/frontends/src/quick_frontend/quick_app.py
+++ b/frontends/src/quick_frontend/quick_app.py
@@ -675,6 +675,10 @@ class QuickApp(object):
     def dialogFailure(self, failure):
         log.warning(u"Failure: {}".format(failure))
 
+    def progressIdHandler(self, progress_id, profile):
+        """Callback used when an action result in a progress id"""
+        log.info(u"Progress ID received: {}".format(progress_id))
+
     def updateAlertsCounter(self):
         """Update the over whole alerts counter
 
@@ -722,6 +726,17 @@ class QuickApp(object):
         else:
             ui = self.xmlui.create(self, xml_data=xmlui, callback=callback, profile=profile)
             ui.show()
+
+        try:
+            progress_id = action_data.pop('progress')
+        except KeyError:
+            pass
+        else:
+            self.progressIdHandler(progress_id, profile)
+
+        # we ignore metadata
+        action_data = {k:v for k,v in action_data.iteritems() if not k.startswith("meta_")}
+
         if action_data:
             raise exceptions.DataError(u"Not all keys in action_data are managed ({keys})".format(keys=', '.join(action_data.keys())))