diff --git a/app/pages/package-timeline/[[org]]/[packageName].vue b/app/pages/package-timeline/[[org]]/[packageName].vue
index a86c3f2af3..701428e161 100644
--- a/app/pages/package-timeline/[[org]]/[packageName].vue
+++ b/app/pages/package-timeline/[[org]]/[packageName].vue
@@ -174,6 +174,19 @@ if (import.meta.client) {
 
 const bytesFormatter = useBytesFormatter()
 
+// Format a duration (in days) into a localized human-readable string
+function formatDuration(days: number): string {
+  if (days < 30) return $t('package.timeline.time_gap_days', { count: days }, days)
+  if (days < 365)
+    return $t(
+      'package.timeline.time_gap_months',
+      { count: Math.floor(days / 30) },
+      Math.floor(days / 30),
+    )
+  const years = Math.floor(days / 365)
+  return $t('package.timeline.time_gap_years', { count: years }, years)
+}
+
 // Detect notable changes between consecutive versions (size, license, ESM, types)
 // Versions are compared against their semver predecessor, not chronological neighbor,
 // so interleaved legacy releases don't produce misleading cross-line diffs.
@@ -189,11 +202,32 @@ const versionSubEvents = computed(() => {
   }
 
   for (const current of entries) {
-    const previous = prevBySemver.get(current.version)
-    if (!previous) continue
-
     const events: SubEvent[] = []
 
+    // Time gap from the previous chronological release
+    // entries are sorted newest-first by publish time, so index+1 is the predecessor
+    const chronologicalIndex = entries.indexOf(current)
+    const prevRelease = entries[chronologicalIndex + 1]
+    if (prevRelease) {
+      const SEVEN_DAYS_MS = 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000
+      const gapMs = Date.parse(current.time) - Date.parse(prevRelease.time)
+      if (gapMs > SEVEN_DAYS_MS) {
+        const gapDays = Math.floor(gapMs / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24))
+        events.push({
+          key: 'timeGap',
+          positive: false,
+          icon: 'i-lucide:clock',
+          text: $t('package.timeline.time_gap', { duration: formatDuration(gapDays) }),
+        })
+      }
+    }
+
+    const previous = prevBySemver.get(current.version)
+    if (!previous) {
+      if (events.length) result.set(current.version, events)
+      continue
+    }
+
     // Size changes
     const currentSize = sizeCache.get(sizeKey(current.version))
     const previousSize = sizeCache.get(sizeKey(previous.version))
diff --git a/i18n/locales/en.json b/i18n/locales/en.json
index a09e22b59f..f99d2286e8 100644
--- a/i18n/locales/en.json
+++ b/i18n/locales/en.json
@@ -646,6 +646,10 @@
       "trusted_publisher_removed": "Trusted publishing removed",
       "provenance_added": "Provenance enabled",
       "provenance_removed": "Provenance removed",
+      "time_gap": "{duration} after previous release",
+      "time_gap_days": "{count} day | {count} days",
+      "time_gap_months": "{count} month | {count} months",
+      "time_gap_years": "{count} year | {count} years",
       "chart": {
         "tab_aria_label": "Metric selection",
         "dependency_size": "Dependency Size",
diff --git a/i18n/locales/zh-CN.json b/i18n/locales/zh-CN.json
index 99d9019d6a..16b44a37ac 100644
--- a/i18n/locales/zh-CN.json
+++ b/i18n/locales/zh-CN.json
@@ -601,7 +601,11 @@
           "version_events": "版本 {version}：{events}",
           "general_description": "折线图展示了 {package} 包从版本 {first} 到 {last} 的 {metric} 变化情况。版本 {first} 的 {metric} 为 {first_value}，版本 {last} 为 {last_value}（整体变化 {overall_progress_percentage}%）。{key_changes} {watermark}。"
         }
-      }
+      },
+      "time_gap": "距上一版本 {duration}",
+      "time_gap_days": "{count} 天",
+      "time_gap_months": "{count} 个月",
+      "time_gap_years": "{count} 年"
     },
     "dependencies": {
       "title": "依赖（{count} 个）",
diff --git a/i18n/locales/zh-TW.json b/i18n/locales/zh-TW.json
index e2b15eefb7..a5670617a3 100644
--- a/i18n/locales/zh-TW.json
+++ b/i18n/locales/zh-TW.json
@@ -555,7 +555,11 @@
     "timeline": {
       "chart": {
         "copy_alt": {}
-      }
+      },
+      "time_gap": "距上一版本 {duration}",
+      "time_gap_days": "{count} 天",
+      "time_gap_months": "{count} 個月",
+      "time_gap_years": "{count} 年"
     },
     "dependencies": {
       "title": "相依（{count} 個）",
diff --git a/i18n/schema.json b/i18n/schema.json
index b7793e498c..d5b0bb6623 100644
--- a/i18n/schema.json
+++ b/i18n/schema.json
@@ -1942,6 +1942,18 @@
             "provenance_removed": {
               "type": "string"
             },
+            "time_gap": {
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            "time_gap_days": {
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            "time_gap_months": {
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            "time_gap_years": {
+              "type": "string"
+            },
             "chart": {
               "type": "object",
               "properties": {