title: Google Assistant not working after integration with IFTTT
body: <p>I connected IFTTT with Google Assistant in order to test some custom commands.</p>
  <p>The idea was to tell the assistant:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>Ok Google, this is, John</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>And I wanted the Assistant to reply, saying:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>Hi John, nice to meet you!</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/jlKu0.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/jlKu0.png" alt="Google Assistant IFTTT issues" /></a></p>
  <p><strong>Note:</strong> this is an example of the command I created. As I said before the original command was deleted (around November 2018) in IFTTT the same day I disconnected my account from the service.</p>
  <p>It worked as expected but then I noticed that all the core commands were replaced by the custom command created in IFTTT.</p>
  <p>For example, simple commands like:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>Ok Google, what time is it?</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>Returned:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>Hello <em><strong>what time is it</strong></em>, nice to meet you!</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>Since then (November 2018) I have tried all sort of things:</p>
  <ul>
  <li>I have deleted the custom commands in IFTTT</li>
  <li>I have disconnected IFTTT from my Google Assistant Account</li>
  <li>Deleted the cache in Google App in my android handset</li>
  <li>Delete the history of voice commands at <a href="https://myactivity.google.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://myactivity.google.com</a></li>
  <li>Restored Google Home device to factory settings</li>
  <li>Looked into <a href="https://developers.google.com/actions/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://developers.google.com/actions/</a> to see if there was a way to DEBUG or RESTORE my Assistant. Unfortunately this only allows me to create apps to be used with the Assistant.</li>
  </ul>
  <p>But nothing seems to fully restore the Assistant's behaviour to where it was before the integration with IFTTT.</p>
  <p><strong>Update:</strong> After all the things I have tried it seems to be improved (although not totally fixed).</p>
  <p>I mean, now it does not reply with the custom command created in IFTTT but instead it replies saying <strong><em>Sorry I cannot process that request</em></strong></p>
  <p>For example, when asking simple commands like thew the following:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>Ok Google, what time is it?</p>
  <p>Ok Google, what day is today?</p>
  <p>Ok Google, what can you do?</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>It replies saying:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>Sorry I cannot process that request.</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>This <em><strong>only happen in the language I created the custom command for</strong></em>. If I ask the same question <strong>in another language it works fine</strong>.</p>
  <p>Also, this <em><strong>only happen in the Google Account I used to created the custom commands.</strong></em> <strong>If I create a new Google Account</strong> and activate the Assistant in there <strong>it works fine</strong> in any language.</p>
  <h2>Same issue reported in Google forums</h2>
  <ul>
  <li><a href="https://support.google.com/assistant/thread/252800?hl=en" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://support.google.com/assistant/thread/252800?hl=en</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://support.google.com/assistant/thread/662913?msgid=662913" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://support.google.com/assistant/thread/662913?msgid=662913</a></li>
  </ul>
  <h2>So here are the questions:</h2>
  <ul>
  <li>Is there a way to DEBUG/Fix this issue? (apart from creating a new Google Account which is my last resource)</li>
  <li>Is there a way to restore the Google Assistant to its defaults?</li>
  </ul>
  <p><strong>Update2:</strong> I recently noticed (maybe I am going mad) that if I replace the word <code>what</code> with something else, the commands actually work.</p>
  <p>For example if I say:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>Ok Google, <s>what time is it</s> tell me the actual time?</p>
  <p>Ok Google, <s>what day is today</s> which day is today?</p>
  <p>Ok Google, <s>what can you do</s> how can you help me?</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>I get the right response from the assistant.</p>