Feature: Show wall-clock timestamp alongside "Baked for" duration
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Mar 25, 2026 by zac-contentos Closed Mar 25, 2026
Preflight Checklist
- [x] I have searched existing requests and this feature hasn't been requested yet
- [x] This is a single feature request (not multiple features)
Problem Statement
The ✻ Baked for 1h 3m 49s indicator shows how long a session took, but not when it ended. When reviewing terminal history or scrollback, it's impossible to tell what time a conversation actually completed.
Proposed Solution
Add a wall-clock timestamp next to the duration, e.g.:
✻ Baked for 1h 3m 49s @ 14:32
Or make the format configurable so users can choose to display the timestamp.
Alternative Solutions
- Using a
Stophook to print the time — but hook output doesn't appear in the terminal UI - External notification (Slack/Lark) workaround works for push notifications, but doesn't help when reading terminal history directly
Priority
Low - Nice to have
Feature Category
Other
Use Case Example
- Running multiple Claude Code sessions throughout the day
- Reviewing terminal scrollback later to find when a specific task finished
- Correlating Claude Code sessions with other events (deploys, commits, incidents, etc.)
- Currently have to cross-reference with external notification timestamps to figure out when something completed
Additional Context
Related: #17481 (request to disable timing info entirely). This is the opposite direction — keeping the timing info but making it more useful by adding an absolute timestamp.
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