diff --git a/crates/store/re_protos/proto/rerun/v0/remote_store.proto b/crates/store/re_protos/proto/rerun/v0/remote_store.proto
index ac69c8124574..801bc6c8f340 100644
--- a/crates/store/re_protos/proto/rerun/v0/remote_store.proto
+++ b/crates/store/re_protos/proto/rerun/v0/remote_store.proto
@@ -106,7 +106,16 @@ enum EncoderVersion {
 
 // ----------------- ListRecordings -----------------
 
-message ListRecordingsRequest {}
+message ListRecordingsRequest {
+    // define which columns should be returned / projected
+    // we define a separate message to make it optional.
+    // If not provided, all columns should be returned
+    ColumnProjection column_projection = 1;
+}
+
+message ColumnProjection {
+    repeated string columns = 1;
+}
 
 message ListRecordingsResponse {
     repeated RecordingMetadata recordings = 1;
diff --git a/crates/store/re_protos/src/v0/rerun.remote_store.v0.rs b/crates/store/re_protos/src/v0/rerun.remote_store.v0.rs
index 2ea5c426c441..7c76d42a2863 100644
--- a/crates/store/re_protos/src/v0/rerun.remote_store.v0.rs
+++ b/crates/store/re_protos/src/v0/rerun.remote_store.v0.rs
@@ -338,8 +338,19 @@ pub struct QueryResponse {
     #[prost(bytes = "vec", tag = "2")]
     pub payload: ::prost::alloc::vec::Vec<u8>,
 }
-#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, ::prost::Message)]
-pub struct ListRecordingsRequest {}
+#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, ::prost::Message)]
+pub struct ListRecordingsRequest {
+    /// define which columns should be returned / projected
+    /// we define a separate message to make it optional.
+    /// If not provided, all columns should be returned
+    #[prost(message, optional, tag = "1")]
+    pub column_projection: ::core::option::Option<ColumnProjection>,
+}
+#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, ::prost::Message)]
+pub struct ColumnProjection {
+    #[prost(string, repeated, tag = "1")]
+    pub columns: ::prost::alloc::vec::Vec<::prost::alloc::string::String>,
+}
 #[derive(Clone, PartialEq, ::prost::Message)]
 pub struct ListRecordingsResponse {
     #[prost(message, repeated, tag = "1")]
diff --git a/rerun_py/src/remote.rs b/rerun_py/src/remote.rs
index e46498046ccb..ca71c68a6be8 100644
--- a/rerun_py/src/remote.rs
+++ b/rerun_py/src/remote.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ impl PyConnection {
     /// List all recordings registered with the node.
     fn list_recordings(&mut self) -> PyResult<Vec<PyRecordingMetadata>> {
         self.runtime.block_on(async {
-            let request = ListRecordingsRequest {};
+            let request = ListRecordingsRequest {
+                column_projection: None,
+            };
 
             let resp = self
                 .client