Traffic Timeline
The Timeline
Section titled “The Timeline”The Traffic tab (Cmd+1) shows a live, scrolling timeline of every JSON-RPC message passing through the proxy. Messages appear in real-time as they flow between the AI client and MCP server.
Each message row shows:
- Direction arrow — whether the message goes from client to server or server to client
- Method badge — color-coded by category (
tools/*,resources/*,prompts/*,notifications/*,initialize, etc.) - Timestamp — when the message was captured
- Duration — response time for matched request/response pairs
Click any message to open the detail pane with the full JSON-RPC payload rendered in Monaco editor.
Filtering
Section titled “Filtering”The filter bar at the top lets you narrow down the timeline:
| Filter | What it does |
|---|---|
| Session | Show messages from a specific session only |
| Server | Filter by server name |
| Method | Dropdown populated from methods actually seen in traffic |
| Direction | Client-to-server, server-to-client, or both |
| Search | Full-text search across raw JSON payloads |
| Errors only | Toggle to show only error responses |
Filters combine — you can search for a term within a specific method on a specific server.
Response Time Matching
Section titled “Response Time Matching”Conduit automatically matches JSON-RPC requests with their responses using the id field. When a pair is matched, the response row shows the round-trip duration in milliseconds.
Method Color Coding
Section titled “Method Color Coding”Methods are color-coded by namespace for quick visual scanning:
| Namespace | Color |
|---|---|
tools/* | Blue |
resources/* | Green |
prompts/* | Purple |
notifications/* | Yellow |
initialize / ping | Gray |
| Errors | Red |