diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c5b9184ab..8375ea2a7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   `dc_accounts_event_emitter_unref`.
 - add `dc_contact_was_seen_recently()` #3560
 - jsonrpc: add `is_broadcast` property to `ChatListItemFetchResult`
+- jsonrpc: add `was_seen_recently` property to `ChatListItemFetchResult`, `FullChat` and `Contact`
 
 ### Changes
 - order contact lists by "last seen";
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/types/chat.rs b/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/types/chat.rs
index d12e254c3..d2945babd 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/types/chat.rs
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/types/chat.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 use deltachat::chat::get_chat_contacts;
 use deltachat::chat::{Chat, ChatId};
+use deltachat::constants::Chattype;
 use deltachat::contact::{Contact, ContactId};
 use deltachat::context::Context;
 use num_traits::cast::ToPrimitive;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ pub struct FullChat {
     is_muted: bool,
     ephemeral_timer: u32, //TODO look if there are more important properties in newer core versions
     can_send: bool,
+    was_seen_recently: bool,
 }
 
 impl FullChat {
@@ -65,6 +67,17 @@ impl FullChat {
 
         let can_send = chat.can_send(context).await?;
 
+        let was_seen_recently = if chat.get_type() == Chattype::Single {
+            match contact_ids.get(0) {
+                Some(contact) => Contact::load_from_db(context, *contact)
+                    .await?
+                    .was_seen_recently(),
+                None => false,
+            }
+        } else {
+            false
+        };
+
         Ok(FullChat {
             id: chat_id,
             name: chat.name.clone(),
@@ -87,6 +100,7 @@ impl FullChat {
             is_muted: chat.is_muted(),
             ephemeral_timer,
             can_send,
+            was_seen_recently,
         })
     }
 }
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/types/chat_list.rs b/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/types/chat_list.rs
index 97bbcc739..45933770f 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/types/chat_list.rs
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/types/chat_list.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use anyhow::Result;
 use deltachat::constants::*;
-use deltachat::contact::ContactId;
+use deltachat::contact::{Contact, ContactId};
 use deltachat::{
     chat::{get_chat_contacts, ChatVisibility},
     chatlist::Chatlist,
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ pub enum ChatListItemFetchResult {
         is_broadcast: bool,
         /// contact id if this is a dm chat (for view profile entry in context menu)
         dm_chat_contact: Option<u32>,
+        was_seen_recently: bool,
     },
     ArchiveLink,
     #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
@@ -94,10 +95,20 @@ pub(crate) async fn get_chat_list_item_by_id(
 
     let self_in_group = chat_contacts.contains(&ContactId::SELF);
 
-    let dm_chat_contact = if chat.get_type() == Chattype::Single {
-        chat_contacts.get(0).map(|contact_id| contact_id.to_u32())
+    let (dm_chat_contact, was_seen_recently) = if chat.get_type() == Chattype::Single {
+        let contact = chat_contacts.get(0);
+        let was_seen_recently = match contact {
+            Some(contact) => Contact::load_from_db(ctx, *contact)
+                .await?
+                .was_seen_recently(),
+            None => false,
+        };
+        (
+            contact.map(|contact_id| contact_id.to_u32()),
+            was_seen_recently,
+        )
     } else {
-        None
+        (None, false)
     };
 
     let fresh_message_counter = chat_id.get_fresh_msg_cnt(ctx).await?;
@@ -125,5 +136,6 @@ pub(crate) async fn get_chat_list_item_by_id(
         is_contact_request: chat.is_contact_request(),
         is_broadcast: chat.get_type() == Chattype::Broadcast,
         dm_chat_contact,
+        was_seen_recently,
     })
 }
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/types/contact.rs b/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/types/contact.rs
index 13534f9bf..d5c9ab2a8 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/types/contact.rs
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/types/contact.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ pub struct ContactObject {
     name_and_addr: String,
     is_blocked: bool,
     is_verified: bool,
+    was_seen_recently: bool,
 }
 
 impl ContactObject {
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ impl ContactObject {
             name_and_addr: contact.get_name_n_addr(),
             is_blocked: contact.is_blocked(),
             is_verified,
+            was_seen_recently: contact.was_seen_recently(),
         })
     }
 }
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/generated/client.ts b/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/generated/client.ts
index 8d3f3e86d..9b01d0b65 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/generated/client.ts
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/generated/client.ts
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ export class RawClient {
    * The list is already sorted and starts with the oldest message.
    * Clients should not try to re-sort the list as this would be an expensive action
    * and would result in inconsistencies between clients.
-   * 
+   *
    * Setting `chat_id` to `None` (`null` in typescript) means get messages with media
    * from any chat of the currently used account.
    */
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/generated/types.ts b/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/generated/types.ts
index d36e5519e..592780250 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/generated/types.ts
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/generated/types.ts
@@ -8,12 +8,16 @@ export type Usize=number;
 export type ChatListEntry=[U32,U32];
 export type I64=number;
 export type ChatListItemFetchResult=(({"type":"ChatListItem";}&{"id":U32;"name":string;"avatarPath":(string|null);"color":string;"lastUpdated":(I64|null);"summaryText1":string;"summaryText2":string;"summaryStatus":U32;"isProtected":boolean;"isGroup":boolean;"freshMessageCounter":Usize;"isSelfTalk":boolean;"isDeviceTalk":boolean;"isSendingLocation":boolean;"isSelfInGroup":boolean;"isArchived":boolean;"isPinned":boolean;"isMuted":boolean;"isContactRequest":boolean;
+/**
+ * true when chat is a broadcastlist
+ */
+"isBroadcast":boolean;
 /**
  * contact id if this is a dm chat (for view profile entry in context menu)
  */
-"dmChatContact":(U32|null);})|{"type":"ArchiveLink";}|({"type":"Error";}&{"id":U32;"error":string;}));
-export type Contact={"address":string;"color":string;"authName":string;"status":string;"displayName":string;"id":U32;"name":string;"profileImage":(string|null);"nameAndAddr":string;"isBlocked":boolean;"isVerified":boolean;};
-export type FullChat={"id":U32;"name":string;"isProtected":boolean;"profileImage":(string|null);"archived":boolean;"chatType":U32;"isUnpromoted":boolean;"isSelfTalk":boolean;"contacts":(Contact)[];"contactIds":(U32)[];"color":string;"freshMessageCounter":Usize;"isContactRequest":boolean;"isDeviceChat":boolean;"selfInGroup":boolean;"isMuted":boolean;"ephemeralTimer":U32;"canSend":boolean;};
+"dmChatContact":(U32|null);"wasSeenRecently":boolean;})|{"type":"ArchiveLink";}|({"type":"Error";}&{"id":U32;"error":string;}));
+export type Contact={"address":string;"color":string;"authName":string;"status":string;"displayName":string;"id":U32;"name":string;"profileImage":(string|null);"nameAndAddr":string;"isBlocked":boolean;"isVerified":boolean;"wasSeenRecently":boolean;};
+export type FullChat={"id":U32;"name":string;"isProtected":boolean;"profileImage":(string|null);"archived":boolean;"chatType":U32;"isUnpromoted":boolean;"isSelfTalk":boolean;"contacts":(Contact)[];"contactIds":(U32)[];"color":string;"freshMessageCounter":Usize;"isContactRequest":boolean;"isDeviceChat":boolean;"selfInGroup":boolean;"isMuted":boolean;"ephemeralTimer":U32;"canSend":boolean;"wasSeenRecently":boolean;};
 export type Viewtype=("Unknown"|
 /**
  * Text message.