Automation does not complete

Configuration
1

I seem to have a problem with automations not completing… The below is an example. Two issues:

  1. The media player volume does not turn back down to 0.36
  2. The HA page cast to my google display remains - it never returns to the home screen

Thanks for any advice!

alias: TEST Automation
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: template
    value_template: >


      {{  strptime(states('sensor.countdown_to_work_departure_time'),'%H:%M')
      <= 

      strptime('01:00','%H:%M')

      }}
condition: []
action:
  - service: media_player.volume_set
    metadata: {}
    data:
      volume_level: 1
    target:
      device_id: xyz
  - service: media_player.play_media
    target:
      entity_id: media_player.living_room_display
    data:
      media_content_id: >-
        media-source://tts/tts.home_assistant_cloud?message=Its+one+hour+before+work....+Time+to+get+up&language=en-NZ&voice=MollyNeural
      media_content_type: provider
    metadata:
      title: Its one hour before work.... Time to get up
      thumbnail: https://brands.home-assistant.io/_/tts/logo.png
      media_class: app
      children_media_class: null
      navigateIds:
        - {}
        - media_content_type: app
          media_content_id: media-source://tts
        - media_content_type: provider
          media_content_id: >-
            media-source://tts/tts.home_assistant_cloud?message=Its+one+hour+before+work....+Time+to+get+up&language=en-NZ&voice=MollyNeural
  - delay:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 0
      seconds: 20
      milliseconds: 0
  - service: media_player.volume_set
    metadata: {}
    data:
      volume_level: 0.36
    target:
      device_id: xyz
  - delay:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 0
      seconds: 20
      milliseconds: 0
  - service: media_player.play_media
    target:
      entity_id: media_player.living_room_display
    data:
      media_content_id: shed-wallbox
      media_content_type: lovelace
    metadata:
      title: Home
      thumbnail: https://brands.home-assistant.io/_/lovelace/logo.png
      media_class: app
      children_media_class: null
      navigateIds:
        - {}
        - media_content_type: lovelace
          media_content_id: ""
  - delay:
      hours: 1
      minutes: 0
      seconds: 0
      milliseconds: 0
  - service: media_player.media_stop
    metadata: {}
    data: {}
    target:
      device_id: xyz
mode: single
2

I have you checked Traces to see where it fails?

image

3

Thank you… was not aware of that… but no errors there or in the logs…. All look good… but seems noting happens after the annunciation…

4

Hummmm

media_player.stop was not teh correct command

The below works:

  - service: media_player.turn_off
    target:
      device_id: xyz

Rather than turn off the media player, this command returns it to its own home screen.

5

Think of it as turn off is stopping the cast to the Google Home