# Fork Node or Clone Node?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fork-node-or-clone-node/81389>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [17 September 2023 08:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fork-node-or-clone-node/81389 "2023-09-17T08:41:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [17 September 2023 12:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fork-node-or-clone-node/81389/4 "2023-09-17T12:54:32Z")

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@gregorius The good news is that you helped me to avoid cloning. I am working on a flow that is sending much pixel buffer data over websockets and forgot to add the `false` in `node.send()`. This could have been a costly oversight on my part.

@E1cid Thanks for the link to inform us. It seems that it does not explain that using `return msg` will or will not clone the first message, as was [resolved here](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/avoiding-cloning-messages/24808/4).

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