Add timestamps to chat messages
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Feb 9, 2026 by refinedsolutionsit-hub Closed Feb 12, 2026
Feature Request
Add visible timestamps to user and assistant messages in the Claude Code CLI conversation.
Problem
During long-running sessions (multi-hour automation tasks, overnight processes, etc.), there's no way to know when a particular message was sent. This makes it hard to:
- Correlate chat messages with log timestamps from background processes
- Know how long ago you asked something
- Review conversation history with temporal context
Proposed Solution
Display a timestamp (e.g., 14:32 or 2:32 PM) next to each message in the conversation. Could be:
- Always visible in a subtle/dimmed format
- Togglable via a setting or flag
- Shown on hover or via a keybinding
Context
Came up during a multi-day automation session where I needed to cross-reference when I asked Claude to do things with timestamps in process logs.
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