🐛 Unable to start SophieBot locally

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Cc: @jimmidier @piers-sinclair @adamcogan @divgul @matt-goldman

Hi Team,

Describe the Bug

I got a new Mac and set up the SophieBot from scratch by following Run bot with Bot Framework Composer. But I got an error in Bot Framework Emulator about ngrok.

Tasks

Tasks

Beta Give feedback

1. Investigate
2. Test with workaround
3. Wait for the issue to be fixed - Failed to spawn ngrok microsoft/BotFramework-Emulator#2389

Acceptance Criteria

• Meets Definition of Done
• Run SophieBot successfully by following the docs

Environment

• OS: MacOS
• ngrok: v3.8.0

Screenshots

Figure: Error

Thanks!

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Investigate

As per my conversation with @jimmidier, this is a known issue due to breaking changes in ngrok v3.

Downgrading to ngrok v2 can solve this problem. But ngrok will force you to upgrade to v3 if you are a free account. So we have to wait for the issue to be fixed.

There is a workaround for it for local testing - Use Teams | SSWSophieBotDev bot.

1. Change the SSWSophieBotDev | Messaging endpoint to ngrok endpoint
2. Test in Teams

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Test with workaround

✅ Done - Test locally using Dev bot on Teams

Figure: Got test message for workaround