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     description: The API is exposed in the worker threads.
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-Deactivate the inspector. Blocks until there are no active connections.
+Attempts to close all remaining connections, blocking the event loop until all
+are closed. Once all connections are closed, deactivates the inspector.
 
 ### `inspector.console`