# Node.status clear in entire flow?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-status-clear-in-entire-flow/37477>\
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**Created:** [14 December 2020 11:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-status-clear-in-entire-flow/37477 "2020-12-14T11:32:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [14 December 2020 16:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-status-clear-in-entire-flow/37477/8 "2020-12-14T16:50:24Z")

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> [@softy2k](#):
>
> Just for visual debug.

No doubt that debugging can be difficult, and the developers are working on improvements like a [proper flow debugger](https://nodered.org/blog/2020/10/13/future-plans). In the meanwhile, there are a couple of things you might try in order to improve matters. You can identify which node in your example has changed its status by adding a `status` node connected to a `debug` node configured to show the node name:

```auto
[{"id":"5bf05cc7.5ff1ec","type":"inject","z":"8e3c2638.66102","name":"Go","props":[{"p":"payload"},{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"1","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"date","x":250,"y":160,"wires":[["489accb3.a50684"]]},{"id":"489accb3.a50684","type":"function","z":"8e3c2638.66102","name":"Some Function","func":"msg.payload = Math.random() * 100;\n\nif (msg.payload < 50) return [msg, null]\nelse return [null, msg]","outputs":2,"noerr":0,"initialize":"","finalize":"","x":420,"y":160,"wires":[["39597268.0ce6fe"],["4423c59f.f6fbd4"]]},{"id":"39597268.0ce6fe","type":"function","z":"8e3c2638.66102","name":"1","func":"node.status({fill:'green', text : msg.payload})\n\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"initialize":"","finalize":"","x":610,"y":120,"wires":[[]]},{"id":"4423c59f.f6fbd4","type":"function","z":"8e3c2638.66102","name":"2","func":"node.status({fill:'red', text : msg.payload})\n\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"initialize":"","finalize":"","x":610,"y":180,"wires":[[]]},{"id":"4e525c00.139804","type":"status","z":"8e3c2638.66102","name":"","scope":null,"x":380,"y":260,"wires":[["f4e154b1.370ae"]]},{"id":"f4e154b1.370ae","type":"debug","z":"8e3c2638.66102","name":"","active":false,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"status.source.name","targetType":"msg","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":570,"y":260,"wires":[]}]

```

Also, you can use a `complete` node to do some message tracing, as described in [this post](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-done-complete-for-debugging/21572).

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