Automation with Alexa announcements not working reliably as of late

[nightmare]

I’ve noticed that lately my automations where it has Alexa do an announcement have become unreliable. Sometimes Alexa just never announces anything but the alerts that go to cell phones are still working.

Nothing has changed in my configuration and they’ve always been reliable until lately. Did an update break something?

Anyone else having similar issues?

[tom_l]

See: https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2023/05/03/release-20235/#manage-what-is-exposed-to-your-voice-assistants

The update was not supported to have changed what was exposed but some people have reported in the release notes topic that it was completely reset.

2023.5: Let's talk!

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