"ask new" fails for python

[ddurham2]

I'm submitting a...

[ ] Regression (a behavior that used to work and stopped working in a new release)
[x] Bug report  
[ ] Performance issue
[ ] Feature request
[ ] Documentation issue or request 
[ ] Other... Please describe: 

Expected Behavior

A new skill to be be created.

Current Behavior

When running ask new to create a new python based skill fails. Input parameters:

• Interaction Model
• Python
• Alexa-hosted skill
• us-east-1
• [skill-name]
• [skillname]

Instead of it creating a skill, it runs for 10-15m and then fails with:
[Error]: [Error]: Retry attempt exceeded.

Choosing nodejs instead of python works fine.

In the developer console, the skill was "created", but clicking on the code tab gives a failure.. meaning it partially did create.

Steps to Reproduce (for bugs)

Given above

Your Environment and Context

• ask-cli version: 2.30.7
• Operating System and version: Linux
• Node.js version used for development: 16.20.2
• NPM version used for development: 8.19.4

[spkai]

Thank you for reporting! We are actively investigating this issue.

[zkorpio1]

hi, any news about this bug, i am in the same situation

[aulvi]

Not sure if this helps, but I had the same issue when attempting to create a Skill with an invalid Skill Name.

When you run ask new you are presented with a wizard to create the project. The example provided in the "Skill Name" field has spaces in it, which is NOT VALID for a Skill Name and will cause the behaviors seen above.

This is easily reproducible by running ask new and selecting "Interaction Model", "NodeJS", "Alexa-hosted skills", "Region= us-west-2", then set the skill name to the default of "hosted hello world". This command should error out and you can inspect the project from with the ADC.