Request Inspector

The request inspector shows a live waterfall view of HTTP requests flowing through your bext instance, similar to browser DevTools but for your server.

Features

- Live SSE stream — Requests appear in real-time as they flow through bext

- Waterfall timeline — Visual breakdown of DNS, TLS, upstream, and response phases

- Filtering — Filter by status code, path pattern, method, or response time

- HAR export — Export captured requests as HAR files for sharing or analysis

- Request replay — Re-send any captured request with one click

- Detail view — Full request/response headers, body preview, timing breakdown

Usage

1. Connect to an instance in the companion sidebar 2. Click Requests in the navigation 3. Requests stream in as they arrive 4. Click any request to see the full detail panel

Tips

- Use the pause button to freeze the stream while inspecting a specific request

- The status code column is color-coded: green (2xx), yellow (3xx), red (4xx/5xx)

- Filter with path:/api/* to focus on API routes, or status:500 for errors

- HAR exports can be imported into Chrome DevTools or other analysis tools