Adding a verification step to ensure that an automation has fired correctly

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Hello,

I have a few automations to control many devices in my home, like lights, heaters and a fireplace valve. I wanted to know if there was a way to check, post automation action, if the action succeeded? For example, this morning, I noticed that my fireplace was still off, even though the automation ran successfully at 5 AM; this is a random occurrence since it has worked 95% of the time since I programmed it.

Basically, I want the action to run, and then have HA check the state of the device a few seconds later to ensure it worked; if not, run the action again until it works. I thought of creating a new automation that listens for the first automation running successfully and then runs.

This is my current automation:

alias: Fireplace On
description: ''
trigger:
  - platform: time
    at: '05:00:00'
  - platform: state
    entity_id: group.family
    from: not_home
    to: home
  - platform: numeric_state
    entity_id: sensor.openweatherdetailed_temperature
    below: '2'
condition:
  - condition: numeric_state
    entity_id: sensor.openweatherdetailed_temperature
    below: '2'
  - condition: state
    entity_id: group.family
    state: home
  - condition: time
    after: '04:59:00'
    before: '21:31:00'
  - condition: state
    entity_id: climate.fireplace
    state: 'off'
action:
  - device_id: 3a934fde44e100dbab83f72180951938
    domain: climate
    entity_id: climate.fireplace
    type: set_hvac_mode
    hvac_mode: heat_cool
mode: single

Is this something that templates would allow me to do? If so, I’d like some guidance!

Thanks!

Ricky

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This will try the action every two seconds, until the state changes or it has tried 15 times.

action:
  - repeat:
      sequence:
        - device_id: 3a934fde44e100dbab83f72180951938
          domain: climate
          entity_id: climate.fireplace
          type: set_hvac_mode
          hvac_mode: heat_cool
        - delay: 2
      until:
      - condition: or
        conditions:
        - "{{ repeat.index >= 15 }}"
        - "{{ is_state_attr('climate.fireplace', 'hvac_mode', 'heat_cool') }}"
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3

Will give it a try! Thanks so much

4

Worked like a charm!

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5

Bumping this thread. I would like for HA to send me a mobile notification (to be added once I solve the below problem) if/when the action fails after 20 attempts. I have created a few counters for my different automations and I am calling them as an “until” condition. The part I can’t figure out is how to create a follow-up action if the counter hits 20 (aside from creating a subsequent automation to listen for the counter to hit 20, send the notification and then reset the counter to 0):

alias: Fireplace On
description: ''
trigger:
  - platform: time
    at: '05:00:00'
  - platform: state
    entity_id: group.family
    from: not_home
    to: home
  - platform: numeric_state
    entity_id: sensor.openweatherdetailed_temperature
    below: '2'
condition:
  - condition: numeric_state
    entity_id: sensor.openweatherdetailed_temperature
    below: '2'
  - condition: state
    entity_id: group.family
    state: home
  - condition: time
    after: '04:59:00'
    before: '21:31:00'
action:
  - repeat:
      until:
        - condition: state
          entity_id: climate.fireplace
          state: heat_cool
        - condition: state
          entity_id: counter.fireplace_on
          state: '20'
      sequence:
        - service: counter.increment
          target:
            entity_id: counter.fireplace_on
        - device_id: 3a934fde44e100dbab83f72180951938
          domain: climate
          entity_id: climate.fireplace
          type: set_hvac_mode
          hvac_mode: heat_cool
        - delay:
            hours: 0
            minutes: 0
            seconds: 5
            milliseconds: 0
mode: single
6

Since the original topic has been marked as solved, you’d be better off creating a new topic instead.

However, you can solve this new problem with a choose after the repeat. If your counter has a state of 20, send a notification.

7

Thanks a million!