Alexa implementations now more difficult, and some features will stop working

[sdetweil]

I have an Alexa Implementation on another platform . I can control devices connected thru skills.

recently that stopped working. with a response message of
“That feature is only available on certified Alexa Built-in devices”

I posted an issue to the AVS team and got the following response

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The reason the “That feature is only available on certified Alexa Built-in devices” message is being encountered has to do with an updated Alexa Voice Service (AVS) security policy. That policy can be found here:
https://github.com/alexa/avs-device-sdk/security/policy

Restrictions will be lifted when your AVS device obtains a security assessment from an authorized security lab and it receives an Alexa-built in badge.

For more information about AVS device testing, please see the following:
https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/alexa/devices/alexa-built-in/development-resources#additional-resources

[karsten13]

@sdetweil

thats amazon …

had a docker image containing Alexa Voice Service but because of more and more limitations I gave up a few months ago.

[sdetweil]

@karsten13 yep…

[ankonaskiff17]

@sdetweil

[sdetweil]

@ankonaskiff17 yeh, saw that. this log4j thing has really spooked everyone