diff --git a/public/script.js b/public/script.js
index 057c5b22d..716c9f86f 100644
--- a/public/script.js
+++ b/public/script.js
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ import { BulkEditOverlay, CharacterContextMenu } from './scripts/BulkEditOverlay
 import { loadFeatherlessModels, loadMancerModels, loadOllamaModels, loadTogetherAIModels, loadInfermaticAIModels, loadOpenRouterModels, loadVllmModels, loadAphroditeModels, loadDreamGenModels, initTextGenModels, loadTabbyModels } from './scripts/textgen-models.js';
 import { appendFileContent, hasPendingFileAttachment, populateFileAttachment, decodeStyleTags, encodeStyleTags, isExternalMediaAllowed, getCurrentEntityId, preserveNeutralChat, restoreNeutralChat } from './scripts/chats.js';
 import { initPresetManager } from './scripts/preset-manager.js';
-import { MacrosParser, evaluateMacros, getLastMessageId } from './scripts/macros.js';
+import { MacrosParser, evaluateMacros, getLastMessageId, initMacros } from './scripts/macros.js';
 import { currentUser, setUserControls } from './scripts/user.js';
 import { POPUP_RESULT, POPUP_TYPE, Popup, callGenericPopup, fixToastrForDialogs } from './scripts/popup.js';
 import { renderTemplate, renderTemplateAsync } from './scripts/templates.js';
@@ -957,6 +957,7 @@ async function firstLoadInit() {
     initDynamicStyles();
     initTags();
     initBookmarks();
+    initMacros();
     await getUserAvatars(true, user_avatar);
     await getCharacters();
     await getBackgrounds();
diff --git a/public/scripts/macros.js b/public/scripts/macros.js
index 1efd42a14..0e4d7a8da 100644
--- a/public/scripts/macros.js
+++ b/public/scripts/macros.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Handlebars, moment, seedrandom, droll } from '../lib.js';
-import { chat, chat_metadata, main_api, getMaxContextSize, getCurrentChatId, substituteParams } from '../script.js';
+import { chat, chat_metadata, main_api, getMaxContextSize, getCurrentChatId, substituteParams, eventSource, event_types } from '../script.js';
 import { timestampToMoment, isDigitsOnly, getStringHash, escapeRegex, uuidv4 } from './utils.js';
 import { textgenerationwebui_banned_in_macros } from './textgen-settings.js';
 import { getInstructMacros } from './instruct-mode.js';
@@ -521,3 +521,22 @@ export function evaluateMacros(content, env, postProcessFn) {
 
     return content;
 }
+
+export function initMacros() {
+    function initLastGenerationType() {
+        let lastGenerationType = '';
+
+        MacrosParser.registerMacro('lastGenerationType', () => lastGenerationType);
+
+        eventSource.on(event_types.GENERATION_STARTED, (type, _params, isDryRun) => {
+            if (isDryRun) return;
+            lastGenerationType = type || 'normal';
+        });
+
+        eventSource.on(event_types.CHAT_CHANGED, () => {
+            lastGenerationType = '';
+        });
+    }
+
+    initLastGenerationType();
+}
diff --git a/public/scripts/templates/macros.html b/public/scripts/templates/macros.html
index 6e96ae4fa..38f6dec0c 100644
--- a/public/scripts/templates/macros.html
+++ b/public/scripts/templates/macros.html
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     <li><tt>&lcub;&lcub;noop&rcub;&rcub;</tt> – <span data-i18n="help_macros_4">no operation, just an empty string.</span></li>
     <li><tt>&lcub;&lcub;original&rcub;&rcub;</tt> – <span data-i18n="help_macros_5">global prompts defined in API settings. Only valid in Advanced Definitions prompt overrides.</span></li>
     <li><tt>&lcub;&lcub;input&rcub;&rcub;</tt> – <span data-i18n="help_macros_6">the user input</span></li>
+    <li><tt>&lcub;&lcub;lastGenerationType&rcub;&rcub;</tt> - <span>the type of the last queued generation request. Empty if no generations were performed yet or the active chat was switched. Possible values: "normal", "impersonate", "regenerate", "quiet", "swipe", "continue".</span></li>
     <li><tt>&lcub;&lcub;charPrompt&rcub;&rcub;</tt> – <span data-i18n="help_macros_7">the Character's Main Prompt override</span></li>
     <li><tt>&lcub;&lcub;charInstruction&rcub;&rcub;</tt> – <span data-i18n="help_macros_8">the Character's Post-History Instructions override</span></li>
     <li><tt>&lcub;&lcub;description&rcub;&rcub;</tt> – <span data-i18n="help_macros_9">the Character's Description</span></li>