Automation config error

Configuration
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I just added some automations to my automations.yaml file. When validating the configuration I am getting the following error:

Invalid config for [automation]: [after] is an invalid option for [automation]. Check: automation->trigger->0->after. (See /config/configuration.yaml, line 145). Please check the docs at https://home-assistant.io/components/automation/ Invalid config for [automation]: [after] is an invalid option for [automation]. Check: automation->trigger->0->after. (See /config/configuration.yaml, line 145). Please check the docs at https://home-assistant.io/components/automation/

Strange thing is that I have not made any changes to my config file.

The last part of the config file looks like this:

group: !include groups.yaml
automation: !include automations.yaml
script: !include scripts.yaml

Any suggestions to whats wrong?

2

Is line 145 the automation line if so the the error is in the automation file HA has a hard time dealing with !include just check your spacing in said file

3

Thanks!
Yes, the line 145 is the automation file.
So the error is in that file? I have previously got errors specifically in automation.yaml. Have not seen this before.
Is there any tool to validate the automation file that you know of?

4

Ask Google lol or post it here and use the formatting at top of page other user mite should see what wrong

5

Ok, got it… :slight_smile:

this is the what I have:

- alias: Turn on outdoor lights at sunset 
  trigger:
    platform: sun
    event: sunset
  action:
    service: light.turn_on
    entity_id: 
    - light.utebelysning_framsida
    - light.hue_ambiance_lamp_1
    - light.hue_ambiance_lamp_2

- alias: Turn off outdoor lights at sunrise 
  trigger:
    platform: sun
    event: sunrise
  action:
    service: light.turn_off
    entity_id: 
    - light.utebelysning_framsida
    - light.hue_ambiance_lamp_1
    - light.hue_ambiance_lamp_2
    - light.onoff_plug_1

- alias: Turn on window lights at sunset
  trigger: 
    platform: sun
    event: sunset
  condition:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: input_boolean.not_at_home
    state: 'on'
  action: 
    service: light.turn_on
    entity_id:
    - light.onoff_plug_1_2
    - light.onoff_plug_1

- alias: Turn of some window lights at 23
  trigger:
    platform: time
    at: '23:00:00'
  condition:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: input_boolean.not_at_home
    state: 'on'
  action:
    service: light.turn_off
    entity_id:
      - light.onoff_plug_1_2

- alias: Turn on indoor lights random when not at not at home
  trigger:
    platform: time
    after: '17:00:00'
  condition:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: input_boolean.not_at_home
    state: 'on'
  action:
    delay: '{{ (range(0, 2)|random|int) }}:{{ (range(1, 59)|random|int) }}:00'
    service: light.turn_on
    entity_id:
      - light.hue_ambiance_lamp_2_2
      - light.hue_ambiance_lamp_1_2

- alias: Turn off indoor lights random when not at not at home
  trigger:
    platform: time
    after: '22:00:00'
  condition:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: input_boolean.not_at_home
    state: 'on'
  action:
    delay: '{{ (range(0, 2)|random|int) }}:{{ (range(1, 59)|random|int) }}:00'
    service: light.turn_off
    entity_id:
      - light.hue_ambiance_lamp_2_2
      - light.hue_ambiance_lamp_1_2
6

Off top of head think u missing the ID

A tick you can do is what I did when starting down this track is

Put a # at the front of line 145
Then copy all the automation into the configuration file under automation:
Then do a config check that will tell you the line number then cut it back to the automation file take out the # in 145 do a config check again

7

I splitted the automation file and found out that the error is in this bit:

- alias: Turn on indoor lights random when not at not at home
  trigger:
    platform: time
    after: '17:00:00'
  condition:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: input_boolean.not_at_home
    state: 'on'
  action:
    delay: '{{ (range(0, 2)|random|int) }}:{{ (range(1, 59)|random|int) }}:00'
    service: light.turn_on
    entity_id:
      - light.hue_ambiance_lamp_2_2
      - light.hue_ambiance_lamp_1_2

Not sure where though…?

8

Ok we getting somewhere now if you copy the delay part into template does it show the right format doing this on my phone

9

Left hand side of main screen about 4th 5th icon in

10

Got a feeling the formatting of the delay is not putting in the leading 0 in

11

Hay join this dicord https://discord.gg/FHqNAd6

Ask it there it where I live most of the time

12

thanks!

I think there is some problem with delay in relation to service:
Could be something like this

  action:
    - delay: '{{ (range(0, 2)|random|int) }}:{{ (range(1, 59)|random|int) }}:00'
    - service: light.turn_on
      entity_id: 
        - light.hue_ambiance_lamp_2_2
        - light.hue_ambiance_lamp_1_2

However still not getting it through…

13

paste into in here
image

You should see the out put

image

Found a PC I can Work ON

14

I see its doing this
image

so looking into how to format to 01:45:00 think that the problem

15

Think I have it
try this

‘{{ "%02d" % (range(0, 2)|random|int) }}:{{ "%02d" % (range(1, 59)|random|int) }}:00’

as it out puts

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back to my real job packing powder

16

The problem is here…

- alias: Turn on indoor lights random when not at not at home
  trigger:
    platform: time
    after: '17:00:00'

Change after to at

It clearly tells you this in the error message, so I don’t know why you’ve both been working on the template for the last 4 hours.

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Thanks! That soved the problem.