diff --git a/library/waku_thread/inter_thread_communication/requests/debug_node_request.nim b/library/waku_thread/inter_thread_communication/requests/debug_node_request.nim
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+
+import
+  std/[options,sequtils,strutils,json]
+import
+  chronicles,
+  chronos,
+  stew/results,
+  stew/shims/net
+import
+  ../../../../waku/node/waku_node,
+  ../../../alloc
+
+type
+  DebugNodeMsgType* = enum
+    RETRIEVE_LISTENING_ADDRESSES
+
+type
+  DebugNodeRequest* = object
+    operation: DebugNodeMsgType
+
+proc createShared*(T: type DebugNodeRequest,
+                   op: DebugNodeMsgType): ptr type T =
+
+  var ret = createShared(T)
+  ret[].operation = op
+  return ret
+
+proc destroyShared(self: ptr DebugNodeRequest) =
+  deallocShared(self)
+
+proc getMultiaddresses(node: WakuNode): seq[string] =
+  return node.info().listenAddresses
+
+proc process*(self: ptr DebugNodeRequest,
+              node: WakuNode): Future[Result[string, string]] {.async.} =
+
+  defer: destroyShared(self)
+
+  case self.operation:
+    of RETRIEVE_LISTENING_ADDRESSES:
+      return ok($( %* node.getMultiaddresses()))
+
+  return err("unsupported operation in DebugNodeRequest")
+