Authomation trigered by template does not perform the action | Home Assistant | Page 1

wicked hollow Mar 10, 2026, 4:35 PM

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Hello all,

I have this authomation, that is trigered corectly (on the events) but no acction,. can someone help me understand where the problem is?

alias: AUTH - CLIMATE - Spegni Caldaia
description: ""
triggers:

trigger: template
value_template: >-
{% set c =
['climate.thermostat_camera_di_alex','climate.thermostat_camera_di_elena','climate.thermostat_piano_terra','climate.thermostat_camera_matrimoniale']
%}

{{ 'false' if (
states.climate|selectattr('entity_id','in',c)|selectattr('attributes.hvac_action','==','heating')|list|count

else 'true' }}
for:
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: 30
conditions: []
actions:

action: switch.turn_off
metadata: {}
target:
entity_id: switch.rele_caldaia
data: {}
mode: single

karmic karmaBOT Mar 10, 2026, 4:37 PM

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vestal thicket Mar 10, 2026, 4:38 PM

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review the trace and it should tell you

wicked hollow Mar 10, 2026, 4:40 PM

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The trace is Ok, but not turn off the switch

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vestal thicket Mar 10, 2026, 4:41 PM

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Then you should focus on the switch action

wicked hollow Mar 10, 2026, 4:41 PM

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if I run manualy the switch go off

vestal thicket Mar 10, 2026, 4:41 PM

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And please format the code

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There isn't much more you can do debug from the automation perspective. Look for logs

wicked hollow Mar 10, 2026, 5:01 PM

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No error log for the authomation or switch 🙁

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alias: AUTH - CLIMATE - Spegni Caldaia
description: ""
triggers:

value_template: |-
{% set c = [
'climate.thermostat_camera_di_alex',
'climate.thermostat_camera_di_elena',
'climate.thermostat_piano_terra',
'climate.thermostat_camera_matrimoniale'
] %}
{{ states.climate
| selectattr('entity_id','in',c)
| selectattr('attributes.hvac_action','==','heating')
| list
| count == 0 }}
for:
seconds: 30
trigger: template
conditions: []
actions:
target:
entity_id: switch.rele_caldaia
action: switch.turn_off
mode: single

vestal thicket Mar 10, 2026, 5:02 PM

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please please please format your code

wicked hollow Mar 10, 2026, 5:04 PM

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Sorry but I'm not understand what you intend wit format code

vestal thicket Mar 10, 2026, 5:04 PM

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#1480967376773189752 message

wicked hollow Mar 10, 2026, 5:13 PM

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id: '1773101940029'
alias: AUTH - CLIMATE - Spegni Caldaia
description: ''
triggers:
  - trigger: template
    value_template: >-
      {% set c =
      ['climate.thermostat_camera_di_alex','climate.thermostat_camera_di_elena','climate.thermostat_piano_terra','climate.thermostat_camera_matrimoniale']
      %}

      {{ 'false' if (
      states.climate|selectattr('entity_id','in',c)|selectattr('attributes.hvac_action','==','heating')|list|count
      > 0) else 'true' }}
    for:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 0
      seconds: 30
conditions: []
actions:
  - action: switch.turn_off
    metadata: {}
    target:
      entity_id: switch.rele_caldaia
    data: {}
mode: single

vestal thicket Mar 10, 2026, 5:17 PM

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Still, I don't see any reason why the automation action would behave any differently from calling the service directly. It's pretty straightforward

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that template is unnecessarily complicated, but that won't affect the action. the last line can just be this:

      {{ states.climate|selectattr('entity_id','in',c)|selectattr('attributes.hvac_action','==','heating')|list|count
      > 0 }}

wicked hollow Mar 10, 2026, 5:19 PM

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I'm agree with you, I will change and let you know. Thank you

wicked hollow Mar 10, 2026, 5:25 PM

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vestal thicket that template is unnecessarily complicated, but that won't affect the action. t...

With tis code the result is "True" but shul be "false" because al cliamte are off

vestal thicket Mar 10, 2026, 5:26 PM

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oh, you flipped it. So flip the logic

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the point is that the logic returns a boolean, you don't need to actually return true or false

wicked hollow Mar 10, 2026, 5:32 PM

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mmmmm, im not shure that I understand, the template says " when cahnge from false to true" .

vestal thicket Mar 10, 2026, 5:32 PM

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it's just a boolean statement

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you're testing for > 0 and you want == 0

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did you write that, or get it from somewhere?

wicked hollow Mar 10, 2026, 5:36 PM

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I saw it in the forum example and I adapt it to my authomation

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I'm more and more sure that the problem is with the switch and not with the automation

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I will let you know.... thank you for support

wicked hollow Mar 11, 2026, 7:36 AM

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Hello @vestal thicket , thanks for your help yesterday. I can confirm that the problem was the switch; it was online but unresponsive. I turned it off, deleted it, and re-associated it with the home assistant, and now it's working properly. Thanks to you, I've figured out how the automation works when using the true/false template.

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I've further simplified the code; here are my automations:

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alias: AUTH - CLIMATE - Accendi Caldaia
description: ""
triggers:
  - trigger: template
    value_template: |-
      {{ expand(label_entities('Thermostat'))
         | selectattr('attributes.hvac_action','defined')
         | selectattr('attributes.hvac_action','eq','heating')
         | list
         | count > 0 }}
    for:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 0
      seconds: 30
conditions: []
actions:
  - action: switch.turn_on
    metadata: {}
    target:
      entity_id: switch.rele_caldaia
    data: {}
mode: single

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alias: AUTH - CLIMATE - Spegni Caldaia
description: Spegne la caldaia quando nessun termostato richiede riscaldamento
triggers:
  - value_template: |
      {{ expand(label_entities('Thermostat'))
         | selectattr('attributes.hvac_action','defined')
         | selectattr('attributes.hvac_action','eq','heating')
         | list
         | count == 0 }}
    for:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 0
      seconds: 30
      milliseconds: 0
    trigger: template
conditions: []
actions:
  - target:
      entity_id: switch.rele_caldaia
    action: switch.turn_off
mode: single

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Best regards

strong mural Mar 11, 2026, 2:13 PM

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wicked hollow ```yaml alias: AUTH - CLIMATE - Spegni Caldaia description: Spegne la caldaia qu...

You can simplify those templates.

{{ label_entities('Thermostat') | select('is_state_attr', 'hvac_action', 'heating') | list | count }}

#Authomation trigered by template does not perform the action