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tui: no setting for message timestamps in the transcript #63016
Description
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Summary
Feature request: add a CLI setting to show timestamps on messages in the TUI transcript. There is currently no cli.json field, keybind, or in-view toggle for this — messages show agent/model/duration footers but never a clock time, so a long session cannot be correlated with external events or logs.
Environment
- opencode version: v2.2.6
- OS: Linux 7.2.15-1-omarchy (linux x86_64)
- Terminal: TERM=xterm-256color, COLORTERM=truecolor
- Shell: /usr/bin/bash
- Install/channel: latest (release)
- Active plugins: none found in
~/.config/opencode/opencode.json
Reproduction
- Open any TUI session with user and assistant messages.
- Inspect the transcript for a clock time on any message.
- Search the CLI settings reference and the
cli.jsonschema for a timestamp option.
Expected Behavior
A documented setting (e.g. session.timestamps: show | hide) that renders message times in the transcript, defaulting to the current behavior.
Actual Behavior
No option exists: https://opencode.ai/v2/cli.json contains zero timestamp matches, the CLI settings reference documents no such field in any group, and the keybind command list has no timestamp-related command. The transcript renders session.tps and mini.turn_summary metadata but no clock times.
Additional Context
Use case: matching transcript messages against external logs during long sessions. Verified against the V2 docs and published schema on 2026-11-10; not a V1-era feature being missed.
Activity
opencodejr commentedon Nov 10, 2026
Thanks for the clear write-up, @sagaciouszu! I think this is a duplicate of #49742, which asks for the same thing: a v2 TUI option (e.g.
session.timestampswith a/timestampstoggle, as in v1) that shows message times in the transcript.Possible duplicates and closely related issues, ordered by likelihood:
session.timestamps//timestampsdesign you suggested. Another comment shows how to read message times fromopencode apiwithjqin the meantime.session.timestampssetting, which shows the completion time in assistant reply footers.The bot will close this issue as a duplicate in 1 day unless you reply explaining how your request differs from #49742. Feel free to add your use case (matching messages against external logs) there.
neriousy commentedon Nov 10, 2026
Thanks for the report. This is the same issue as #49742, so we're tracking it there. Closing as a duplicate. Please add any extra details on #49742.
opencodejr commentedon Nov 11, 2026
Closing this as a duplicate of #49742, since there's been no reply in the past day saying how this request differs. That issue asks for the same v2 TUI option to show message timestamps (
session.timestamps//timestamps).If you'd like to follow it, please subscribe to #49742 or add your use case there (matching messages against external logs). #62530 is an open PR for a related opt-in timestamp setting. If your request is actually different, reply here and we can reopen it. Thanks, @sagaciouszu!