Custom connector for Alexa does not work?

Hi I have followed tutorials to connect my rasa assistant to Alexa. Added endpoint using ngrok as suggested. But when testing via Alexa console I get the message “I am unable to reach the requested skill”. I have done everything as in Rachael Tatman’s tutorial (from 2020). Am I missing any update?

I use Rasa version 2.8.15; Minimum Compatible Version: 2.8.9

I replied in the other thread as well, but: I believe the Alexa team silently deprecated the ability to use custom NLU a while ago and I haven’t found a way to make Rasa work on Alexa since. Do let me know if you come across one.

I’m updating the blog post w/ a deprecation note now. (My apologies, I genuinely thought I already had.)

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