diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/tab-context.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/tab-context.js
index 6cb034ccc..2c56786c8 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/tab-context.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/tab-context.js
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ RED.sidebar.context = (function() {
     var content;
     var sections;
 
-    var localCache = {};
-
     var flowAutoRefresh;
     var nodeAutoRefresh;
     var nodeSection;
@@ -27,6 +25,8 @@ RED.sidebar.context = (function() {
     var flowSection;
     var globalSection;
 
+    const expandedPaths = {}
+
     var currentNode;
     var currentFlow;
 
@@ -212,14 +212,41 @@ RED.sidebar.context = (function() {
             var l = keys.length;
             for (var i = 0; i < l; i++) {
                 sortedData[keys[i]].forEach(function(v) {
-                    var k = keys[i];
-                    var l2 = sortedData[k].length;
-                    var propRow = $('<tr class="red-ui-help-info-row"><td class="red-ui-sidebar-context-property"></td><td></td></tr>').appendTo(container);
-                    var obj = $(propRow.children()[0]);
+                    const k = keys[i];
+                    let payload = v.msg;
+                    let format = v.format;
+                    const tools = $('<span class="button-group"></span>');
+                    expandedPaths[id + "." + k] = expandedPaths[id + "." + k] || new Set()
+                    const objectElementOptions = {
+                        typeHint: format,
+                        sourceId: id + "." + k,
+                        tools,
+                        path: k,
+                        rootPath: k,
+                        exposeApi: true,
+                        ontoggle: function(path,state) {
+                            path = path.substring(k.length+1)
+                            if (state) {
+                                expandedPaths[id+"."+k].add(path)
+                            } else {
+                                // if 'a' has been collapsed, we want to remove 'a.b' and 'a[0]...' from the set
+                                // of collapsed paths
+                                for (let expandedPath of expandedPaths[id+"."+k]) {
+                                    if (expandedPath.startsWith(path+".") || expandedPath.startsWith(path+"[")) {
+                                        expandedPaths[id+"."+k].delete(expandedPath)
+                                    }
+                                }
+                                expandedPaths[id+"."+k].delete(path)
+                            }
+                        },
+                        expandPaths: [ ...expandedPaths[id+"."+k] ].sort(),
+                        expandLeafNodes: true
+                    }
+                    const propRow = $('<tr class="red-ui-help-info-row"><td class="red-ui-sidebar-context-property"></td><td></td></tr>').appendTo(container);
+                    const obj = $(propRow.children()[0]);
                     obj.text(k);
-                    var tools = $('<span class="button-group"></span>');
                     const urlSafeK = encodeURIComponent(k)
-                    var refreshItem = $('<button class="red-ui-button red-ui-button-small"><i class="fa fa-refresh"></i></button>').appendTo(tools).on("click", function(e) {
+                    const refreshItem = $('<button class="red-ui-button red-ui-button-small"><i class="fa fa-refresh"></i></button>').appendTo(tools).on("click", function(e) {
                         e.preventDefault();
                         e.stopPropagation();
                         $.getJSON(baseUrl+"/"+urlSafeK+"?store="+v.store, function(data) {
@@ -229,16 +256,14 @@ RED.sidebar.context = (function() {
                                 tools.detach();
                                 $(propRow.children()[1]).empty();
                                 RED.utils.createObjectElement(RED.utils.decodeObject(payload,format), {
+                                    ...objectElementOptions,
                                     typeHint: data.format,
-                                    sourceId: id+"."+k,
-                                    tools: tools,
-                                    path: k
                                 }).appendTo(propRow.children()[1]);
                             }
                         })
                     });
                     RED.popover.tooltip(refreshItem,RED._("sidebar.context.refrsh"));
-                    var deleteItem = $('<button class="red-ui-button red-ui-button-small"><i class="fa fa-trash"></i></button>').appendTo(tools).on("click", function(e) {
+                    const deleteItem = $('<button class="red-ui-button red-ui-button-small"><i class="fa fa-trash"></i></button>').appendTo(tools).on("click", function(e) {
                         e.preventDefault();
                         e.stopPropagation();
                         var popover = RED.popover.create({
@@ -246,7 +271,7 @@ RED.sidebar.context = (function() {
                             target: propRow,
                             direction: "left",
                             content: function() {
-                                var content = $('<div>');
+                                const content = $('<div>');
                                 $('<p data-i18n="sidebar.context.deleteConfirm"></p>').appendTo(content);
                                 var row = $('<p>').appendTo(content);
                                 var bg = $('<span class="button-group"></span>').appendTo(row);
@@ -269,16 +294,15 @@ RED.sidebar.context = (function() {
                                                 if (container.children().length === 0) {
                                                     $('<tr class="red-ui-help-info-row red-ui-search-empty blank" colspan="2"><td data-i18n="sidebar.context.empty"></td></tr>').appendTo(container).i18n();
                                                 }
+                                                delete expandedPaths[id + "." + k]
                                             } else {
                                                 payload = data.msg;
                                                 format = data.format;
                                                 tools.detach();
                                                 $(propRow.children()[1]).empty();
                                                 RED.utils.createObjectElement(RED.utils.decodeObject(payload,format), {
-                                                    typeHint: data.format,
-                                                    sourceId: id+"."+k,
-                                                    tools: tools,
-                                                    path: k
+                                                    ...objectElementOptions,
+                                                    typeHint: data.format
                                                 }).appendTo(propRow.children()[1]);
                                             }
                                         });
@@ -293,14 +317,7 @@ RED.sidebar.context = (function() {
 
                     });
                     RED.popover.tooltip(deleteItem,RED._("sidebar.context.delete"));
-                    var payload = v.msg;
-                    var format = v.format;
-                    RED.utils.createObjectElement(RED.utils.decodeObject(payload,format), {
-                        typeHint: v.format,
-                        sourceId: id+"."+k,
-                        tools: tools,
-                        path: k
-                    }).appendTo(propRow.children()[1]);
+                    RED.utils.createObjectElement(RED.utils.decodeObject(payload,format), objectElementOptions).appendTo(propRow.children()[1]);
                     if (contextStores.length > 1) {
                         $("<span>",{class:"red-ui-sidebar-context-property-storename"}).text(v.store).appendTo($(propRow.children()[0]))
                     }
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/utils.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/utils.js
index cfc7f65de..49ad15d87 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/utils.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/utils.js
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ RED.utils = (function() {
     var pinnedPaths = {};
     var formattedPaths = {};
 
-    function addMessageControls(obj,sourceId,key,msg,rootPath,strippedKey,extraTools) {
+    function addMessageControls(obj,sourceId,key,msg,rootPath,strippedKey,extraTools,enablePinning) {
         if (!pinnedPaths.hasOwnProperty(sourceId)) {
             pinnedPaths[sourceId] = {}
         }
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ RED.utils = (function() {
             RED.clipboard.copyText(msg,copyPayload,"clipboard.copyMessageValue");
         })
         RED.popover.tooltip(copyPayload,RED._("node-red:debug.sidebar.copyPayload"));
-        if (strippedKey !== undefined && strippedKey !== '') {
+        if (enablePinning && strippedKey !== undefined && strippedKey !== '') {
             var isPinned = pinnedPaths[sourceId].hasOwnProperty(strippedKey);
 
             var pinPath = $('<button class="red-ui-button red-ui-button-small red-ui-debug-msg-tools-pin"><i class="fa fa-map-pin"></i></button>').appendTo(tools).on("click", function(e) {
@@ -281,13 +281,16 @@ RED.utils = (function() {
             }
         }
     }
-    function checkExpanded(strippedKey,expandPaths,minRange,maxRange) {
+    function checkExpanded(strippedKey, expandPaths, { minRange, maxRange, expandLeafNodes }) {
         if (expandPaths && expandPaths.length > 0) {
             if (strippedKey === '' && minRange === undefined) {
                 return true;
             }
             for (var i=0;i<expandPaths.length;i++) {
                 var p = expandPaths[i];
+                if (expandLeafNodes && p === strippedKey) {
+                    return true
+                }
                 if (p.indexOf(strippedKey) === 0 && (p[strippedKey.length] === "." ||  p[strippedKey.length] === "[") ) {
 
                     if (minRange !== undefined && p[strippedKey.length] === "[") {
@@ -394,6 +397,8 @@ RED.utils = (function() {
         var sourceId = options.sourceId;
         var rootPath = options.rootPath;
         var expandPaths = options.expandPaths;
+        const enablePinning = options.enablePinning
+        const expandLeafNodes = options.expandLeafNodes;
         var ontoggle = options.ontoggle;
         var exposeApi = options.exposeApi;
         var tools = options.tools;
@@ -416,11 +421,11 @@ RED.utils = (function() {
         }
         header = $('<span class="red-ui-debug-msg-row"></span>').appendTo(element);
         if (sourceId) {
-            addMessageControls(header,sourceId,path,obj,rootPath,strippedKey,tools);
+            addMessageControls(header,sourceId,path,obj,rootPath,strippedKey,tools, enablePinning);
         }
         if (!key) {
             element.addClass("red-ui-debug-msg-top-level");
-            if (sourceId) {
+            if (sourceId && !expandPaths) {
                 var pinned = pinnedPaths[sourceId];
                 expandPaths = [];
                 if (pinned) {
@@ -476,7 +481,7 @@ RED.utils = (function() {
                     $('<span class="red-ui-debug-msg-type-meta red-ui-debug-msg-object-type-header"></span>').text(typeHint||'string').appendTo(header);
                     var row = $('<div class="red-ui-debug-msg-object-entry collapsed"></div>').appendTo(element);
                     $('<pre class="red-ui-debug-msg-type-string"></pre>').text(obj).appendTo(row);
-                },function(state) {if (ontoggle) { ontoggle(path,state);}}, checkExpanded(strippedKey,expandPaths));
+                },function(state) {if (ontoggle) { ontoggle(path,state);}}, checkExpanded(strippedKey, expandPaths, { expandLeafNodes }));
             }
             e = $('<span class="red-ui-debug-msg-type-string red-ui-debug-msg-object-header"></span>').html('"'+formatString(sanitize(obj))+'"').appendTo(entryObj);
             if (/^#[0-9a-f]{6}$/i.test(obj)) {
@@ -592,14 +597,16 @@ RED.utils = (function() {
                                     typeHint: type==='buffer'?'hex':false,
                                     hideKey: false,
                                     path: path+"["+i+"]",
-                                    sourceId: sourceId,
-                                    rootPath: rootPath,
-                                    expandPaths: expandPaths,
-                                    ontoggle: ontoggle,
-                                    exposeApi: exposeApi,
+                                    sourceId,
+                                    rootPath,
+                                    expandPaths,
+                                    expandLeafNodes,
+                                    ontoggle,
+                                    exposeApi,
                                     // tools: tools // Do not pass tools down as we
                                                     // keep them attached to the top-level header
                                     nodeSelector: options.nodeSelector,
+                                    enablePinning
                                 }
                             ).appendTo(row);
                         }
@@ -623,21 +630,23 @@ RED.utils = (function() {
                                                 typeHint: type==='buffer'?'hex':false,
                                                 hideKey: false,
                                                 path: path+"["+i+"]",
-                                                sourceId: sourceId,
-                                                rootPath: rootPath,
-                                                expandPaths: expandPaths,
-                                                ontoggle: ontoggle,
-                                                exposeApi: exposeApi,
+                                                sourceId,
+                                                rootPath,
+                                                expandPaths,
+                                                expandLeafNodes,
+                                                ontoggle,
+                                                exposeApi,
                                                 // tools: tools // Do not pass tools down as we
                                                                 // keep them attached to the top-level header
                                                 nodeSelector: options.nodeSelector,
+                                                enablePinning
                                             }
                                         ).appendTo(row);
                                     }
                                 }
                             })(),
                             (function() { var path = path+"["+i+"]"; return function(state) {if (ontoggle) { ontoggle(path,state);}}})(),
-                            checkExpanded(strippedKey,expandPaths,minRange,Math.min(fullLength-1,(minRange+9))));
+                            checkExpanded(strippedKey,expandPaths,{ minRange, maxRange: Math.min(fullLength-1,(minRange+9)), expandLeafNodes}));
                             $('<span class="red-ui-debug-msg-object-key"></span>').html("["+minRange+" &hellip; "+Math.min(fullLength-1,(minRange+9))+"]").appendTo(header);
                         }
                         if (fullLength < originalLength) {
@@ -646,7 +655,7 @@ RED.utils = (function() {
                     }
                 },
                 function(state) {if (ontoggle) { ontoggle(path,state);}},
-                checkExpanded(strippedKey,expandPaths));
+                checkExpanded(strippedKey, expandPaths, { expandLeafNodes }));
             }
         } else if (typeof obj === 'object') {
             element.addClass('collapsed');
@@ -680,14 +689,16 @@ RED.utils = (function() {
                                 typeHint: false,
                                 hideKey: false,
                                 path: newPath,
-                                sourceId: sourceId,
-                                rootPath: rootPath,
-                                expandPaths: expandPaths,
-                                ontoggle: ontoggle,
-                                exposeApi: exposeApi,
+                                sourceId,
+                                rootPath,
+                                expandPaths,
+                                expandLeafNodes,
+                                ontoggle,
+                                exposeApi,
                                 // tools: tools // Do not pass tools down as we
                                                 // keep them attached to the top-level header
                                 nodeSelector: options.nodeSelector,
+                                enablePinning
                             }
                         ).appendTo(row);
                     }
@@ -696,7 +707,7 @@ RED.utils = (function() {
                     }
                 },
                 function(state) {if (ontoggle) { ontoggle(path,state);}},
-                checkExpanded(strippedKey,expandPaths));
+                checkExpanded(strippedKey, expandPaths, { expandLeafNodes }));
             }
             if (key) {
                 $('<span class="red-ui-debug-msg-type-meta"></span>').text(type).appendTo(entryObj);
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/common/lib/debug/debug-utils.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/common/lib/debug/debug-utils.js
index b244273dc..0a84b24c7 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/common/lib/debug/debug-utils.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/common/lib/debug/debug-utils.js
@@ -511,9 +511,10 @@ RED.debug = (function() {
             typeHint: format,
             hideKey: false,
             path: path,
-            sourceId: sourceNode&&sourceNode.id,
+            sourceId: sourceNode && sourceNode.id,
             rootPath: path,
             nodeSelector: config.messageSourceClick,
+            enablePinning: true
         });
         // Do this in a separate step so the element functions aren't stripped
         debugMessage.appendTo(el);