# Display chatbot response time in replies

**URL:** <https://community.elfsight.com/t/display-chatbot-response-time-in-replies/135023>\
**Category:** AI Chatbot\
**Tags:** Gathering-Feedback\
**Created:** [August 5, 2025, 6:19am UTC](https://community.elfsight.com/t/display-chatbot-response-time-in-replies/135023 "2025-08-05T06:19:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![user23536](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/919ad9/32.png) [@user23536](https://community.elfsight.com/u/user23536)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 6:19am UTC](https://community.elfsight.com/t/display-chatbot-response-time-in-replies/135023/1 "2025-08-05T06:19:34Z")

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Please add a feature where the chatbot shows how many seconds it took to give an answer. For example, the chatbot could include a message like: “This answer took X seconds to provide.”

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**Author:** ![Paul\_D](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.elfsight.com/paul_d/32/71908_2.png) [@Paul\_D](https://community.elfsight.com/u/Paul_D)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://community.elfsight.com/t/display-chatbot-response-time-in-replies/135023/2 "2025-08-05T16:51:55Z")

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I think this could be a helpful feature **in the chatbot editor console only** , if it provides a meaningful indication of whether our updates to the training documents or Instructions text are improving response efficiency.

However, I would **not** want to see this exposed in the live chatbot on our site—for the same psychological reason a restaurant shouldn’t publish an app showing how long you’ve been waiting for a table. It draws attention to something the user would complain about.

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**Author:** ![Helga](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.elfsight.com/helga/32/1155_2.png) [@Helga](https://community.elfsight.com/u/Helga)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://community.elfsight.com/t/display-chatbot-response-time-in-replies/135023/3 "2025-08-11T14:56:02Z")

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Nice idea, thank you for sharing, @user23536!

I, however, agree with @Paul_D that sharing this info in the editor only for you to see, rather than publicly. Do you think it would work for you?