# Alexa nodes does not answer after few weeks

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-nodes-does-not-answer-after-few-weeks/2344>\
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**Created:** [16 August 2018 16:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-nodes-does-not-answer-after-few-weeks/2344 "2018-08-16T16:49:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![sdangelmaier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@sdangelmaier](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/sdangelmaier)\
**Post date:** [16 August 2018 16:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-nodes-does-not-answer-after-few-weeks/2344/1 "2018-08-16T16:49:11Z")

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I created some nodes with the "node-red-contrib-alexa-home-skill" node and it worked fine for few weeks.

but then, in the alexa app- the red-node-nodes changed to "philipps hue" gadgets. The nodes weren't answering anymore.

Today I just added a random node-red-node without any connections, re-deplyed the flow and it worked again.

what could be the issue?  
Do I really have to re-deploy my flows periodically?

thanks in advance.

Sidame00