diff --git a/client/src/components/providers/UserHistories.test.js b/client/src/components/providers/UserHistories.test.js
index ee809bb337d..83bca5d8e27 100644
--- a/client/src/components/providers/UserHistories.test.js
+++ b/client/src/components/providers/UserHistories.test.js
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ let historySummaries;
 let fullHistories;
 let currentHistoryId;
 
+// These history tests can be flaky, so we allow a few retries while we work out
+// what's going on.
+jest.retryTimes(3, { logErrorsBeforeRetry: true });
+
 const resetTestData = () => {
     const ids = [1, 2, 3, 4];
     currentHistoryId = ids[0];
diff --git a/client/src/config/development.js b/client/src/config/development.js
index 04b763f0a47..58b4fb45d69 100644
--- a/client/src/config/development.js
+++ b/client/src/config/development.js
@@ -7,4 +7,6 @@ export default {
         revs_limit: 1,
         pageSize: 50,
     },
+    /* global __buildTimestamp__ */
+    buildTimestamp: __buildTimestamp__,
 };
diff --git a/client/src/config/production.js b/client/src/config/production.js
index 617c605ecad..2b4dcd4f6b5 100644
--- a/client/src/config/production.js
+++ b/client/src/config/production.js
@@ -7,4 +7,6 @@ export default {
         revs_limit: 1,
         pageSize: 60,
     },
+    /* global __buildTimestamp__ */
+    buildTimestamp: __buildTimestamp__,
 };
diff --git a/client/src/onload/index.js b/client/src/onload/index.js
index bd637657363..7630899a4c3 100644
--- a/client/src/onload/index.js
+++ b/client/src/onload/index.js
@@ -19,5 +19,6 @@ export { getRootFromIndexLink } from "./getRootFromIndexLink";
 import config from "config";
 
 if (!config.testBuild === true) {
-    console.log("Configs:", config.name, config);
+    console.log(`Galaxy Client '${config.name}' build, dated ${config.buildTimestamp}`);
+    console.debug("Full configuration:", config);
 }
diff --git a/client/webpack.config.js b/client/webpack.config.js
index 12124cf8adc..508cb322add 100644
--- a/client/webpack.config.js
+++ b/client/webpack.config.js
@@ -72,9 +72,7 @@ module.exports = (env = {}, argv = {}) => {
                     },
                     libs: {
                         name: "libs",
-                        test: new RegExp(
-                            `node_modules[\\/](?!(${modulesExcludedFromLibs})[\\/])|galaxy/scripts/libs`
-                        ),
+                        test: new RegExp(`node_modules[\\/](?!(${modulesExcludedFromLibs})[\\/])|galaxy/scripts/libs`),
                         chunks: "all",
                         priority: -10,
                     },
@@ -193,6 +191,10 @@ module.exports = (env = {}, argv = {}) => {
                 Buffer: ["buffer", "Buffer"],
                 process: "process/browser",
             }),
+            new webpack.DefinePlugin({
+                __targetEnv__: JSON.stringify(targetEnv),
+                __buildTimestamp__: JSON.stringify(new Date().toISOString()),
+            }),
             new VueLoaderPlugin(),
             new MiniCssExtractPlugin({
                 filename: "[name].css",