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    image1: |-
      ```{image} pause-icon.png
      :width: 20```
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# Network monitor recording

You can pause and resume the monitoring of network traffic using the pause button.

## Pausing and resume network traffic recording

The Network Monitor has a button that pauses and resumes recording of the current page's network traffic. This is useful in situations where, for example, you are trying to get a stable view of a page for debugging purposes, but under normal circumstances the view keeps evolving due to persistent network requests. The pause button allows you to look at a certain snapshot.

The button can be found at the far left of the main Network Monitor toolbar, and looks like a typical pause button — {{ image1 }}.

You can see it here in context:

```{image} play-pause-network-traffic.png
:class: border
```

Once pressed, the button changes to a play icon, and you can toggle network traffic recording back on by pressing it again.

## Network Monitor features

The following articles cover different aspects of using the network monitor:

- {doc}`Toolbar <../toolbar/index>`
- {doc}`Network request list <../request_list/index>`
- {doc}`Network request details <../request_details/index>`
- {doc}`Network traffic recording <../recording/index/>`
- {doc}`Performance analysis <../performance_analysis/index>`
- {doc}`Throttling <../throttling/index>`