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December 19, 2023

"Sorry, something went wrong" response from ERA-100 using Alexa voice service

  • December 19, 2023
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Over the past couple or months or so, I have been experiencing a response along the lines “Sorry, something went wrong” from an ERA-100 device in bedroom, with the first command. The second command works fine. I have a ticket open with Sonos Support, unfortunately, they are just asking me to restart devices, re-install skill, move devices, change WiFi channels etc, and not looking at the diagnostics I have been sending them.

I have found out today, that others may be experiencing similar issues, here is an example:

https://www.reddit.com/r/sonos/comments/18bgxhx/long_time_user_with_a_new_problem_alexa/

I also see this thread, that maybe related:

https://www.reddit.com/r/sonos/comments/170fit6/fyi_alexa_still_doesnt_work_properly_on_era_100/

Which suggests Sonos are aware of the issue?

 

 

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68 replies

Mr. T
February 27, 2024

@craigski - I concur, it’s definitely not resolved.

Corry P
Sonos Staff
February 27, 2024

Hi @craigski 

Apologies - this thread was tagged with a tracking code for another issue. I’ll remove my previous post and un-tag this thread.

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." - Albert Einstein
craigskiAuthor
Local Superstar
February 27, 2024

Irony makes me smile. 😀

‘Sorry, something went wrong’ with the forum tagging of the ‘Sorry, something went wrong’ thread.

Apology accepted! 😀

Corry P
Sonos Staff
February 27, 2024

Hi @craigski 

Wrongception

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." - Albert Einstein
craigskiAuthor
Local Superstar
March 7, 2024

This issue is still consistently happening on my Sonos devices. The not understanding why its happing is more frustrating that the actual issue itself 😀

I have discovered that the ‘Sorry, something went wrong” happens consistently with the first request after a period of time (I think about 8-10 hours) of a certain type of request for each user on Alexa.

Example commands that fail first time may have a location requirement eg “Alexa, whats the temperature” or “Alexa, will it rain today” but also some without a location requirement eg “Alexa, what is two plus two”. Other requests are fine.

Here is one sequence example, that is 100% repeatable first thing in morning. Maybe someone else experiencing this issue can try this scenario or similar, I cant remember exact responses, but Alexa did respond with correct response in green.

 

@Mr. T I recall you only have one Amazon person/account on your Sonos, but maybe repeat sequence below one morning?

 

Person2 - “Alexa, stop music” - stops music OK (Streaming BBC Sounds on ERA-100)

Person1 - “Alexa, who am I?” - “You are person 1 ….” OK

Person2 - “Alexa, who am I?’ - “You are person 2, using person 1’s Alexa account...” OK

Person2 - “Alexa, how are you?” - “I’m feeling funny, red nose day is coming up….” - OK

Person1 - “Alexa, wake up” - “Yes, I’m here….” - OK

Person1 - “Alexa, what’s two plus two” - “Sorry, something went wrong” - FAIL

Person2 - “Alexa, what’s two plus two” - “Sorry, something went wrong” - FAIL

Person2 - “Alexa, what’s two plus two” - “Two plus two if four” - OK

Person1 - “Alexa what’s two plus two” - “Two plus two is four” - OK

 

here is a similar example, 100% repeatable:

Person2 - “Alexa, stop music” - stops music OK (Streaming BBC Sounds on ERA-100)

Person1 - “Alexa, who am I?” - “You are person 1 ….” OK

Person2 - “Alexa, who am I?’ - “You are person 2, using person 1’s Alexa account...” OK

Person2 - “Alexa, how are you?” - “I’m feeling funny, red nose day is coming up….” - OK

Person1 - “Alexa, wake up” - “Yes, I’m here….” - OK

Person1 - “Alexa, what’s two plus two” - “Sorry, something went wrong” - FAIL

Person1 - “Alexa what’s two plus two” - “Two plus two is four” - OK

Person2 - “Alexa, what’s two plus two” - “Sorry, something went wrong” - FAIL

Person2 - “Alexa, what’s two plus two” - “Two plus two if four” - OK

 

Its always the first request after a period of time of a certain type of request for each user on Alexa service on Sonos.

Mr. T
March 7, 2024

Hi @craigski,

Agree, only certain type of requests cause an issue. I’ve only heard the error asking for time/weather.

I know there’s no issue with the device connecting to the internet as it can be playing music when the Alexa error occurs.

“Alexa who am I?“ - “I am talking to XXXX, this is XXXX’s account”

”Alexa what’s the time?” - “Sorry something went wrong”

“Alexa what’s the time?“ - “It’s 9:45AM”

Nothing we can do until a fix is implemented to resolve this issue.

craigskiAuthor
Local Superstar
March 27, 2024

I have not had the “Sorry, something went wrong” for past 2 days 😀

Mr. T
March 27, 2024

I have not had the “Sorry, something went wrong” for past 2 days 😀

Haven’t used Alexa for a few days, but first “time” command worked just now with no error.