Documentation on $SYS/broker/mqtt/# topics is wrong
Author: mri-knxCreated Aug 25, 2026Updated Aug 25, 2026
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https://mosquitto.org/man/mosquitto-8.html lists various topics like $SYS/broker/mqtt/connect/received in the section "Broker Status". These are never published, as of version 2.1.2.
In sys_tree.c, these topics are excluded explicitly from being published. The associated commit states
Not published in $SYS, may be made available for plugins.
So, the documentation is incorrect. I suggest to remove the unavailable topics.
Source: eclipse-mosquitto/mosquitto