Almost there - Alexa skill unable to link account

[Bartem]

Amazon Alexa Smart Home Skill Manual Setup Configuration Issues

I ran into the same issue and spent many a wasted hour searching for an answer. To keep anyone else from doing the same, here is what i did. (short answer: keep going) If you are following this guide https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/alexa.smart_home/ when it gets to the test phase "click Configure test events, you can Create new test event using following data:" If it comes back with the above mentioned response of “type”: “INVALID_AUTHORIZATION_CREDENTIAL”, As long as you have f…