Request log
The Request log page lists every request Alexa sends to Encore, newest first, and updates live as new ones arrive. It is the first place to look when a command doesn’t do what you expected.
Each entry shows the time, the Echo, the locale, the intent, what Alexa heard, the Kodi instance it went to, how long it took, and the outcome:
| Outcome | Meaning |
|---|---|
| played | Something started playing. |
| ok | A command that doesn’t play anything (volume, navigation, …) succeeded. |
| asked | Encore asked which title you meant, or asked a follow-up. |
| not_found | Nothing in the library matched well enough. |
| unlinked | The Echo isn’t linked to a Kodi instance and there is no default. |
| error | Something went wrong, such as Kodi being unreachable. |
Filter by Echo, by outcome or by text.
Request details
Section titled “Request details”Opening an entry shows:
- the slots Alexa filled (title, room, numbers, …),
- the match: the normalised query, the decision and its margin, and the candidates with their score breakdown (see matching),
- the Kodi calls Encore made, in order, with each one’s duration and result,
- the timing: how long verifying Alexa’s signature, matching and talking to Kodi took,
- the speech Alexa was given to say.
Replay runs the request again against the current library index without touching Kodi, and shows what Encore would say and which Kodi calls it would make. Use it after adding an alias to check the fix.
A new Echo’s Alexa device ID (amzn1.ask.device.…) is shown here too, for when you declare devices in config.
Retention
Section titled “Retention”Encore keeps the most recent 500 requests and nothing older than seven days, whichever limit is reached first. The log lives in Encore’s database, so it is included in backups.
Nothing arrives?
Section titled “Nothing arrives?”If no entry appears when you speak to the skill, Alexa isn’t reaching Encore: check the public address on the Alexa skill page and your reverse proxy. Requests that fail Encore’s signature or skill ID checks are refused before they are logged; look at Encore’s own log (ENCORE_LOG_LEVEL=debug for more detail).