# Alexa 'On Device Activity' not working

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-on-device-activity-not-working/80901>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [30 August 2023 08:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-on-device-activity-not-working/80901 "2023-08-30T08:33:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![cymplecy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/cymplecy/32/2773_2.png) [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)\
**Post date:** [30 November 2023 13:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-on-device-activity-not-working/80901/163 "2023-11-30T13:00:48Z")

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Log of a test run

```auto
12:10:50.446_alexa_filtered = GardenDot>simon says two
12:11:05.443_alexa_filtered = GardenDot>simon says three
12:11:20.395_alexa_filtered = GardenDot>simon says four
12:11:35.496_alexa_filtered = GardenDot>simon says five
12:11:50.475_alexa_filtered = GardenDot>simon says six
12:12:05.628_alexa_filtered = GardenDot>simon says seven
12:12:20.430_alexa_filtered = GardenDot>simon says eight
12:12:35.472_alexa_filtered = GardenDot>simon says nine

105 sec gap

12:13:50.392_alexa_filtered = GardenDot>simon says fourteen
12:14:05.387_alexa_filtered = GardenDot>simon says fifteen
12:14:20.420_alexa_filtered = GardenDot>simon says sixteen
12:14:35.409_alexa_filtered = GardenDot>simon says seventeen
12:14:50.433_alexa_filtered = GardenDot>simon says eighteen
12:15:05.428_alexa_filtered = GardenDot>simon says nineteen
12:15:20.868_alexa_filtered = GardenDot>simon says twenty
12:15:35.432_alexa_filtered = GardenDot>simon says twenty one

105 sec gap again

12:16:50.456_alexa_filtered = GardenDot>simon says twenty six
12:17:05.429_alexa_filtered = GardenDot>simon says twenty seven
12:17:20.403_alexa_filtered = GardenDot>simon says twenty eight

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**Author:** ![cymplecy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/cymplecy/32/2773_2.png) [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)\
**Post date:** [1 December 2023 08:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-on-device-activity-not-working/80901/164 "2023-12-01T08:54:42Z")

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Since then - it's been fine! (Apart from my devices deciding to go off-piste and need resetting!)  
See Github issue for details

> <https://github.com/bbindreiter/node-red-contrib-alexa-remote2-applestrudel/issues/152#issuecomment-1833609273>
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> Several of us on the Node-RED forum have noticed that events are not being recei…ved
> From my own logs - this started after 14:33 GMT
> 
> Stopping/starting NR doesn't make it work again :(

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**Author:** ![franz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/franz/32/71949_2.png) [@franz](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/franz)\
**Post date:** [1 December 2023 10:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-on-device-activity-not-working/80901/165 "2023-12-01T10:35:26Z")

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just to give the news.  
I have an internet connection on LTE these days it works badly with several disconnections , and nodered's alexa service resumes after about 10 minutes.  
I have not updated to .48  
P.S. can you post the code of nodered you use for the test \>simon says one..two ...

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**Author:** ![cymplecy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/cymplecy/32/2773_2.png) [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)\
**Post date:** [1 December 2023 11:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-on-device-activity-not-working/80901/166 "2023-12-01T11:10:59Z")

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Posted new thread to keep this thread clean

> [@Simon says counting up for testing Alexa](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/simon-says-counting-up-for-testing-alexa/83336):
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> @franz My flow for counting up "Alexa, Simon says one" etc looks like this Uses queue-gate, TTS-ultimate, counter and play audio contrib nodes [{"id":"42652991.2d0e78","type":"subflow","name":"+ hh:mm:ss","info":"","category":"","in":[{"x":40,"y":60,"wires":[{"id":"68633fa6.25f2e"}]}],"out":[{"x":380,"y":60,"wires":[{"id":"68633fa6.25f2e","port":0}]}],"env":[],"meta":{},"color":"#C7E9C0","icon":"node-red-contrib-sun-position/clock-white.png","status":{"x":380,"y":120,"wires":[{"id":…

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**Post date:** [2 December 2023 17:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-on-device-activity-not-working/80901/167 "2023-12-02T17:09:14Z")

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Did a test this afternoon and I was called away and it got up to 269! The only one it missed was 2 for some reason - I'm just putting that one down to a cosmic ray

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**Author:** ![ghayne](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/ghayne/32/39_2.png) [@ghayne](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ghayne)\
**Post date:** [2 December 2023 18:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-on-device-activity-not-working/80901/168 "2023-12-02T18:54:37Z")

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Couldn't decide between 2, two, too, and to probably! I'll get my coat!

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**Author:** ![cymplecy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/cymplecy/32/2773_2.png) [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)\
**Post date:** [3 December 2023 16:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-on-device-activity-not-working/80901/169 "2023-12-03T16:39:22Z")

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> <https://github.com/bbindreiter/node-red-contrib-alexa-remote2-applestrudel/issues/152#issuecomment-1837533443>
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> Several of us on the Node-RED forum have noticed that events are not being recei…ved
> From my own logs - this started after 14:33 GMT
> 
> Stopping/starting NR doesn't make it work again :(

Good but not perfect this afternoon

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**Author:** ![franz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/franz/32/71949_2.png) [@franz](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/franz)\
**Post date:** [8 December 2023 10:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-on-device-activity-not-working/80901/170 "2023-12-08T10:55:18Z")

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I did not lock the container and it updated to nodered3.1.2 I had to reinstall the palette; applestrudel updated to 5.0.48 .  
I had applestrudel version 5.0.46 it worked hiccupily but at least it was responsive.  
Now I have alexa voice commands that no longer work and this error in the logs : `8 Dec 11:44:20 - [info] [alexa-remote-account:alexa] intialising "alexa" with the PROXY method and saved data... `

😪 🤯 .

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**Author:** ![cymplecy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/cymplecy/32/2773_2.png) [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)\
**Post date:** [8 December 2023 13:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-on-device-activity-not-working/80901/171 "2023-12-08T13:17:49Z")

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Could you start an new thread (as this looks like a completely different issue that the main discussion here

Could you start it off my telling us how you've installed NR 🙂

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**Post date:** [8 December 2023 13:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-on-device-activity-not-working/80901/172 "2023-12-08T13:48:58Z")

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I installed nodered with the official dockerfile, however I restarted NR and the boot error disappeared.  
NR now works fine, but alexa..applestrudel v 5.0.48 does not work. I wanted to revert to 5.0.46 but I am not able to.

 ![Schermata del 2023-12-08 14.53.19](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/d/e/deb996ed44eb62c780e545a70afa15a22baa7632.jpeg)

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**Post date:** [25 January 2024 16:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-on-device-activity-not-working/80901/173 "2024-01-25T16:48:18Z")

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Its broken again but fix should be on the way (I've manually bodged one of my instances with the fix and it works for me)

> <https://github.com/bbindreiter/node-red-contrib-alexa-remote2-applestrudel/issues/152#issuecomment-1909904685>
>
> Several of us on the Node-RED forum have noticed that events are not being recei…ved
> From my own logs - this started after 14:33 GMT
> 
> Stopping/starting NR doesn't make it work again :(

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**Post date:** [25 January 2024 18:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-on-device-activity-not-working/80901/175 "2024-01-25T18:29:13Z")

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I hesitate to say anything but still working for me ....

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**Post date:** [25 January 2024 18:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-on-device-activity-not-working/80901/176 "2024-01-25T18:31:47Z")

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As with all the Alexa issues - some people just seem to not be affected and some people have never had it working since October last year!

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**Author:** ![ghayne](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/ghayne/32/39_2.png) [@ghayne](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ghayne)\
**Post date:** [25 January 2024 18:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-on-device-activity-not-working/80901/177 "2024-01-25T18:47:28Z")

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I feel a conspiracy theory coming on! 🙂

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**Post date:** [27 January 2024 21:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-on-device-activity-not-working/80901/178 "2024-01-27T21:58:47Z")

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FYI V5.0.49 has been released but its not showing up yet as an upgrade option in my palette

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/a/2/a2d763f2994b23047cdff27547ab9340497e5e61.png)

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**Post date:** [28 January 2024 12:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-on-device-activity-not-working/80901/179 "2024-01-28T12:27:20Z")

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V5.0.49 now available and working for me

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**Post date:** [28 January 2024 14:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-on-device-activity-not-working/80901/180 "2024-01-28T14:07:18Z")

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Working for me again too.

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**Post date:** [29 January 2024 12:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-on-device-activity-not-working/80901/181 "2024-01-29T12:03:09Z")

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works well so far 🙃

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**Post date:** [28 February 2024 20:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-on-device-activity-not-working/80901/182 "2024-02-28T20:03:13Z")

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Never mind, I realized that I needed to turn on events and auto query in the command node. (Posting just in case anyone else runs into this.)

 ![Screenshot 2024-02-28 at 12.14.57 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/8/0/801c881482d76039a024081c1c4d947dc06fd676.png)

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**Post date:** [31 March 2024 15:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-on-device-activity-not-working/80901/183 "2024-03-31T15:41:10Z")

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I've just had another go at trying to get 'On Device Activity' working again - no success.  
After the main Alexa node has been iniialised, it will sometimes trigger once, then nothing more.  
I'm using NR v3.0.1 on a RPi-4B. Alexa node is... node-red-contrib-alexa-remote2-applestrudel 5.0.49

Just wondered if anyone else is having issues with 'On Device Activity' ?

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