Long delay of 3-4s for each call

[Sascha-L]

Hi,

no matter if I call this:

action: media_player.play_media data: media_content_id: My Routine # Routine name in Alexa app, this is set to play on All Speakers media_content_type: routine target: entity_id: media_player.mydevice # need to select a default player

or

data: media_content_id: shuffle Playlist MyPlaylistName media_content_type: APPLE_MUSIC

It always takes at least 3-4s until the echo device reacts on this command and then of course it also takes a few seconds until the echo device plays the music. For the second part it is up to Alexa of course, but how to improve the long delay after sending a command to the echo device and until it receives the command?

[danielbrunt57]

I'm sure log information is going to point to Amazon being at fault by restricting/throttling requests to the undocumented API thus forcing exponential backoff in retrying GET/POST requests.
I'm now seeing exponential backoff delays in excess of 15 seconds to retrieve history records to permit ascertaing the last_called device. But this varies depending on the time of day. At 1:30 am I'm seeing a total delay of 6 seconds to achieve a 200 response OK. Other times can be less, or worse.
We unfortunately have nothing we can do about it.