Core Development

Feature Requests A place to make suggestions for new features in Node-RED or any of the nodes maintained by the project. Please make sure you search the category to see if your suggestion has been made before.

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
About the Core Development category Core Development	0	1022	24 April 2018
Open comment node in new window Feature Requests	14	78	19 July 2025
Should debug nodes be capable of passing the message forwards? Core Development	88	456	19 July 2025
Improvement to debugging early errors when loading nodes Feature Requests	3	32	18 July 2025
Alias Nodes: redefine default settings as new nodes Feature Requests alias-nodes	14	97	15 July 2025
Suggestion: Add forward/backward tab navigation Feature Requests editor	5	38	13 July 2025
When array and when object key? Core Development array-of-an-object	10	114	9 July 2025
Add terminal to Node-RED editor Feature Requests	3	41	8 July 2025
Is the new express library (version 5) usable with NodeRED? Core Development express	7	131	7 July 2025
Tcp In Nodes connecting to same host Core Development tcp-nodes	3	28	5 July 2025
Feature Request: nrlint Detect Link Nodes Connected Across Flow Tabs Feature Requests	2	61	5 July 2025
Disable I/O `x` buttons in subflow instance Appearance tab if no labels to delete Feature Requests	1	30	2 July 2025
Iec60870-5-104 application Feature Requests	2	51	2 July 2025
Tcp/in modes - what is the difference between connect to and listen to Core Development	8	78	30 June 2025
Subflow property as list Feature Requests subflow	13	181	30 June 2025
Support for node status list and duration Feature Requests	21	159	23 June 2025
Support for Progress Bar in Node Status API Feature Requests	16	156	23 June 2025
Template node - node.name Feature Requests template	16	117	20 June 2025
Highlight groups/nodes from description text using references Core Development feature-request-if-something-is-being-done	5	63	17 June 2025
Labels for wires Feature Requests editor	1	77	15 June 2025
Info content preview button Core Development feature-request	9	98	26 June 2025
Group selection drop down list Feature Requests	5	59	12 June 2025
Node-RED Mermaid rendering is off-by-one Core Development mermaid	3	54	11 June 2025
Excessive use of node.status() increase memory on open Editor Core Development	1	38	11 June 2025
Use engines in package.json to determine the node-red version requirements for custom nodes Feature Requests	9	83	7 June 2025
Enable users to define which node types can be selected when TypedInput's type is node Feature Requests	9	56	4 June 2025
Transitioning to ESM from CommonJS - requires at least Node.js v20 Feature Requests	5	76	3 June 2025
Request for feedback: Closing the Edit Dialog Core Development	27	421	8 May 2025
User permission scoped to a flow/tab in editor Feature Requests security	0	39	2 June 2025
Render terminal inside exec nodes using xtermjs (same as vscode) Feature Requests	3	39	31 May 2025