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Devtools overlay

A browser overlay to flip any gate, config, experiment, or translation for the current session — for QA, demos, and bug repro.

Production readyOn this page · 3 min readUpdated · June 19, 2026Works with · @shipeasy/sdk · client

The browser SDK ships an in-page devtools panel. Open it on any page running the SDK and flip every gate, config, experiment, or translation for your current session only — without redeploying or touching the dashboard.

Open it

  • Press Shift+Alt+S on any page running the SDK, or
  • append ?se=1 to the URL.

The panel mounts in a Shadow DOM overlay (isolated styles), lists every resource in your project's blob, and lets you toggle each one. Changes apply to your session and nobody else's.

Session-scoped, client-side only

Overrides live in your browser for the session — they never write to the dashboard and never affect other users. Close the session and you're back to the real evaluation.

URL overrides

You can also force a specific resource straight from the URL — useful for sharing a repro link or scripting a QA flow:

ParamEffect
?se_gate_<name>=trueForce a gate on/off
?se_config_<key>=<value>Force a config value
?se_exp_<name>=<group>Force an experiment group

These sit between programmatic overrides and the server's evaluation in precedence:

programmatic override  >  URL / devtools override  >  the server's evaluation

When to use it

  • QA — verify a feature behind a flag before ramping it.
  • Demos — flip an experiment variant live in front of a customer.
  • Bug repro — share a ?se_gate_… link that reproduces the exact state.
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