# Feature request: Attach debug node to the IN connector on a node

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/feature-request-attach-debug-node-to-the-in-connector-on-a-node/14661>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [22 August 2019 20:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/feature-request-attach-debug-node-to-the-in-connector-on-a-node/14661 "2019-08-22T20:00:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alacritous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Alacritous](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Alacritous)\
**Post date:** [25 August 2019 06:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/feature-request-attach-debug-node-to-the-in-connector-on-a-node/14661/25 "2019-08-25T06:43:51Z")

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I added some stuff. to enable and disable the output and change the output from the msg object to just the payload. Now I'm having a whole new problem.

> [@Continuing from a feature request I made for a way to output debug information going INTO a node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/continuing-from-a-feature-request-i-made-for-a-way-to-output-debug-information-going-into-a-node/14750):
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> I've made a subflow that you can place inline with your flow that will just output the msg object or the msg.payload and can be enabled and disabled. But for the life of me, I can't get it to display its status. I've read the forum and searched and I can't see any real current documentation on node status. This is what I've got so far. Have a look and somebody, please tell me what I'm missing. Specifically, I'm trying to show the status on the subflow node when it is in a regular flow. See the…

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