# April 3, 2025 - New receivedTimestampInMs placeholder for OPC UA custom action requests

**URL:** <https://community.cumulocity.com/t/april-3-2025-new-receivedtimestampinms-placeholder-for-opc-ua-custom-action-requests/12109>\
**Category:** Device Management & connectivity\
**Tags:** Feature, opc-ua, device-management, device-connectivity\
**Created:** [April 5, 2025, 7:03am UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/april-3-2025-new-receivedtimestampinms-placeholder-for-opc-ua-custom-action-requests/12109 "2025-04-05T07:03:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.cumulocity.com/system/32/31990_2.png) [@system](https://community.cumulocity.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 7:03am UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/april-3-2025-new-receivedtimestampinms-placeholder-for-opc-ua-custom-action-requests/12109/1 "2025-04-05T07:03:43Z")

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## Context

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**Change Type:** Feature  
**Product area:** Device management & connectivity  
**Component:** OPC UA  
**Deployed at:** [eu.latest.cumulocity.com](http://eu.latest.cumulocity.com), [apj.cumulocity.com](http://apj.cumulocity.com), [jp.cumulocity.com](http://jp.cumulocity.com), [cumulocity.com](http://cumulocity.com), [us.cumulocity.com](http://us.cumulocity.com)

> **Technical details**
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> **Build artifact:** opcua (1021.5.0)  
> **Internal ID:** DM-4213

## Description

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For OPC UA custom action requests, you can now include the timestamp of when the node value is received by the OPC UA device gateway. Simply add the `${receivedTimestampInMs}` placeholder to the custom action body template in the OPC UA device protocol. This enables users to track when a node value is processed within the gateway.