Feature request: per-message timestamps in conversation view
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Mar 10, 2026 by pdej7 Closed Mar 14, 2026
Feature Request
Add optional per-message timestamps to the Claude Code conversation view (both terminal and VS Code extension).
Use Case
During long development sessions (4-8+ hours), it's valuable to know when specific interactions happened — for correlating with deploy events, CI runs, API usage tracking, and post-session review. Currently there's no way to see when a message was sent or received without checking external logs.
Suggested Behavior
- Configurable setting (off by default):
"showTimestamps": truein settings - Subtle timestamp next to each user message and assistant response (e.g.,
10:34 AMor14:34) - Useful for:
- Correlating Claude's actions with external system events
- Tracking session duration and pacing
- Post-session review of conversation transcripts
- Cost analysis (matching API usage spikes to specific interactions)
Context
Filed on behalf of a user running multi-hour Claude Code sessions for infrastructure development, where timestamp visibility would significantly improve workflow tracking.
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