The upper part of the HttpWatch window displays a scrollable list of captured HTTP/HTTPS requests and is automatically updated in the HttpWatch extension as you access a web site. Clicking on a column heading will cause the data to be sorted in ascending order based on data in that column. A second click on the same column will reverse the sort order and display the data in descending order.
Details of the currently selected item are displayed in the request view. If you selected more than one request or a page heading then a summary of the recorded data is displayed in the Summary View.
For more information on the way data is displayed please refer to these sections:
The columns used by the grid can be changed using the Select Columns dialog. These columns are displayed by default:
The time at which the request was started by the browser. This is an offset in hours, minutes and seconds from the first entry in the log.
The time in seconds to complete the request. This is measured from when the browser first started processing the request until the last byte of data is read from the response.
A graphical bar chart representation of each request relative to other requests in the same page. This column can be hidden using the 'Time Chart Column' option on the view menu. The timing bars and event lines shown in this column are described in Page Level Time Charts.
HttpWatch detects possible problems in each recorded request. An exclamation mark is displayed in this column if one or more warnings were assigned to a request.
The total number of bytes sent through the network for the request message. It includes the request body and the available request-header size. Header size may be estimated, especially for HTTP/2 and HTTP/3. This value is not a packet-capture total and does not include a guaranteed accounting of TLS, transport, proxy or retransmission overhead. No transfer value is shown for entries served without a network request, such as browser-cache or service-worker responses.
The total number of bytes downloaded from the network while reading the response message. It includes both the size of the headers and content. For resources read directly from the cache or a service worker, no value is displayed as no data is received over the network.
Response header sizes may be unavailable for HTTP/2 and HTTP/3. This value is not an exact wire-level packet total and may not include all TLS, TCP/IP, proxy or retransmission overhead.
200 For an HTTP OK response, the browser supplies an encoded transfer count. Compressed response content is therefore normally reflected at its encoded transfer size. Response-header bytes may be unavailable for HTTP/2 and HTTP/3.
304 A 304 response has no response content, so the value represents the browser-reported transfer data for the response, such as its headers.
(Cache) No network request was made for this entry, so there are no transfer bytes.
The HTTP method that was used when the request was sent.
If the request was successful then the HTTP status code will be shown here, e.g. 200 for OK, 404 for page not found, 403 permission denied or 304 if a requested resource has not been modified. In cases where the content was read from the cache without contacting the HTTP server, this column contains '(Cache)'.
The value '(Aborted)' in this column indicates that the browser cancelled the HTTP operation before it completed. This can occur if images are being downloaded when you click on a link to a different page.
This shows an icon representing the type of content that was downloaded. The tooltip for each entry displays the underlying mime type, e.g. 'text/html'.
The address of the web content being accessed, e.g. https://www.microsoft.com/. The format of the URL displayed can be configured in Tools->Options->URL Display. By default, the HTTPS scheme is hidden and URLs are shown relative to the URL of the containing page.
Indicator symbols are used at the start of the URL in Edge and Chrome to show additional information about the request. For example, a right-arrow symbol (➔) shows the use of XMLHttpRequest (XHR). For a full list of the URL indicators used, please see URL Indicators.