Google Assistant timing out?

[Stiltjack]

@dshokouhi

Google assistant says that it cannot start Logitech Harmony device after it has started it

Is it significant that there is a very similar problem with Alexa? There are several threads - for example:

Alexa device not responding on first try

I’ve been struggling with an issue for the last few weeks where Alexa will respond with “device is not responding” or simply not responding at all on first attempts despite having acknowledged the command. Strangely, a second attempt will often successfully execute the command. Subsequent commands will also work for a while. It feels almost as if something is timing out or something is “going to sleep”. Can anyone help point me in a direction as to how I can begin to solve or test for what may b…