diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/common/traceEvents.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/common/traceEvents.ts
index bea151955d..581b7c5fb1 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/common/traceEvents.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/common/traceEvents.ts
@@ -24,12 +24,15 @@ export type BrowserContextEventOptions = {
   viewport?: Size,
   deviceScaleFactor?: number,
   isMobile?: boolean,
+  userAgent?: string,
 };
 
 export type ContextCreatedTraceEvent = {
   version: number,
   type: 'context-options',
   browserName: string,
+  platform: string,
+  wallTime: number,
   title?: string,
   options: BrowserContextEventOptions
 };
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/recorder/tracing.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/recorder/tracing.ts
index f9a445f9dd..9620bdfe3f 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/recorder/tracing.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/recorder/tracing.ts
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ export class Tracing implements InstrumentationListener, SnapshotterDelegate, Ha
       version: VERSION,
       type: 'context-options',
       browserName: this._context._browser.options.name,
-      options: this._context._options
+      options: this._context._options,
+      platform: process.platform,
+      wallTime: 0,
     };
   }
 
@@ -124,7 +126,7 @@ export class Tracing implements InstrumentationListener, SnapshotterDelegate, Ha
 
     this._appendTraceOperation(async () => {
       await mkdirIfNeeded(state.traceFile);
-      await fs.promises.appendFile(state.traceFile, JSON.stringify({ ...this._contextCreatedEvent, title: options.title }) + '\n');
+      await fs.promises.appendFile(state.traceFile, JSON.stringify({ ...this._contextCreatedEvent, title: options.title, wallTime: Date.now() }) + '\n');
     });
 
     this._context.instrumentation.addListener(this);
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/entries.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/entries.ts
index 900304de08..c731e2dd0a 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/entries.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/entries.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ export type ContextEntry = {
   startTime: number;
   endTime: number;
   browserName: string;
+  platform?: string;
+  wallTime?: number;
   title?: string;
   options: trace.BrowserContextEventOptions;
   pages: PageEntry[];
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/traceModel.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/traceModel.ts
index 56edc1eeda..d32aa3fdc3 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/traceModel.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/traceModel.ts
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ export class TraceModel {
       case 'context-options': {
         this.contextEntry.browserName = event.browserName;
         this.contextEntry.title = event.title;
+        this.contextEntry.platform = event.platform;
+        this.contextEntry.wallTime = event.wallTime;
         this.contextEntry.options = event.options;
         break;
       }
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/ui/actionList.css b/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/ui/actionList.css
index d1d606a5fa..8d1890fe1d 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/ui/actionList.css
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/ui/actionList.css
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@
   limitations under the License.
 */
 
-.action-list-title {
-  padding: 0 10px;
-}
-
 .action-list-content {
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/ui/actionList.tsx b/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/ui/actionList.tsx
index 0e7e533257..a737bf9a78 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/ui/actionList.tsx
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/ui/actionList.tsx
@@ -45,11 +45,6 @@ export const ActionList: React.FC<ActionListProps> = ({
   }, [selectedAction, actionListRef]);
 
   return <div className='action-list vbox'>
-    <div className='action-list-title tab-strip'>
-      <div className='tab-element'>
-        <div className='tab-label'>Actions</div>
-      </div>
-    </div>
     <div
       className='action-list-content'
       tabIndex={0}
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/ui/callTab.css b/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/ui/callTab.css
index 950821616b..ed35d24008 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/ui/callTab.css
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/ui/callTab.css
@@ -47,11 +47,13 @@
 }
 
 .call-line {
-  padding: 0 0 2px 6px;
+  padding: 4px 0 4px 6px;
   flex: none;
   align-items: center;
   text-overflow: ellipsis;
   overflow: hidden;
+  line-height: 18px;
+  white-space: nowrap;
 }
 
 .call-line .datetime,
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/ui/workbench.css b/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/ui/workbench.css
index 6f8c02d242..378add268e 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/ui/workbench.css
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/ui/workbench.css
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
   font-size: 24px;
   color: #666;
   font-weight: bold;
+  margin-bottom: 30px;
 }
 
 .drop-target input {
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@
   background-color: rgb(0, 122, 204);
   padding: 6px 4px;
   border: none;
-  margin: 40px 0;
+  margin: 30px 0;
   cursor: pointer;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/ui/workbench.tsx b/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/ui/workbench.tsx
index 1f750f3c4d..d36d39bc3c 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/ui/workbench.tsx
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/ui/workbench.tsx
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import { CallTab } from './callTab';
 import { SplitView } from '../../components/splitView';
 import { ConsoleTab } from './consoleTab';
 import * as modelUtil from './modelUtil';
+import { msToString } from '../../uiUtils';
 
 export const Workbench: React.FunctionComponent<{
 }> = () => {
@@ -35,7 +36,8 @@ export const Workbench: React.FunctionComponent<{
   const [contextEntry, setContextEntry] = React.useState<ContextEntry>(emptyContext);
   const [selectedAction, setSelectedAction] = React.useState<ActionTraceEvent | undefined>();
   const [highlightedAction, setHighlightedAction] = React.useState<ActionTraceEvent | undefined>();
-  const [selectedTab, setSelectedTab] = React.useState<string>('logs');
+  const [selectedNavigatorTab, setSelectedNavigatorTab] = React.useState<string>('actions');
+  const [selectedPropertiesTab, setSelectedPropertiesTab] = React.useState<string>('logs');
   const [progress, setProgress] = React.useState<{ done: number, total: number }>({ done: 0, total: 0 });
   const [dragOver, setDragOver] = React.useState<boolean>(false);
 
@@ -122,32 +124,55 @@ export const Workbench: React.FunctionComponent<{
     <SplitView sidebarSize={300} orientation='horizontal' sidebarIsFirst={true}>
       <SplitView sidebarSize={300} orientation='horizontal'>
         <SnapshotTab action={selectedAction} defaultSnapshotInfo={defaultSnapshotInfo} />
-        <TabbedPane tabs={tabs} selectedTab={selectedTab} setSelectedTab={setSelectedTab}/>
+        <TabbedPane tabs={tabs} selectedTab={selectedPropertiesTab} setSelectedTab={setSelectedPropertiesTab}/>
       </SplitView>
-      <ActionList
-        actions={contextEntry.actions}
-        selectedAction={selectedAction}
-        highlightedAction={highlightedAction}
-        onSelected={action => {
-          setSelectedAction(action);
-        }}
-        onHighlighted={action => setHighlightedAction(action)}
-        setSelectedTab={setSelectedTab}
-      />
+      <TabbedPane tabs={
+        [
+          { id: 'actions', title: 'Actions', count: 0, render: () => <ActionList
+            actions={contextEntry.actions}
+            selectedAction={selectedAction}
+            highlightedAction={highlightedAction}
+            onSelected={action => {
+              setSelectedAction(action);
+            }}
+            onHighlighted={action => setHighlightedAction(action)}
+            setSelectedTab={setSelectedPropertiesTab}
+          /> },
+          { id: 'metadata', title: 'Metadata', count: 0, render: () => <div className='vbox'>
+            <div className='call-section' style={{ paddingTop: 2 }}>Time</div>
+            {contextEntry.wallTime && <div className='call-line'>start time: <span className='datetime' title={new Date(contextEntry.wallTime).toLocaleString()}>{new Date(contextEntry.wallTime).toLocaleString()}</span></div>}
+            <div className='call-line'>duration: <span className='number' title={msToString(contextEntry.endTime - contextEntry.startTime)}>{msToString(contextEntry.endTime - contextEntry.startTime)}</span></div>
+            <div className='call-section'>Browser</div>
+            <div className='call-line'>engine: <span className='string' title={contextEntry.browserName}>{contextEntry.browserName}</span></div>
+            {contextEntry.platform && <div className='call-line'>platform: <span className='string' title={contextEntry.platform}>{contextEntry.platform}</span></div>}
+            {contextEntry.options.userAgent && <div className='call-line'>user agent: <span className='datetime' title={contextEntry.options.userAgent}>{contextEntry.options.userAgent}</span></div>}
+            <div className='call-section'>Viewport</div>
+            {contextEntry.options.viewport && <div className='call-line'>width: <span className='number' title={String(!!contextEntry.options.viewport?.width)}>{contextEntry.options.viewport.width}</span></div>}
+            {contextEntry.options.viewport && <div className='call-line'>height: <span className='number' title={String(!!contextEntry.options.viewport?.height)}>{contextEntry.options.viewport.height}</span></div>}
+            <div className='call-line'>is mobile: <span className='boolean' title={String(!!contextEntry.options.isMobile)}>{String(!!contextEntry.options.isMobile)}</span></div>
+            {contextEntry.options.deviceScaleFactor && <div className='call-line'>device scale: <span className='number' title={String(contextEntry.options.deviceScaleFactor)}>{String(contextEntry.options.deviceScaleFactor)}</span></div>}
+            <div className='call-section'>Counts</div>
+            <div className='call-line'>pages: <span className='number'>{contextEntry.pages.length}</span></div>
+            <div className='call-line'>actions: <span className='number'>{contextEntry.actions.length}</span></div>
+            <div className='call-line'>events: <span className='number'>{contextEntry.events.length}</span></div>
+          </div> },
+        ]
+      } selectedTab={selectedNavigatorTab} setSelectedTab={setSelectedNavigatorTab}/>
     </SplitView>
     {!!progress.total && <div className='progress'>
       <div className='inner-progress' style={{ width: (100 * progress.done / progress.total) + '%' }}></div>
     </div>}
     {!dragOver && !traceURL && <div className='drop-target'>
       <div className='title'>Drop Playwright Trace to load</div>
+      <div>or</div>
       <button onClick={() => {
         const input = document.createElement('input');
         input.type = 'file';
         input.click();
         input.addEventListener('change', e => handleFileInputChange(e));
-      }}>...or select file</button>
-      <div>Playwright Trace Viewer is a progressive web app, it does not send your trace anywhere,
-        it opens it locally instead.</div>
+      }}>Select file</button>
+      <div style={{ maxWidth: 400 }}>Playwright Trace Viewer is a Progressive Web App, it does not send your trace anywhere,
+        it opens it locally.</div>
     </div>}
     {dragOver && <div className='drop-target'
       onDragLeave={() => { setDragOver(false); }}
diff --git a/tests/trace-viewer/trace-viewer.spec.ts b/tests/trace-viewer/trace-viewer.spec.ts
index 847f9efade..f5e0a6ba1b 100644
--- a/tests/trace-viewer/trace-viewer.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/trace-viewer/trace-viewer.spec.ts
@@ -579,3 +579,18 @@ test('should follow redirects', async ({ page, runAndTrace, server, asset }) =>
   const snapshotFrame = await traceViewer.snapshotFrame('page.evaluate');
   await expect(snapshotFrame.locator('img')).toHaveJSProperty('naturalWidth', 10);
 });
+
+test('should include metainfo', async ({ showTraceViewer, browserName }) => {
+  const traceViewer = await showTraceViewer(traceFile);
+  await traceViewer.page.locator('text=Metadata').click();
+  const callLine = traceViewer.page.locator('.call-line');
+  await expect(callLine.locator('text=start time')).toHaveText(/start time: [\d/,: ]+/);
+  await expect(callLine.locator('text=duration')).toHaveText(/duration: [\dms]+/);
+  await expect(callLine.locator('text=engine')).toHaveText(/engine: [\w]+/);
+  await expect(callLine.locator('text=platform')).toHaveText(/platform: [\w]+/);
+  await expect(callLine.locator('text=width')).toHaveText(/width: [\d]+/);
+  await expect(callLine.locator('text=height')).toHaveText(/height: [\d]+/);
+  await expect(callLine.locator('text=pages')).toHaveText(/pages: 1/);
+  await expect(callLine.locator('text=actions')).toHaveText(/actions: [\d]+/);
+  await expect(callLine.locator('text=events')).toHaveText(/events: [\d]+/);
+});