diff --git a/components/console/linenoise/linenoise.c b/components/console/linenoise/linenoise.c
index a21673184d03..48e510f5210f 100644
--- a/components/console/linenoise/linenoise.c
+++ b/components/console/linenoise/linenoise.c
@@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@ int linenoiseProbe(void) {
     flushWrite();
 
     /* Try to read response */
-    int timeout_ms = 300;
+    int timeout_ms = 500;
     const int retry_ms = 10;
     size_t read_bytes = 0;
     while (timeout_ms > 0 && read_bytes < 4) { // response is ESC[0n or ESC[3n
diff --git a/docs/en/api-guides/tools/idf-py.rst b/docs/en/api-guides/tools/idf-py.rst
index 8f8e284b45b4..ddecb43b229a 100644
--- a/docs/en/api-guides/tools/idf-py.rst
+++ b/docs/en/api-guides/tools/idf-py.rst
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ or partition table as applicable.
 Hints on how to resolve errors
 ==============================
 
-``idf.py`` will try to suggest hints on how to resolve errors. It works with a database of hints stored in :idf_file:`tools/idf_py_actions/hints.yml` and the hints will be printed if a match is found for the given error. The monitor and menuconfig targets are not supported at the moment by automatic hints on resolving errors.
+``idf.py`` will try to suggest hints on how to resolve errors. It works with a database of hints stored in :idf_file:`tools/idf_py_actions/hints.yml` and the hints will be printed if a match is found for the given error. The menuconfig target is not supported at the moment by automatic hints on resolving errors.
 
 The ``--no-hints`` argument of ``idf.py`` can be used to turn the hints off in case they are not desired.
 
diff --git a/tools/idf_py_actions/serial_ext.py b/tools/idf_py_actions/serial_ext.py
index e4f919eff0a5..0ba7e18dc6a1 100644
--- a/tools/idf_py_actions/serial_ext.py
+++ b/tools/idf_py_actions/serial_ext.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021-2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 import json
@@ -156,14 +156,14 @@ def monitor(action: str, ctx: click.core.Context, args: PropertyDict, print_filt
 
         idf_py = [PYTHON] + _get_commandline_options(ctx)  # commands to re-run idf.py
         monitor_args += ['-m', ' '.join("'%s'" % a for a in idf_py)]
-        hints = False  # Temporarily disabled because of https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/issues/9610
+        hints = not args.no_hints
 
         # Temporally ignore SIGINT, which is used in idf_monitor to spawn gdb.
         old_handler = signal.getsignal(signal.SIGINT)
         signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal.SIG_IGN)
 
         try:
-            RunTool('idf_monitor', monitor_args, args.project_dir, build_dir=args.build_dir, hints=hints, interactive=True)()
+            RunTool('idf_monitor', monitor_args, args.project_dir, build_dir=args.build_dir, hints=hints, interactive=True, convert_output=True)()
         finally:
             signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, old_handler)
 
diff --git a/tools/idf_py_actions/tools.py b/tools/idf_py_actions/tools.py
index 2b9b22d565ae..7fd6eae82eca 100644
--- a/tools/idf_py_actions/tools.py
+++ b/tools/idf_py_actions/tools.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 import click
 import yaml
+from esp_idf_monitor import get_ansi_converter
 from idf_py_actions.errors import NoSerialPortFoundError
 
 from .constants import GENERATORS
@@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ def fit_text_in_terminal(out: str) -> str:
 
 class RunTool:
     def __init__(self, tool_name: str, args: List, cwd: str, env: Dict=None, custom_error_handler: FunctionType=None, build_dir: str=None,
-                 hints: bool=True, force_progression: bool=False, interactive: bool=False) -> None:
+                 hints: bool=True, force_progression: bool=False, interactive: bool=False, convert_output: bool=False) -> None:
         self.tool_name = tool_name
         self.args = args
         self.cwd = cwd
@@ -204,6 +205,7 @@ def __init__(self, tool_name: str, args: List, cwd: str, env: Dict=None, custom_
         self.hints = hints
         self.force_progression = force_progression
         self.interactive = interactive
+        self.convert_output = convert_output
 
     def __call__(self) -> None:
         def quote_arg(arg: str) -> str:
@@ -303,6 +305,9 @@ async def read_interactive_stream() -> Optional[str]:
                         # and still can not decode it we can just ignore some bytes
                         return buffer.decode(errors='ignore')
 
+        # use ANSI color converter for Monitor on Windows
+        output_converter = get_ansi_converter(output_stream) if self.convert_output else output_stream
+
         try:
             with open(output_filename, 'w', encoding='utf8') as output_file:
                 while True:
@@ -325,8 +330,8 @@ async def read_interactive_stream() -> Optional[str]:
                         # print output in progression way but only the progression related (that started with '[') and if verbose flag is not set
                         print_progression(output)
                     else:
-                        output_stream.write(output)
-                        output_stream.flush()
+                        output_converter.write(output)
+                        output_converter.flush()
         except (RuntimeError, EnvironmentError) as e:
             yellow_print('WARNING: The exception {} was raised and we can\'t capture all your {} and '
                          'hints on how to resolve errors can be not accurate.'.format(e, output_stream.name.strip('<>')))