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I am unable to reach the requested skill.

Hi all, I've just set up my first skill, in development mode. My echo is logged into my developer account. I'm using an HTTPS endpoint. The developer console 'Test' section shows successful request/response JSON payloads. Using the invocation, the echo always replies "I am unable to reach the requested skill". I've tried making an entirely new skill, with the same result. How can I get more information about this integration failure? FWIW, application id is amzn1.echo-sdk-ams.app.9d50e8c9-e5b0-48e3-870e-4d18482fc3d6.
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Ian answered
I should add, my server also does not show any logging indicating that the echo-originated request succeeded in opening a socket.
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Using a self-signed certificate instead of a letsencrypt certificate works around this problem. The real issue could be that echo doesn't correctly and fully support letsencrypt.org SSL certs?
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Getting a LE cert to work with Alexa has been a headache for a lot of people, but I think it was recently figured out. I believe the issue is with the way LetsEncrypt does cross-signing. See this thread here: https://forums.developer.amazon.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=28181渕
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