diff --git a/apps/flipcash/shared/chat/src/main/kotlin/com/flipcash/shared/chat/ChatCoordinator.kt b/apps/flipcash/shared/chat/src/main/kotlin/com/flipcash/shared/chat/ChatCoordinator.kt
index e925c4e75..ceeaa1e44 100644
--- a/apps/flipcash/shared/chat/src/main/kotlin/com/flipcash/shared/chat/ChatCoordinator.kt
+++ b/apps/flipcash/shared/chat/src/main/kotlin/com/flipcash/shared/chat/ChatCoordinator.kt
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ class ChatCoordinator @Inject constructor(
             type = PointerType.READ,
             userId = selfId,
             value = messageId,
+            timestamp = Clock.System.now(),
         )
         memberDataSource.updatePointers(chatId, pointer)
         _state.update { state ->
diff --git a/apps/flipcash/shared/persistence/db/src/main/kotlin/com/flipcash/app/persistence/converters/ChatTypeConverters.kt b/apps/flipcash/shared/persistence/db/src/main/kotlin/com/flipcash/app/persistence/converters/ChatTypeConverters.kt
index b55abb5a2..0c20c9a28 100644
--- a/apps/flipcash/shared/persistence/db/src/main/kotlin/com/flipcash/app/persistence/converters/ChatTypeConverters.kt
+++ b/apps/flipcash/shared/persistence/db/src/main/kotlin/com/flipcash/app/persistence/converters/ChatTypeConverters.kt
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ data class MessagePointerSerialized(
     val type: String,
     val userIdHex: String,
     val value: Long,
+    val timestampEpochSeconds: Long = 0L,
 )
 
 @Serializable
diff --git a/apps/flipcash/shared/persistence/sources/src/main/kotlin/com/flipcash/app/persistence/sources/mapper/chat/ChatEntityMapper.kt b/apps/flipcash/shared/persistence/sources/src/main/kotlin/com/flipcash/app/persistence/sources/mapper/chat/ChatEntityMapper.kt
index 3dcbbb5fc..e42d65762 100644
--- a/apps/flipcash/shared/persistence/sources/src/main/kotlin/com/flipcash/app/persistence/sources/mapper/chat/ChatEntityMapper.kt
+++ b/apps/flipcash/shared/persistence/sources/src/main/kotlin/com/flipcash/app/persistence/sources/mapper/chat/ChatEntityMapper.kt
@@ -211,12 +211,14 @@ private fun MessagePointer.toSerialized(): MessagePointerSerialized = MessagePoi
     type = type.name,
     userIdHex = userId.hexEncodedString(),
     value = value,
+    timestampEpochSeconds = timestamp.epochSeconds,
 )
 
 private fun MessagePointerSerialized.toDomain(): MessagePointer = MessagePointer(
     type = PointerType.entries.firstOrNull { it.name == type } ?: PointerType.UNKNOWN,
     userId = userIdHex.hexToIdExt(),
     value = value,
+    timestamp = Instant.fromEpochSeconds(timestampEpochSeconds),
 )
 
 private fun UserProfile.toSerialized(): UserProfileSerialized = UserProfileSerialized(
diff --git a/definitions/flipcash/protos/src/main/proto/messaging/v1/model.proto b/definitions/flipcash/protos/src/main/proto/messaging/v1/model.proto
index e38ebb7e3..f4b53492d 100644
--- a/definitions/flipcash/protos/src/main/proto/messaging/v1/model.proto
+++ b/definitions/flipcash/protos/src/main/proto/messaging/v1/model.proto
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ message Pointer {
     // Everything at or before this message ID is considered to have the state
     // inferred by the type of pointer.
     MessageId value = 3 [(validate.rules).message.required = true];
+
+    // Timestamp the pointer was last advanced at
+    google.protobuf.Timestamp ts = 4 [(validate.rules).timestamp.required = true];
 }
 
 message MessageIdBatch {
diff --git a/services/flipcash/src/main/kotlin/com/flipcash/services/internal/network/extensions/ProtobufToLocal.kt b/services/flipcash/src/main/kotlin/com/flipcash/services/internal/network/extensions/ProtobufToLocal.kt
index 107742113..0ffa8dbe8 100644
--- a/services/flipcash/src/main/kotlin/com/flipcash/services/internal/network/extensions/ProtobufToLocal.kt
+++ b/services/flipcash/src/main/kotlin/com/flipcash/services/internal/network/extensions/ProtobufToLocal.kt
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ internal fun MessagingModel.Pointer.toPointer(): MessagePointer {
         type = type.toPointerType(),
         userId = userId.toId(),
         value = value.value,
+        timestamp = Instant.fromEpochSeconds(ts.seconds, ts.nanos),
     )
 }
 
diff --git a/services/flipcash/src/main/kotlin/com/flipcash/services/models/chat/MessagePointer.kt b/services/flipcash/src/main/kotlin/com/flipcash/services/models/chat/MessagePointer.kt
index b5e583a0b..bec82fefa 100644
--- a/services/flipcash/src/main/kotlin/com/flipcash/services/models/chat/MessagePointer.kt
+++ b/services/flipcash/src/main/kotlin/com/flipcash/services/models/chat/MessagePointer.kt
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 package com.flipcash.services.models.chat
 
 import com.getcode.opencode.model.core.ID
+import kotlin.time.Instant
 
 data class MessagePointer(
     val type: PointerType,
     val userId: ID,
     val value: Long,
+    val timestamp: Instant,
 )
 
 enum class PointerType {
diff --git a/services/flipcash/src/test/kotlin/com/flipcash/services/models/chat/DomainModelsTest.kt b/services/flipcash/src/test/kotlin/com/flipcash/services/models/chat/DomainModelsTest.kt
index 3e80d6471..e7428e967 100644
--- a/services/flipcash/src/test/kotlin/com/flipcash/services/models/chat/DomainModelsTest.kt
+++ b/services/flipcash/src/test/kotlin/com/flipcash/services/models/chat/DomainModelsTest.kt
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class DomainModelsTest {
                 ChatMessage(1, null, listOf(MessageContent.Text("hi")), Instant.fromEpochSeconds(0), 1)
             ),
             pointerUpdates = listOf(
-                MessagePointer(PointerType.READ, listOf(1.toByte()), 5)
+                MessagePointer(PointerType.READ, listOf(1.toByte()), 5, Instant.fromEpochSeconds(0))
             ),
             typingNotifications = listOf(
                 TypingNotification(listOf(1.toByte()), TypingState.STARTED_TYPING)
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class DomainModelsTest {
         val member = ChatMember(
             userId = listOf(1.toByte()),
             userProfile = UserProfile("Test", emptyList(), null, null),
-            pointers = listOf(MessagePointer(PointerType.READ, listOf(1.toByte()), 10)),
+            pointers = listOf(MessagePointer(PointerType.READ, listOf(1.toByte()), 10, Instant.fromEpochSeconds(0))),
         )
         assertEquals("Test", member.userProfile.displayName)
         assertEquals(1, member.pointers.size)