Automation not firing on platform start

Configuration
1

Can anyone see why this isn’t firing on the platform start

  - alias: Test Notification
    trigger:
      - platform: homeassistant
        event: start
    action:
      service: notify.slackbot
      data:
        message: "Test!"
2

@rossdargan – I’ve included my automation below. Are you sure your notify service is named notify.slackbot?

3

Really startup triggers not working anymore. I am trying to send mqtt message - but it not sended (not with platform: event; event_type: homeassistant_start; nor with homeassistant, start). Last_triggered also didn’t changed(for uptime tracking).

Full code:

  • alias: ‘startup_notification’
    trigger:
    platform: event
    event_type: homeassistant_start
    action:
    • service: mqtt.publish
      data:
      topic: “home/gateway/main/mid/set”
      payload: 12
4

I’ve had problems with the new startup trigger too. For the time being I have moved back to the old way (waiting for homeassistant_start event).

  trigger:
    platform: event
    event_type: homeassistant_start
5

im having same problem. any way i can fix this?

6

It appears there’s an issue on GitHub as well. My automation, linked here works as expected on 0.43.1.

Can you manually trigger your automation from the dev panel?

7

The automation may be off on HA start (it started happening since the last couple of releases). Make sure you have initial_state: 'on'. Here’s how it should look:

- alias: Update HA after startup
  initial_state: 'on'
  trigger:
    platform: homeassistant
    event: start
8

tried it on 0.43.1 with initial_state On it does not work for me

tried both

- alias: Update HA after startup
  initial_state: 'on'
  trigger:
    platform: homeassistant
    event: start

  initial_state: 'on'
  trigger:
    platform: event
    event_type: homeassistant_start
9

This has been documented https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/issues/7058

Follow the thread there for updates.