# Missing logs due to kafka error

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-logs-due-to-kafka-error/292307>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 17, 2021, 12:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-logs-due-to-kafka-error/292307 "2021-12-17T12:14:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![1ac727ff300829bca0fa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/1ac727ff300829bca0fa/32/89883_2.png) [@1ac727ff300829bca0fa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/1ac727ff300829bca0fa)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 12:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-logs-due-to-kafka-error/292307/1 "2021-12-17T12:14:54Z")

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Hey guys, i have set up ELK with kafka where logs are sent to different kafka topics which then are sent to logstash indices. My problem is kafka went down for 2 days and i cannot see the logs for those two days in kibana ui.

what can i do here? please help it is very important

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 12:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-logs-due-to-kafka-error/292307/2 "2021-12-17T12:36:54Z")

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That sounds more like a Kafka problem than an Elastic stack one. Is the missing data in Kafka?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 12:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-logs-due-to-kafka-error/292307/3 "2022-01-14T12:37:18Z")

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