# Meet the Firestore Emulator Requests Monitor

DevFeed: [Meet the Firestore Emulator Requests Monitor](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/meet-the-firestore-emulator-requests-monitor-16398.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://firebase.blog/posts/2021/08/firestore-emulator-requests-monitor>)

Author: Yuchen Shi

Published: 2021-08-18T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Firebase Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/firebase-blog.md>)

Topics: [Firestore](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/firestore.md>), [Firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/firebase.md>), [monitor](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/monitor.md>), [Emulator](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/emulator.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>)

Tags: [emulator](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/emulator.md>), [emulator-suite](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/emulator-suite.md>), [firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firebase.md>), [firebase-cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firebase-cli.md>), [firestore](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firestore.md>), [launch](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/launch.md>), [monitor](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/monitor.md>), [security-rules](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security-rules.md>)

## AI overview

The article introduces the Firestore Emulator Requests Monitor, a Firebase Emulator UI feature that displays local Firestore requests in real time, including request details and Firebase Security Rules evaluations. It explains how to access the Requests view and use it to review requests, denials, errors, and rule evaluation details.

## Source excerpt

News, tutorials, and updates from the Firebase team.