Alexa refresh devices

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I am trying to get my Alexa up and running. I followed the instructions on the manual page. I got it running, but the device discovery was a mess. It’s an endless list and most stuff I won’t even use with Alexa.

So I thought I’d better configure the entities that need to be exposed to Alexa manually. So I updated my configuration.yml and added the entities as below. But how/when will Alexa refresh the device list? When I try this manually from the Alexa app, it says it can’t find any new devices.

I tried disabling my dev skill and then link it again, but no success. Again all devices are found. Is the lambda function at AWS caching this?!

I had done this process one time earlies, and then newly added devices didn’t show up either. So I am worried now that once the devices are loaded, it’s not so easy to get a new one in Alexa?!

alexa:
  smart_home:
    filter:
      include_entities:
        - switch.shelly_1_8caab5053ea3_relay_0              # gang licht
        - switch.shelly_1_8caab505c4a9_relay_0              # toilet licht
        - light.shelly_dimmer_d483e8_light_0_2              # woonkamer
        - light.shelly_dimmer_2_e8db84d79370_light_0        # spots woonkamer
        - light.shelly_dimmer_2_f4cfa2ecb2c2_light_0        # Eettafel
        - switch.0x00124b001e731e4e_switch                  # Keukenspots
        - switch.shelly_1_f4cfa2ed6ead_relay_0              # Keuken
        - switch.0x2c1165fffea2b597                         # Kerstboom
    entity_config:
      switch.shelly_1_8caab5053ea3_relay_0:
        name: "Hallway"
        display_categories: SWITCH,LIGHT
      switch.shelly_1_8caab505c4a9_relay_0:
        name: "Toilet"
        display_categories: SWITCH,LIGHT
      light.shelly_dimmer_d483e8_light_0_2:
        name: "Livingroom center"
        display_categories: SWITCH,LIGHT
      light.shelly_dimmer_2_e8db84d79370_light_0:
        name: "Livingroom spots"
        display_categories: SWITCH,LIGHT
      light.shelly_dimmer_2_f4cfa2ecb2c2_light_0:
        name: "Dining"
        display_categories: SWITCH,LIGHT
      switch.0x00124b001e731e4e_switch:
        name: "Kitchen spots"
        display_categories: SWITCH,LIGHT
      switch.shelly_1_f4cfa2ed6ead_relay_0:
        name: "Kitchen"
        display_categories: SWITCH,LIGHT
      switch.0x2c1165fffea2b597:
        name: "Christmas tree"
        display_categories: SWITCH,LIGHT
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Hello,

I’m in the same situation did you find a solution in the end ?

Thanks

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Hi! Works flawless for me → did u restart home assistant? i guess home assistant restart is the only “alexa device list update”. If I add new devices to config, I do a home assistant restart and then at alexa-app “search for new devices” and they are there… best regards

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