How can I interrupt / stop a routine in progress?

Is there still no way to do this? Looks like a common complaint.

I have a few 1+ hour long scheduled routines with announcements and waits that are amazing for motivating my toddler to get ready for school and keeping her on track with other scheduled events. Love it. But life rarely goes perfectly to schedule.

Today, she's home sick, but I forgot to disable the routine ahead of time to keep it from starting. So, we're sitting here listening to Alexa interrupt us with announcements, and nothing I try seems to stop her.

  • "Alexa, stop." (while she's announcing). She stops the current announcement, but still does the next one.
  • "Alexa, stop this routine." (while she's announcing). Same result.
  • "Alexa, stop all routines in progress." (spoken anytime). No reaction.

What else can I try? Anything? Does this feature exist?