Displaying messages using a debug node
You can display messages in the debug tab of the side bar.
- Open Node-RED.
- Add a debug node from the output category to the workspace.
- Connect the input of the debug node to the output of the node whose output you want to monitor.
- Double-click the debug node to open the Edit node dialogue.
- In the Output combo box, select the message property you want to display.
- In the section To, enable the debug window check box to display the messages in the sidebar.
- Click Done to apply your changes.

We recommend to disable all debug nodes that are not currently being used.
- Toggle the button on the debug node, to enable or disable the output of the debug node.
- Once you deploy the flow, you can view the messages in the debug tab of the sidebar.