# Feature Request: Pause debug panel
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/feature-request-pause-debug-panel/58057
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [9 February 2022 23:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/feature-request-pause-debug-panel/58057 "2022-02-09T23:11:13Z")
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### Author:  [@dczysz](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dczysz)
#### Post date: [9 February 2022 23:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/feature-request-pause-debug-panel/58057/1 "2022-02-09T23:11:13Z")
I searched around a bit and found a couple similar posts, but they either got sidetracked or ended with "just use/do X instead" as ways _around_ the problem instead of _solving_ it.
We have a lot of noise coming from debug nodes in the same flow, so the only option left is to filter by "Selected Nodes". That _works_, but it's not very fun scrolling through a huge list to find the one or two debug nodes you want to be enabled. It would be a bit less annoying if there was a way to select a node in the UI instead of having to scroll through the list of node names (maybe that already exists?). On some flows the debug panel rolls over every 5-10 seconds, so even if we scroll up to temporarily "pause" the scrolling, there's not much time before the log disappears.
I feel like a pause/play button would be a worthwhile addition to the debug panel, and it has been mentioned before by others but never actually implemented. A year and a half ago [knolleary responded](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ability-to-pause-the-debug-window/30112/3) that "having better controls around the Debug sidebar is on the backlog", but still no pause button.
Maybe it's not a very common issue though since I don't see a whole lot of posts mentioning this issue. Either way, I figured I'd at least bring it up again to see how much demand there is for something like this.
Related posts:
- [Ability to pause the debug window](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ability-to-pause-the-debug-window/30112)
- [Debugging ... little tweaks that perhaps can be useful](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/debugging-little-tweaks-that-perhaps-can-be-useful/19542/)
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### Author:  [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)
#### Post date: [12 February 2022 18:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/feature-request-pause-debug-panel/58057/2 "2022-02-12T18:53:57Z")
I have added this to the backlog for 3.0. That doesn't guarantee it'll get done, but at least it won't get forgotten about when prioritising the work.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [13 April 2022 18:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/feature-request-pause-debug-panel/58057/3 "2022-04-13T18:54:03Z")
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