Google Assistant Created in DialogFlow Endpoint Changes

Question

I have created a Google Home app in DialogFlow and have since had the app published by Google. I am assuming that I can change the fulfillment endpoint address in Dialogflow and this won't affect my live app - my assumption being that a packaged version of the app together with the endpoint at submission time is what is running on the Google Assistant.

Does anybody know if this assumption is correct?

Answer 1

No, this assumption is not correct.

By default, changing the fulfillment URL in your Dialogflow project will change it for the live Action.

Although there is some information that is generated when you release an Action built with Dialogflow (the Intents and Entities, for example, get turned into entries for the Assistant), the fulfillment URL is not one of them. The Assistant sends it to a special URL on Dialogflow's servers, and Dialogflow then sends it to the URL you've specified.

However , you can look into the Dialogflow Beta feature that supports versions and environments to see if that will do what you want.