# DevTools 2.42.3 release notes

> Release notes for Dart and Flutter DevTools version 2.42.3.



The 2.42.3 release of the Dart and Flutter DevTools
includes the following changes among other general improvements.
To learn more about DevTools, check out the
[DevTools overview](/tools/devtools/overview).

## General updates

* Added "View licenses" shortcut to the About dialog. - [#8610](https://github.com/flutter/devtools/pull/8610)

* Lower the wasm optimization level to resolve crashes on the dart2wasm build. - [#8814](https://github.com/flutter/devtools/pull/8814)

## Inspector updates

* Enabled the new inspector by default. This can be disabled in the inspector settings. - [#8650](https://github.com/flutter/devtools/pull/8650)
  ![Legacy inspector setting](/assets/images/docs/tools/devtools/release-notes/images-2.42.3/legacy_inspector_setting.png "Legacy inspector setting")
* Fixed an issue where selecting an implementation widget on the device while implementation widgets were hidden in the new inspector showed an error. - [#8625](https://github.com/flutter/devtools/pull/8625)
* Enabled auto-refreshes of the widget tree on hot-reloads and navigation events by default. This can be disabled in the inspector settings. - [#8646](https://github.com/flutter/devtools/pull/8646)
  ![Auto-refresh setting](/assets/images/docs/tools/devtools/release-notes/images-2.42.3/inspector_auto_refresh_setting.png "Inspector auto-refresh setting")

## Network profiler updates

* Fixed an issue where the HTTP requests would sometimes not be displayed properly, particularly when DevTools is communicating
  with an application over a slow network connection. - [#8860](https://github.com/flutter/devtools/pull/8860)

## Full commit history

To find a complete list of changes in this release, check out the
[DevTools git log](https://github.com/flutter/devtools/tree/v2.42.3).