# cypress-timestamps

> Add timestamps to Cypress tests, error screenshots, and Command Log

Latest version **1.5.0** (published 2026-02-23) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install cypress-timestamps
pnpm add cypress-timestamps
yarn add cypress-timestamps
bun add cypress-timestamps
```

## Health

**Score 50/100 (C)** — status: stable.

Positive: no vulnerabilities; has provenance.

Warnings: low downloads; no types; no esm support.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.5.0 |
| Published | 2026-02-23 |
| First published | 2021-12-09 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 1 |
| Unpacked size | 8.9 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| Provenance | attested (GitHub Actions) |
| GitHub stars | 7 |
| Author | Gleb Bahmutov |
| Maintainers | bahmutov |
| Keywords | cypress-plugin |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/cypress-timestamps
- Repository: https://github.com/bahmutov/cypress-timestamps
- Homepage: https://github.com/bahmutov/cypress-timestamps#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/bahmutov/cypress-timestamps/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/cypress-timestamps

## Dependencies (1)

- [format-duration](https://npm.io/package/format-duration.md) ^3.0.0

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## Recent versions

- 1.5.0 (latest) — 2026-02-23
- 1.4.0 — 2025-12-01
- 1.3.0 — 2025-12-01
- 1.2.3 — 2023-01-04
- 1.2.2 — 2023-01-04
- 1.2.1 — 2023-01-04
- 1.2.0 — 2022-07-29
- 1.1.0 — 2022-07-28
- 1.0.2 — 2021-12-10
- 1.0.1 — 2021-12-09
- 1.0.0 — 2021-12-09

## README

# cypress-timestamps ![cypress version](https://img.shields.io/badge/cypress-15.7.0-brightgreen)

> Add timestamps to Cypress tests, error screenshots, and Command Log

Read the blog post [Add Timestamps To Cypress](https://glebbahmutov.com/blog/cypress-timestamps/)

## Install

```shell
$ npm i -D cypress-timestamps
# or if using Yarn
$ yarn add -D cypress-timestamps
```

## Use

Include the plugin from your support file

```js
// cypress/support/e2e.js

// https://github.com/bahmutov/cypress-timestamps
require('cypress-timestamps/support')()
```

Include this plugin from your project's Cypress config file. This is optional and is needed only if you enable the option `terminal: true` (see below)

```js
// cypress.config.js

const { defineConfig } = require('cypress')

module.exports = defineConfig({
  fixturesFolder: false,
  e2e: {
    setupNodeEvents(on, config) {
      // https://github.com/bahmutov/cypress-timestamps
      return require('cypress-timestamps/plugin')(on, config)
    },
  },
})
```

## Options

By default, this plugin adds the timestamps to the error message if a test fails, and to the parent commands in the Command Log. You can also enable printing the test start and end timestamps in the terminal by registering the plugin (see above) and enabling the option when registering the support file.

```js
// cypress/support/e2e.js

// https://github.com/bahmutov/cypress-timestamps
require('cypress-timestamps/support')({
  terminal: true,
  error: true,
  commandLog: true,
})
```

### terminal

Prints timestamps around each test, prints a timestamp of the screenshot taken on test failure

![Terminal timestamps](./images/screenshot-timestamp.png)

### error

Adds the timestamp to any error thrown by the test

![Error timestamp](./images/timestamp-error.png)

### commandLog

Adds timestamps before each parent command that starts a new chain of commands

![Command Log timestamps](./images/parent-timestamps.png)

### elapsed

When printing the timestamps to the command log, you can print either the absolute timestamp (by default), or the time since the test has started.

```js
// https://github.com/bahmutov/cypress-timestamps
require('cypress-timestamps/support')({
  commandLog: true,
  elapsed: true,
})
```

![Time since the test started for each command](./images/elapsed.png)

### Stamp all commands

By default, only the parent and dual commands get a timestamp in the Command Log to avoid verbose clutter. You can enable stamping every command using the `commandLog: "all"` option.

```js
// https://github.com/bahmutov/cypress-timestamps
require('cypress-timestamps/support')({
  commandLog: 'all',
  elapsed: true,
})
```

![Elapsed time for every command](./images/all.png)

**Tip:** looking to slow down your Cypress tests? Use my [cypress-slow-down](https://github.com/bahmutov/cypress-slow-down) plugin.

## Small print

Author: Gleb Bahmutov <gleb.bahmutov@gmail.com> © 2021

- [@bahmutov](https://twitter.com/bahmutov)
- [glebbahmutov.com](https://glebbahmutov.com)
- [blog](https://glebbahmutov.com/blog)
- [videos](https://www.youtube.com/glebbahmutov)
- [presentations](https://slides.com/bahmutov)
- [cypress.tips](https://cypress.tips)

License: MIT - do anything with the code, but don't blame me if it does not work.

Support: if you find any problems with this module, email / tweet /
[open issue](https://github.com/bahmutov/cypress-timestamps/issues) on Github

## MIT License

Copyright (c) 2021 Gleb Bahmutov <gleb.bahmutov@gmail.com>

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
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The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
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WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
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