# Keep showing msg.payload in debug node status even in object mode

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/keep-showing-msg-payload-in-debug-node-status-even-in-object-mode/26555>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [12 May 2020 20:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/keep-showing-msg-payload-in-debug-node-status-even-in-object-mode/26555 "2020-05-12T20:44:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Post date:** [13 May 2020 15:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/keep-showing-msg-payload-in-debug-node-status-even-in-object-mode/26555/27 "2020-05-13T15:54:13Z")

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yes - exactly that (just my image edit foo wasn't up to it)

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [13 May 2020 19:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/keep-showing-msg-payload-in-debug-node-status-even-in-object-mode/26555/28 "2020-05-13T19:00:02Z")

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If anyone is interested in this part, here is what I was thinking of:

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/f/7/f72ab2eaa7346a1a8d57c4fdd8298651577e5d2c.png)

Where the status input only shows up if the node status flag is set. It would default to whatever is set in the Output field so that it is backward compatible.

With the ability to use JSONata, it could even show a simple counter to show how many outputs there had been. I can think of a bunch of uses for this.

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**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Post date:** [13 May 2020 22:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/keep-showing-msg-payload-in-debug-node-status-even-in-object-mode/26555/29 "2020-05-13T22:11:29Z")

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hmmm - must admit I'm starting to warm to the idea.

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**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Post date:** [14 May 2020 22:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/keep-showing-msg-payload-in-debug-node-status-even-in-object-mode/26555/30 "2020-05-14T22:17:53Z")

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@cymplecy @TotallyInformation  
work in progress - [https://github.com/node-red/node-red/pull/2564#issuecomment-628910032](https://github.com/node-red/node-red/pull/2564#issuecomment-628910032)

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**Author:** ![cymplecy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/cymplecy/32/2773_2.png) [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)\
**Post date:** [13 July 2020 22:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/keep-showing-msg-payload-in-debug-node-status-even-in-object-mode/26555/31 "2020-07-13T22:30:50Z")

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