# How to suppress Alexa error connecting message?

**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-suppress-alexa-error-connecting-message/11240
**Category:** General
**Created:** [17 May 2019 12:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-suppress-alexa-error-connecting-message/11240 "2019-05-17T12:45:20Z")
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### Author: ![bwims](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/bwims/32/64907_2.png) [@bwims](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bwims)
#### Post date: [17 May 2019 12:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-suppress-alexa-error-connecting-message/11240/1 "2019-05-17T12:45:20Z")

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Hi,

Is there any way to suppress this intermittent message from Alexa that mucks up my debug area?

"Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 34.240.81.189:8883"

It does not seem to be a real problem, but I cannot find any node responsible for it.

Is there a magic tweak for this?

Thanks

Brian

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### Author: ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)
#### Post date: [17 May 2019 12:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-suppress-alexa-error-connecting-message/11240/2 "2019-05-17T12:52:35Z")

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> [@bwims](#):
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> but I cannot find any node responsible for it.

I assume you must have _some_ alexa-related node installed?

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### Author: ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [17 May 2019 13:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-suppress-alexa-error-connecting-message/11240/3 "2019-05-17T13:01:25Z")

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This may be relevant

> <https://github.com/hardillb/node-red-contrib-alexa-home-skill/issues/44>

I am guessing it tries to connect to that port first then drops back to 8883

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### Author: ![bwims](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/bwims/32/64907_2.png) [@bwims](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bwims)
#### Post date: [18 May 2019 09:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-suppress-alexa-error-connecting-message/11240/4 "2019-05-18T09:54:09Z")

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That's me bitten by the "I assume you know what I mean" bug...

Yes, my question really means that my connection is failing as per  
[Issue 44](https://github.com/hardillb/node-red-contrib-alexa-home-skill/issues/44) , and although it does not impact productivity, it _does_ muck up my debug output.

What I am really asking is if there is any way to suppress this frankly useless message? Even the filter node option is greyed out in the debug window.

Thanks!

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### Author: ![bwims](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/bwims/32/64907_2.png) [@bwims](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bwims)
#### Post date: [18 May 2019 09:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-suppress-alexa-error-connecting-message/11240/5 "2019-05-18T09:54:39Z")

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Thanks for the response! See my reply to knolleary.