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Show action duration in explorer panel

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
42/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
github-actions, typescript, vscode
Domain
ci-cd, devtools

Research direction

Start by locating the explorer panel's rendering of actions and steps, then check whether duration data is already available from the existing action details. Add human-readable durations for both levels on the right and verify the displayed values against the Web UI or existing extension behavior.

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Description

enhancement

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

I need to go to the Web UI in order to see how actions perform.

Describe the solution you'd like

Show duration of the action and step in human readable format on the right.

Additional context

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Dominant language
TypeScript
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Forks
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