From f0cd20bcbd3afda0cb024bb067cd630315e15cb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CREDO23 <bakerathierry@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:12:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat(chat): add showMessageTimestamps preference atom
 (localStorage, off by default)

---
 surfsense_web/atoms/chat/show-timestamps.atom.ts | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 surfsense_web/atoms/chat/show-timestamps.atom.ts

diff --git a/surfsense_web/atoms/chat/show-timestamps.atom.ts b/surfsense_web/atoms/chat/show-timestamps.atom.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..434f065ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/surfsense_web/atoms/chat/show-timestamps.atom.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { atomWithStorage } from "jotai/utils";
+
+/**
+ * Per-device preference: show a timestamp under each chat message.
+ *
+ * Off by default to match streaming-AI chat convention (ChatGPT/Claude keep
+ * the message stream clean and put time in the conversation list). Persisted
+ * in localStorage, so it does not sync across devices — acceptable for a
+ * cosmetic display toggle.
+ */
+export const showMessageTimestampsAtom = atomWithStorage<boolean>("chat-show-timestamps:v1", false);