I want the DevTools console to tell me when something happened
Submitted by Anonymous
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When I'm debugging a web app that uses Hot Module Replacement (HMR), I often tweak code in my editor without refreshing the page. After a hot reload, the DevTools console fills up with a mix of old and new messages — and there's no easy way to tell which errors appeared before the change and which appeared after.
Right now, my only options are to manually clear the console (and lose any errors I was actively investigating), refresh the page (which defeats the whole point of HMR), or try to memorize exactly which errors were already there. None of these are great.
I want the DevTools console to display a clear visual separator — a timestamp marker or a labeled divider — whenever a significant event occurs, such as a hot module reload, a page navigation, or a script re-execution. This would let me instantly see the boundary between "before my change" and "after my change" without disrupting my debugging session or losing console history.
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