# Alexa Local node stopped working today
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-local-node-stopped-working-today/15282
**Category:** General
**Created:** [9 September 2019 01:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-local-node-stopped-working-today/15282 "2019-09-09T01:05:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@kxkayser](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kxkayser)
#### Post date: [9 September 2019 01:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-local-node-stopped-working-today/15282/1 "2019-09-09T01:05:43Z")
Have been using the node-red-contrib-alexa-local for some time and have many devices defined. As of this morning (September 8, 2019) they have all stopped working. Alex responds that the device isn't responding. I have tried deleting some of the devices via the Alexa app and rediscovering but it doesn't discover the devices. Nor does it discover any new devices I add. Have rebooted the Raspberry Pis (several) that run Node-Red as well as the router they are all attached to. As I mentioned, this was all working fine yesterday. Don't really know where to start to troubleshoot. Any help much appreciated as I have come to depend on this functionality. BTW, also tried the Alexa-home node with the same results.
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### Author:  [@ukmoose](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ukmoose)
#### Post date: [9 September 2019 06:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-local-node-stopped-working-today/15282/2 "2019-09-09T06:42:17Z")
It’s not a Node-RED issue, You can either wait to see if a workaround is found that the authors can implement or switch to an approved skill
see [Alexa / hue emulation stopped working](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-hue-emulation-stopped-working/15279/4)