Why don't I see any topics?

When adding topics to a backup or defining topic selectors, the console may show that no topics were found even though you expect some to be there.

There are two common reasons for this.

The event hub has no topics

The event hub may simply not contain any topics yet. Once topics are created, they will appear after refreshing.

The credentials are missing permissions

Listing the topics of an event hub requires specific permissions. If the credentials used to connect lack those permissions, the event hub returns an empty list instead of an error, so the console cannot tell the difference between “no topics” and “not allowed to list topics”.

For a Kafka event hub, listing topics requires the Cluster:Describe permission. See the Kafka required permissions for the full list.

After granting the missing permissions, refresh the topic list to see the topics appear.