# Disable wires/connections between nodes

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/disable-wires-connections-between-nodes/99857>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Tags:** editor, feature-request\
**Created:** [3 December 2025 20:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/disable-wires-connections-between-nodes/99857 "2025-12-03T20:42:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Semmu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/semmu/32/31164_2.png) [@Semmu](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Semmu)\
**Post date:** [12 December 2025 01:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/disable-wires-connections-between-nodes/99857/42 "2025-12-12T01:29:04Z")

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Pretty cool that this node does not need redeploy to change state! I will keep this in mind.

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**Author:** ![gregorius](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/gregorius/32/73816_2.png) [@gregorius](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gregorius)\
**Post date:** [12 December 2025 06:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/disable-wires-connections-between-nodes/99857/43 "2025-12-12T06:57:01Z")

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> [@Semmu](#):
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> not need redeploy

Ah true but you have to add it and deploy one time to have the dynamic on/off switch - nitpicking, I know 😉

Cooler would be a plugin solution that can be used anywhere at any time without deploying anything. If someone wants to build this, then a good starting point are the [Messaging Hooks : Node-RED](https://nodered.org/docs/api/hooks/messaging/) but you probably have difficulty stopping a message from propagating ... but where there is a will, there is a path into the future.

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**Author:** ![Semmu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/semmu/32/31164_2.png) [@Semmu](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Semmu)\
**Post date:** [12 December 2025 19:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/disable-wires-connections-between-nodes/99857/44 "2025-12-12T19:09:50Z")

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> [@gregorius](#):
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> Ah true but you have to add it and deploy one time to have the dynamic on/off switch

Yeah, that's true, but it also support programmatic control (by sending `msg.floodgate = true/false`) which is another pretty cool feature. Though that does not update the node state in the editor (the toggle button on it), which is a bug I guess (maybe changing the node state requires a redeploy by architecture design?), but this is a bug I can live with.

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