Robin Moffatt 3/13/2025

Why is kcat showing the wrong topics?

Read Original

The article details a troubleshooting scenario where the kcat (kafkacat) CLI tool displayed Kafka topics from an unexpected broker. The cause was a configuration file (~/.config/kcat.conf) taking precedence over command-line arguments, overriding the specified broker address. It serves as a technical note for developers and DevOps engineers using Kafka tools.

Why is kcat showing the wrong topics?

Comments

No comments yet

Be the first to share your thoughts!

Browser Extension

Get instant access to AllDevBlogs from your browser

Top of the Week

1
The Beautiful Web
Jens Oliver Meiert 2 votes
3
LLM Use in the Python Source Code
Miguel Grinberg 1 votes
4
Wagon’s algorithm in Python
John D. Cook 1 votes