# Node reserved property names
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-reserved-property-names/75949
**Category:** Developing Nodes
**Tags:** documentation
**Created:** [1 March 2023 15:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-reserved-property-names/75949 "2023-03-01T15:53:36Z")
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### Author:  [@CanyonCasa](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/CanyonCasa)
#### Post date: [1 March 2023 15:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-reserved-property-names/75949/1 "2023-03-01T15:53:37Z")
The Node-red documentation, _docs - creating nodes - properties_, lists reserved property names as **all lowercase single letters** and **id** , **type** , **wires** , **inputs** , and **outputs**. Although perhaps obvious, the list should also include names of _node functions_, including **status** , **log** , **send** , etc. Better, it would be helpful to log an error or warning to inform the creator of the folly of their choice.
In creating my first node, I inadvertently used _status_ as a variable name. Everything worked fine until trying to reference the variable in the message handler, which led to an interesting debug adventure.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [30 April 2023 15:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-reserved-property-names/75949/2 "2023-04-30T15:53:53Z")
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