Hue Linking issues

Got second hue bridge. Had main functional zone and mostly responsive system. Swapped smart button for motion alarm and moved upstairs lights all on to second hub to balance devices between 2 hubs and to better organize zones. Then had major Alexa issues w lights- assigned to incorrect rooms, zones and combining rooms w lights from both hubs. Decided to try to start over w Alexa skill and now it won't link. Have disabled almost all permissions on meet the hue, have removed and reconnected bridge, have disabled and enabled skill repeatedly, and erased all Hue devices and scenes manually from Alexa. Have rebooted Alexa and hue bridge. Started looking online and see many w similar issues. When trying to link via Alexa I ge the failure to connect screen l, but see the permission in the Hue app tab on the account- and w repeated link attempts through Alexa app, I end up w several app permissions listed on the hue website.