# How to debug Akismet plugin?

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** akismet\
**Created:** [March 5, 2022, 12:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-debug-akismet-plugin/220122 "2022-03-05T00:09:11Z")\
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Hi all,

I’ve successfully installed Akismet following the instructions at [https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-akismet-anti-spam/109337](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-akismet-anti-spam/109337) and am trying to test it out. After each test post, I’m manually triggering the CheckForSpamPosts Sidekiq job.

I’ve seen a few test posts get flagged by Akismet so I know it worked at one point. However, I’m having a hard time getting it to flag any new test posts that I’ve tried.

I’m doing this testing with a TL1 test user and have temporarily set the “skip akismet trust level” setting to TL2.

Is there a log I can watch to see what’s going on? I’m not seeing my info in production.log so I’m wondering if the plugin is still working.

Thanks in advance!

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