diff --git a/csst_common/data_manager.py b/csst_common/data_manager.py
index bc588f76d043b77fc0bff42c1a62924a34d8942a..d8aae86e162d598a4e85c301910add9df299e684 100644
--- a/csst_common/data_manager.py
+++ b/csst_common/data_manager.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Modified-History:
     2022-11-06, Bo Zhang, deleted CsstMbiDataManager
     2022-11-20, Bo Zhang, added DFS APIs
 """
+import _io
 import glob
 import os
 import re
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ from typing import Union
 
 import numpy as np
 from astropy.io import fits
+from astropy import time
 from astropy.table import Table
 from csst_dfs_api.facility.level0 import Level0DataApi
 from csst_dfs_api.facility.level0prc import Level0PrcApi
@@ -161,7 +163,8 @@ class CsstMsDataManager:
                  verbose=True,
                  n_jobs=18,
                  backend="multiprocessing",
-                 device="CPU"
+                 device="CPU",
+                 stamps="",
                  ):
 
         # set DFS log dir
@@ -253,6 +256,16 @@ class CsstMsDataManager:
         self.custom_dark = None
         self.custom_flat = None
 
+        if stamps == "" or stamps is None:
+            self.stamps = None
+        else:
+            self.stamps = open(stamps, "w+")
+            self.write_stamp()
+
+    def write_stamp(self):
+        if self.stamps is not None:
+            self.stamps.write(f"{time.Time.now().isot}\n")
+
     # DFS APIs
     @property
     def dfs_L0DataApi(self):
@@ -321,7 +334,8 @@ class CsstMsDataManager:
             log_mod="csst-l1mod.log",
             n_jobs=18,
             backend="multiprocessing",
-            device="CPU"
+            device="CPU",
+            **kwargs
     ):
         """ initialize the multi-band imaging data manager """
 
@@ -367,7 +381,8 @@ class CsstMsDataManager:
             log_mod=log_mod,
             n_jobs=n_jobs,
             backend=backend,
-            device=device
+            device=device,
+            **kwargs
         )
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -780,7 +795,8 @@ class CsstMsDataManager:
             dfs_root="/share/dfs",
             n_jobs=18,
             backend="multiprocessing",
-            device="CPU"
+            device="CPU",
+            **kwargs
     ):
         """ Initialize CsstMsDataManager from DFS. """
         # (clear and) make directories
@@ -823,7 +839,8 @@ class CsstMsDataManager:
             dfs_node=dfs_node,
             n_jobs=n_jobs,
             backend=backend,
-            device=device
+            device=device,
+            **kwargs
         )
         assert dm.obs_id == obs_id