List time since last activation for select automations | Home Assistant | Page 1

tidal yoke Jun 19, 2025, 6:30 PM

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I would like to add a tile to my dashboard that lists how long ago a selection of automations were run, and have them disappear if that time is greater than 24 hours.

Any suggestions on how to go about doing this?

proper kestrel Jun 19, 2025, 8:00 PM

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tidal yoke I would like to add a tile to my dashboard that lists how long ago a selection o...

you could probably do this with a markdown card

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type: markdown
content: |-
  {% for state in states.automation -%}
    {% if state.attributes['last_triggered'] != none -%}
      {% if (now() - state.attributes['last_triggered']) < timedelta(days=1) -%}
        {{ state.name }} - {{ ((now() - state.attributes['last_triggered'])|string).split('.')[0] }} ago
      {% endif -%}
    {% endif -%}  
  {% endfor -%}
title: Triggered Automations from last 24h

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that is not a great example but maybe gives you an idea of an approach to take?

old shadow Jun 19, 2025, 8:08 PM

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probably doable with auto entities card too

old shadow Jun 19, 2025, 8:59 PM

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took me a while lol but there you go :

type: custom:auto-entities
filter:
  template: >-
    {% set list = states.automation %}{% for element in list %}{% set
    element_trigger = (now() - state_attr(element.entity_id, "last_triggered"
    )).total_seconds() <= 86400 %}{% if element_trigger %}{{
    element.entity_id~"\n" }}{% endif %}{% endfor %} 
show_empty: true
card:
  type: entities
  show_header_toggle: false

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this card (using mushroom auto entities) list all automation triggered in the last 24h

sage patio Jun 19, 2025, 9:10 PM

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Man. I started writing a response earlier but wasn't able to finish it. Y'all already got it taken care of. 👍

tidal yoke Jun 19, 2025, 10:19 PM

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old shadow took me a while lol but there you go : ``` type: custom:auto-entities filter: ...

Thank you! Is there any way to make it only do so for a given list of automations rather than all automations?

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Also, I do have Mushroom installed from HACS, but I'm not able to get this YAML to work. I just get a blank box.

old shadow Jun 20, 2025, 12:18 PM

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try the template in the dev tabs to see if it gives any entity id

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works on my side but heh, maybe all your automations last trigger date are over 24 hours ago

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if you wanna display only some automation this template is not the best tho.
if you wanna just hide some automation just replace the template with that and populate the list exclusions with your automations to ignore

{% set exclusions = ["AUTOMATION  1 ID", "AUTOMATION 2 ID", .......] %}{% set list = states.automation | rejectattr('entity_id', 'in', exclusions) %}{% for element in list %}{% set
    element_trigger = (now() - state_attr(element.entity_id, "last_triggered"
    )).total_seconds() <= 86400 %}{% if element_trigger %}{{
    element.entity_id~"\n" }}{% endif %}{% endfor %}

sage patio Jun 20, 2025, 7:09 PM

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@old shadow Neither of your examples worked for me. Initially, it seems like there's something wrong with the element_trigger as it would not return properly in Dev Tools. For me, this is what it took to return: {{ as_timestamp(now()) - as_timestamp(state_attr('automation.arriving_leaving_home', 'last_triggered')) }}

old shadow Jun 20, 2025, 7:12 PM

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welp

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idk then

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can't understand why it's not working for you guys, works great on my side

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but sure you can transform the datetime values to timestamps and it'll work great too

old shadow Jun 20, 2025, 7:21 PM

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tidal yoke Also, I do have Mushroom installed from HACS, but I'm not able to get this YAML ...

try using the values of @sage patio with this as template

{% set list = states.automation %}{% for element in list %}{% set element_trigger = as_timestamp(now()) - as_timestamp(state_attr(element.entity_id, 'last_triggered')) <= 86400 %}{% if element_trigger %}{{ element.entity_id~"\n" }}{% endif %}{% endfor %}

sage patio Jun 20, 2025, 7:27 PM

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Weird question: what time zone are you in? I'm GMT-4. Are you in GMT?

old shadow Jun 20, 2025, 8:17 PM

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CEST/UTC+2

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should not impact tho

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timedate variables take in consideration time zones

tidal yoke Jun 22, 2025, 10:24 AM

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old shadow try using the values of <@695007435966120058> with this as template ``` {% set l...

I'm very unclear on what you're saying to do. Sorry.

old shadow Jun 22, 2025, 11:34 AM

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yeah my message was very unclear, use this:

type: custom:auto-entities
filter:
  template: >-
    {% set list = states.automation %}{% for element in list %}{% set element_trigger = as_timestamp(now()) - as_timestamp(state_attr(element.entity_id, 'last_triggered')) <= 86400 %}{% if element_trigger %}{{ element.entity_id~"\n" }}{% endif %}{% endfor %}  
show_empty: true
card:
  type: entities
  show_header_toggle: false

tidal yoke Jun 22, 2025, 11:46 AM

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old shadow yeah my message was very unclear, use this: ``` type: custom:auto-entities filt...

I still just get a blank box. https://i.imgur.com/MvOp6Nf.png

Imgur

old shadow Jun 22, 2025, 12:04 PM

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tidal yoke I still just get a blank box. https://i.imgur.com/MvOp6Nf.png

try this in the dev tab > template

{% set list = states.automation %}{% for element in list %}{% set element_trigger = as_timestamp(now()) - as_timestamp(state_attr(element.entity_id, 'last_triggered')) <= 86400 %}{% if element_trigger %}{{ element.entity_id~"\n" }}{% endif %}{% endfor %}

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see if you get results on the right

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or any error

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if you don't get any result, try this :

{% set list = states.automation %}{% for element in list %}{% set element_trigger = as_timestamp(now()) - as_timestamp(state_attr(element.entity_id, 'last_triggered')) >= 0 %}{% if element_trigger %}{{ element.entity_id~"\n" }}{% endif %}{% endfor %}

tidal yoke Jun 22, 2025, 12:36 PM

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Both of these result in a ValueError result.

sage patio Jun 22, 2025, 12:48 PM

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I'm at a loss as to why this is not working for me either. The whole date/time part returns fine (if I hard-code an entity) in Dev Tools. The list automation domain works (when I output the for to a list).

old shadow Jun 22, 2025, 4:36 PM

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I cant understand why its not working for you guys

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The code looks fine and return expected values on my side

old shadow Jun 22, 2025, 4:37 PM

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tidal yoke Both of these result in a ValueError result.

Whats the error ?

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Could you screenshot it ?

tidal yoke Jun 22, 2025, 4:50 PM

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https://i.imgur.com/c5PC9iF.png

Imgur

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https://i.imgur.com/P86b6ri.png

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old shadow Jun 22, 2025, 5:00 PM

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Try this and post the error if there is any

{% set exclusions = [""] %}{% set list = states.automation | rejectattr('entity_id', 'in', exclusions) %}{% for element in list %}{% set
    element_trigger = (now() - state_attr(element.entity_id, "last_triggered"
    )).total_seconds() <= 86400 %}{% if element_trigger %}{{
    element.entity_id~"\n" }}{% endif %}{% endfor %}

tidal yoke Jun 22, 2025, 5:04 PM

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old shadow Try this and post the error if there is any ``` {% set exclusions = [""] %}{% se...

TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for -: 'datetime.datetime' and 'NoneType'

old shadow Jun 22, 2025, 5:16 PM

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Try this

AND REPLACE AUTOMATION ID with the id of one of your automation

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Give me the result and the result type if it does not give you an error

tidal yoke Jun 22, 2025, 5:24 PM

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That seemed to work correctly. I mean, it's the time and date it was triggered, not time since then, but still. https://i.imgur.com/5FIQUaB.png

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old shadow Jun 22, 2025, 5:32 PM

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Hmm

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Try this

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Your error has shown that one the the two values return as null

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Or maybe you have an automation that has nevers been activated

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Thats probably the reason now that i think about it

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Could you check if an automation has never been triggered and add it in the exclusion array

tidal yoke Jun 22, 2025, 5:40 PM

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old shadow Try this {{now()}}

That also works. https://i.imgur.com/zXOpXsj.png

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tidal yoke Jun 22, 2025, 5:40 PM

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old shadow Or maybe you have an automation that has nevers been activated

Yes, I do have some automations that have never activated

old shadow Jun 22, 2025, 5:40 PM

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Thats it then

tidal yoke Jun 22, 2025, 5:41 PM

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How do I add to the exclusion tray?

old shadow Jun 22, 2025, 5:41 PM

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I could not get why it did not work with you guys

tidal yoke Jun 22, 2025, 5:41 PM

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Or better yet, can I just use explicit inclusion?

old shadow Jun 22, 2025, 5:41 PM

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Ill get to my pc and change tge yaml for you to fix that

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Yup

tidal yoke Jun 22, 2025, 5:41 PM

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Thank you!

old shadow Jun 22, 2025, 6:05 PM

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try this:

{% set exclusions = [""] %}{% set list = states.automation | rejectattr('entity_id', 'in', exclusions) %}{% for element in list %}{% set element_last_trigger = state_attr(element.entity_id, "last_triggered") %}{% if element_last_trigger == none %} {% continue %}{% endif %}{% set element_trigger = (now() - element_last_trigger).total_seconds() <= 86400 %}{% if element_trigger %}{{element.entity_id~"\n" }}{% endif %}{% endfor %}

I tried it with an automation that never triggered

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should work

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if it gives you a list of ids, you can then use the card as bellow:

type: custom:auto-entities
filter:
  template: >-
    {% set exclusions = [""] %}{% set list = states.automation | rejectattr('entity_id', 'in', exclusions) %}{% for element in list %}{% set element_last_trigger = state_attr(element.entity_id, "last_triggered") %}{% if element_last_trigger == none %} {% continue %}{% endif %}{% set element_trigger = (now() - element_last_trigger).total_seconds() <= 86400 %}{% if element_trigger %}{{element.entity_id~"\n" }}{% endif %}{% endfor %}
show_empty: true
card:
  type: entities
  show_header_toggle: false

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(could have used the rejectattr fonction instead of a IF test at each for iteration , but could not get it to work, lazyness got me there)

tidal yoke Jun 22, 2025, 6:19 PM

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Okay, so this shows a list of automations, but two issues. One, it just shows them with a toggle rather than listing when they last ran. Two, it's exclusion-based rather than inclusion-based.

old shadow Jun 22, 2025, 6:24 PM

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Ill make the modification later if you want

tidal yoke Jun 22, 2025, 6:28 PM

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old shadow Ill make the modification later if you want

That would be much appreciated. Thank you. ❤️

sage patio Jun 23, 2025, 3:24 AM

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After reading through y'alls progress, an automation that has never triggered makes sense (because it does not have a datetime). 🤦‍♂️
I had a similar problem when working with a template for Grocy items. One item did not have a category so it totally broke everything...

old shadow Jun 23, 2025, 7:59 AM

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There you go, it's now inclusif instead of exclusif and display the infos you want:

type: custom:auto-entities
show_empty: false
filter:
  template: |-
    {% set ns = namespace(select=[]) %}
        {% set list=["ANTOMATION ID #1", "ANTOMATION ID #2"]%}
          {% for entity in list %}
          
          {% set entity_last_trigger = state_attr(entity, "last_triggered") %}
          {% if entity_last_trigger == none %} {% continue %}
          {% endif %}
          {% set entity_last_trigger_date = (now() - entity_last_trigger).total_seconds() > 86400 %}
          {% if entity_last_trigger_date %} {% continue %}
          {% endif %}
          
          {% set icon = state_attr(entity, "icon") %}
          {% if icon == none %} {% set icon = "mdi:robot" %}
          {% endif %}
          {% set ns.select = ns.select + [{
              'type': 'custom:mushroom-template-card',
              'icon': icon,
              'primary': state_attr(entity, "friendly_name"),
              'secondary': state_attr(entity, "last_triggered").strftime('%d/%m/%Y %H:%M'),
              'icon_color': "primary"
          }] %}
        {% endfor %} {{ ns.select }}

All you have to do is replacing the "AUTOMATION ID #1" and "AUTOMATION ID #2" with your automations id (you can add as many as you like)

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using mushroom-template-card

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since you aleady have the mushroom card addon

tidal yoke Jun 23, 2025, 8:16 AM

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Thank you! I'll give this a try after I get home from work.

old shadow Jun 23, 2025, 8:28 AM

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it probably need some optimisations tho i'm a novice at this

tidal yoke Jun 23, 2025, 3:49 PM

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This is super close! The only thing is that it shows the time it last triggered (and, actually, is wrong - it says that my automation that triggered at midnight triggered at 22:00) rather than the time since it last triggered. I tried tinkering with it to change that, but I'm just too lost.

old shadow Jun 23, 2025, 3:50 PM

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yeah the now() is inaccurate, it does not use local timezone

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saw that just after sending it

tidal yoke Jun 23, 2025, 3:50 PM

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Oh, that's super weird

old shadow Jun 23, 2025, 3:51 PM

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yup, idk why but it's the reason

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it's a quick fix tho

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i'm not sure to get what you want tho, the time it last triggered or the time since it triggered ?

tidal yoke Jun 23, 2025, 3:52 PM

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since

old shadow Jun 23, 2025, 3:52 PM

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👌

tidal yoke Jun 23, 2025, 3:52 PM

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If it matters, my timezone is central europe

old shadow Jun 23, 2025, 4:01 PM

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replace 'secondary': state_attr(entity, "last_triggered").strftime('%d/%m/%Y %H:%M'), by ```'secondary': time_since(as_datetime(state_attr("automation.calcifer_activation_automatique_brumisateur", "last_triggered"))) ,

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not tested tho

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but should work

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Hm lol

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Thats the id of one of my entitie

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Replace the id with entity

tidal yoke Jun 23, 2025, 4:04 PM

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👍

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That works!

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type: custom:auto-entities
show_empty: false
filter:
template: |-
{% set ns = namespace(select=[]) %}
{% set list=["automation.midnight", "ANTOMATION ID #2"]%}
{% for entity in list %}

      {% set entity_last_trigger = state_attr(entity, "last_triggered") %}
      {% if entity_last_trigger == none %} {% continue %}
      {% endif %}
      {% set entity_last_trigger_date = (now() - entity_last_trigger).total_seconds() > 86400 %}
      {% if entity_last_trigger_date %} {% continue %}
      {% endif %}
      
      {% set icon = state_attr(entity, "icon") %}
      {% if icon == none %} {% set icon = "mdi:robot" %}
      {% endif %}
      {% set ns.select = ns.select + [{
          'type': 'custom:mushroom-template-card',
          'icon': icon,
          'primary': state_attr(entity, "friendly_name"),
          'secondary': time_since(as_datetime(state_attr(entity, "last_triggered"))) ,
          'icon_color': "primary"
      }] %}
    {% endfor %} {{ ns.select }}

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Thank you!

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This is exactly what I was hoping for.

#List time since last activation for select automations