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What happened?
I've been tearing my hair out for a few days now trying to figure this one out. I suspect it's probably a bug.
I have installed the skill successfully, and set up HA as shown in the example with the simple Yes or No example.
Yes or No response works perfectly with an event being generated to HA as expected.
However my primary use case for this feature is the No Response case where the user does not say anything when Alexa asks "Yes or No", and
that's where things go wrong.
Using my Echo Dot as the Alexa device, the no response case works perfectly.
The Dot says "Yes or No"
The Dot waits for a response for about 10s with the ring light on.
HA gets the event with event_response: ResponseNone, event_response_type: ResponseNone
HOWEVER, now using my Fire Tablet, or Echo Show 8 as the Alexa device, the no response case fails (Reponding Yes or No work perfectly).
The Fire says "Yes or No"
Screen on the Fire or Show changes to black screen with "Alexa Actionable Notifications" in the middle, and "To quit, try "Alexa exit"" at the bottom left.
Flashing blue bar appears at bottom of screen.
After about 25s the blue bar disappears.
After about 55s the black screen saying "Alexa Actionable Notifications" disappears and the screen goes back to the normal Show or Fire screen.
HA never gets any event.
If I now call the skill again after a few minutes, HA will IMMEDIATELY get a No Response event.
It's almost as if the No Response event was buffered somewhere and now it gets sent.
If I say "Alexa exit" while the Alexa Actionable Notifications screen is up on the Fire or Echo show, HA will get the No Response event.
I tried playing around with setting shouldEndSession = True or False in LaunchRequestHandler but didn't seem to help.
e.g. handler = handler_input.response_builder.speak(speak_output).set_should_end_session(False)
On a side note I was able to customize the screen that pops up on the Show by doing this:
from ask_sdk_model.ui import SimpleCard
handler = handler_input.response_builder.speak(speak_output).set_card(SimpleCard("Hello World", speech_text))
Maybe a useful feature in the future !
I captured logs for the passing Echo Dot case and the failing Echo Show case.
In the passing case I see "Session Ended Request Handler triggered" happening.
In the failing case this never seems to happen.
Version
Latest downloaded 6/27/24
What Alexa device are you using?
Echo Show
What other Alexa device are you using?
No response
Relevant log output
Successful Echo DOT use case:-
INIT_START Runtime Version: python:3.8.v51 Runtime Version ARN: arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1::runtime:a768321bd39c88f083afe0a045064adc3615105a319dbbcd583856654db68283
START RequestId: 8c2f795b-cefd-438e-86ca-88851365c076 Version: 22
Locale is en
[INFO] 2024-06-27T15:18:07.370Z 8c2f795b-cefd-438e-86ca-88851365c076 Locale is en
[DEBUG] 2024-06-27T15:18:07.682Z 8c2f795b-cefd-438e-86ca-88851365c076 Raw response: b'{"entity_id":"input_text.alexa_actionable_notification","state":"{\\"text\\": \\"Yes or no?\\", \\"event\\": \\"alexa_actionable_notification_test\\", \\"suppress_confirmation\\": \\"\\"}","attributes":{"editable":true,"min":0,"max":255,"pattern":null,"mode":"text","friendly_name":"alexa_actionable_notification"},"last_changed":"2024-06-27T00:02:08.619833+00:00","last_reported":"2024-06-27T00:02:08.619833+00:00","last_updated":"2024-06-27T00:02:08.619833+00:00","context":{"id":"01J1BFZRK7T1DT30P1N6MB55ND","parent_id":null,"user_id":"64697241df824d8fb8d27628a5ed30fe"}}'
Raw response: b'{"entity_id":"input_text.alexa_actionable_notification","state":"{\\"text\\": \\"Yes or no?\\", \\"event\\": \\"alexa_actionable_notification_test\\", \\"suppress_confirmation\\": \\"\\"}","attributes":{"editable":true,"min":0,"max":255,"pattern":null,"mode":"text","friendly_name":"alexa_actionable_notification"},"last_changed":"2024-06-27T00:02:08.619833+00:00","last_reported":"2024-06-27T00:02:08.619833+00:00","last_updated":"2024-06-27T00:02:08.619833+00:00","context":{"id":"01J1BFZRK7T1DT30P1N6MB55ND","parent_id":null,"user_id":"64697241df824d8fb8d27628a5ed30fe"}}'
Decoded response:
{
"text": "Yes or no?",
"event": "alexa_actionable_notification_test",
"suppress_confirmation": ""
}
[DEBUG] 2024-06-27T15:18:07.682Z 8c2f795b-cefd-438e-86ca-88851365c076 Decoded response:
{
"text": "Yes or no?",
"event": "alexa_actionable_notification_test",
"suppress_confirmation": ""
}
[DEBUG] 2024-06-27T15:18:07.682Z 8c2f795b-cefd-438e-86ca-88851365c076 event_id='alexa_actionable_notification_test' suppress_confirmation=False text='Yes or no?'
event_id='alexa_actionable_notification_test' suppress_confirmation=False text='Yes or no?'
END RequestId: 8c2f795b-cefd-438e-86ca-88851365c076
REPORT RequestId: 8c2f795b-cefd-438e-86ca-88851365c076 Duration: 402.80 ms Billed Duration: 403 ms Memory Size: 512 MB Max Memory Used: 59 MB Init Duration: 655.36 ms
START RequestId: b73d04ba-be2f-43dd-80f9-36c585a48da2 Version: 22
Locale is en
[INFO] 2024-06-27T15:18:20.001Z b73d04ba-be2f-43dd-80f9-36c585a48da2 Locale is en
Session Ended Request Handler triggered
[INFO] 2024-06-27T15:18:20.001Z b73d04ba-be2f-43dd-80f9-36c585a48da2 Session Ended Request Handler triggered
Raw response: b'{"entity_id":"input_text.alexa_actionable_notification","state":"{\\"text\\": \\"Yes or no?\\", \\"event\\": \\"alexa_actionable_notification_test\\", \\"suppress_confirmation\\": \\"\\"}","attributes":{"editable":true,"min":0,"max":255,"pattern":null,"mode":"text","friendly_name":"alexa_actionable_notification"},"last_changed":"2024-06-27T00:02:08.619833+00:00","last_reported":"2024-06-27T00:02:08.619833+00:00","last_updated":"2024-06-27T00:02:08.619833+00:00","context":{"id":"01J1BFZRK7T1DT30P1N6MB55ND","parent_id":null,"user_id":"64697241df824d8fb8d27628a5ed30fe"}}'
[DEBUG] 2024-06-27T15:18:20.278Z b73d04ba-be2f-43dd-80f9-36c585a48da2 Raw response: b'{"entity_id":"input_text.alexa_actionable_notification","state":"{\\"text\\": \\"Yes or no?\\", \\"event\\": \\"alexa_actionable_notification_test\\", \\"suppress_confirmation\\": \\"\\"}","attributes":{"editable":true,"min":0,"max":255,"pattern":null,"mode":"text","friendly_name":"alexa_actionable_notification"},"last_changed":"2024-06-27T00:02:08.619833+00:00","last_reported":"2024-06-27T00:02:08.619833+00:00","last_updated":"2024-06-27T00:02:08.619833+00:00","context":{"id":"01J1BFZRK7T1DT30P1N6MB55ND","parent_id":null,"user_id":"64697241df824d8fb8d27628a5ed30fe"}}'
[DEBUG] 2024-06-27T15:18:20.278Z b73d04ba-be2f-43dd-80f9-36c585a48da2 Decoded response:
{
"text": "Yes or no?",
"event": "alexa_actionable_notification_test",
"suppress_confirmation": ""
}
Decoded response:
{
"text": "Yes or no?",
"event": "alexa_actionable_notification_test",
"suppress_confirmation": ""
}
event_id='alexa_actionable_notification_test' suppress_confirmation=False text='Yes or no?'
[DEBUG] 2024-06-27T15:18:20.278Z b73d04ba-be2f-43dd-80f9-36c585a48da2 event_id='alexa_actionable_notification_test' suppress_confirmation=False text='Yes or no?'
[DEBUG] 2024-06-27T15:18:20.361Z b73d04ba-be2f-43dd-80f9-36c585a48da2 Clearing Home Assistant local state
Clearing Home Assistant local state
END RequestId: b73d04ba-be2f-43dd-80f9-36c585a48da2
REPORT RequestId: b73d04ba-be2f-43dd-80f9-36c585a48da2 Duration: 363.71 ms Billed Duration: 364 ms Memory Size: 512 MB Max Memory Used: 60 MB
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Unsuccessful Echo Show use case:-
INIT_START Runtime Version: python:3.8.v51 Runtime Version ARN: arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1::runtime:a768321bd39c88f083afe0a045064adc3615105a319dbbcd583856654db68283
START RequestId: 3bd7a0b9-ddea-4e1e-ad05-a7ec792cea54 Version: 22
Locale is en
[INFO] 2024-06-27T15:33:29.792Z 3bd7a0b9-ddea-4e1e-ad05-a7ec792cea54 Locale is en
[DEBUG] 2024-06-27T15:33:30.112Z 3bd7a0b9-ddea-4e1e-ad05-a7ec792cea54 Raw response: b'{"entity_id":"input_text.alexa_actionable_notification","state":"{\\"text\\": \\"Yes or no?\\", \\"event\\": \\"alexa_actionable_notification_test\\", \\"suppress_confirmation\\": \\"\\"}","attributes":{"editable":true,"min":0,"max":255,"pattern":null,"mode":"text","friendly_name":"alexa_actionable_notification"},"last_changed":"2024-06-27T00:02:08.619833+00:00","last_reported":"2024-06-27T00:02:08.619833+00:00","last_updated":"2024-06-27T00:02:08.619833+00:00","context":{"id":"01J1BFZRK7T1DT30P1N6MB55ND","parent_id":null,"user_id":"64697241df824d8fb8d27628a5ed30fe"}}'
Raw response: b'{"entity_id":"input_text.alexa_actionable_notification","state":"{\\"text\\": \\"Yes or no?\\", \\"event\\": \\"alexa_actionable_notification_test\\", \\"suppress_confirmation\\": \\"\\"}","attributes":{"editable":true,"min":0,"max":255,"pattern":null,"mode":"text","friendly_name":"alexa_actionable_notification"},"last_changed":"2024-06-27T00:02:08.619833+00:00","last_reported":"2024-06-27T00:02:08.619833+00:00","last_updated":"2024-06-27T00:02:08.619833+00:00","context":{"id":"01J1BFZRK7T1DT30P1N6MB55ND","parent_id":null,"user_id":"64697241df824d8fb8d27628a5ed30fe"}}'
[DEBUG] 2024-06-27T15:33:30.112Z 3bd7a0b9-ddea-4e1e-ad05-a7ec792cea54 Decoded response:
{
"text": "Yes or no?",
"event": "alexa_actionable_notification_test",
"suppress_confirmation": ""
}
Decoded response:
{
"text": "Yes or no?",
"event": "alexa_actionable_notification_test",
"suppress_confirmation": ""
}
event_id='alexa_actionable_notification_test' suppress_confirmation=False text='Yes or no?'
[DEBUG] 2024-06-27T15:33:30.113Z 3bd7a0b9-ddea-4e1e-ad05-a7ec792cea54 event_id='alexa_actionable_notification_test' suppress_confirmation=False text='Yes or no?'
END RequestId: 3bd7a0b9-ddea-4e1e-ad05-a7ec792cea54
REPORT RequestId: 3bd7a0b9-ddea-4e1e-ad05-a7ec792cea54 Duration: 452.76 ms Billed Duration: 453 ms Memory Size: 512 MB Max Memory Used: 60 MB Init Duration: 682.61 ms
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Did you check our FAQ and Issue/PR for similar issues?
Contact Details
bakernigel@yahoo.com
What happened?
I've been tearing my hair out for a few days now trying to figure this one out. I suspect it's probably a bug. I have installed the skill successfully, and set up HA as shown in the example with the simple Yes or No example. Yes or No response works perfectly with an event being generated to HA as expected. However my primary use case for this feature is the No Response case where the user does not say anything when Alexa asks "Yes or No", and that's where things go wrong. Using my Echo Dot as the Alexa device, the no response case works perfectly. The Dot says "Yes or No" The Dot waits for a response for about 10s with the ring light on. HA gets the event with event_response: ResponseNone, event_response_type: ResponseNone
HOWEVER, now using my Fire Tablet, or Echo Show 8 as the Alexa device, the no response case fails (Reponding Yes or No work perfectly). The Fire says "Yes or No" Screen on the Fire or Show changes to black screen with "Alexa Actionable Notifications" in the middle, and "To quit, try "Alexa exit"" at the bottom left. Flashing blue bar appears at bottom of screen. After about 25s the blue bar disappears. After about 55s the black screen saying "Alexa Actionable Notifications" disappears and the screen goes back to the normal Show or Fire screen. HA never gets any event.
If I now call the skill again after a few minutes, HA will IMMEDIATELY get a No Response event. It's almost as if the No Response event was buffered somewhere and now it gets sent.
If I say "Alexa exit" while the Alexa Actionable Notifications screen is up on the Fire or Echo show, HA will get the No Response event.
It seems devices with a screen like the Echo Show or Fire Tablet behave very differently to devices without a screen like the Echo Dot. I found this article on the Amazon Developer website where it talks about How devices with screens affect the skill session https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs/alexa/custom-skills/manage-skill-session-and-session-attributes.html
I tried playing around with setting shouldEndSession = True or False in LaunchRequestHandler but didn't seem to help. e.g. handler = handler_input.response_builder.speak(speak_output).set_should_end_session(False)
On a side note I was able to customize the screen that pops up on the Show by doing this: from ask_sdk_model.ui import SimpleCard handler = handler_input.response_builder.speak(speak_output).set_card(SimpleCard("Hello World", speech_text)) Maybe a useful feature in the future !
I captured logs for the passing Echo Dot case and the failing Echo Show case. In the passing case I see "Session Ended Request Handler triggered" happening. In the failing case this never seems to happen.
Version
Latest downloaded 6/27/24
What Alexa device are you using?
Echo Show
What other Alexa device are you using?
No response
Relevant log output