<commit_before># Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

## How can I check if [MXE](what/mxe.md) Kafka topics are created?

You can use a utility like [kafkacat](https://github.com/edenhill/kafkacat) to list all topics. 
You can run below command to see the Kafka topics created in your Kafka broker.

```bash
kafkacat -L -b localhost:9092
```

Confirm that `MetadataChangeEvent` & `MetadataAuditEvent` topics exist besides the default ones. Example response as below:<commit_msg>Update debugging.md<commit_after># Debugging Guide

## How can I check if [MXE](what/mxe.md) Kafka topics are created?

You can use a utility like [kafkacat](https://github.com/edenhill/kafkacat) to list all topics. 
You can run below command to see the Kafka topics created in your Kafka broker.

```bash
kafkacat -L -b localhost:9092
```

Confirm that `MetadataChangeEvent` & `MetadataAuditEvent` topics exist besides the default ones. Example response as below:
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{'dir': 'git-commits-cleaned', 'id': '1499902', 'n_tokens_mistral': 304, 'n_tokens_neox': 291, 'n_words': 118}