Automation not triggering on state to pending

Configuration
1

Im using a split config setup and my manually configured automation for when the alarm panel goes to state pending is not working. I removed everything to keep it as simple as possible.

When i build the automation through the UI it works perfectly.

Other automations in the split config folder work fine (could there be some interference?)
Not working super simple config

- alias: Manual - Notification when alarm is pending
  trigger:
    platform: state
    entity_id: alarm_control_panel.home_alarm

    to: pending
  action:
    service: notify.mobile_app_XXX
    data:
      message: Alarm Pending!

The UI generated automation that works looks like:

- alias: Alarm - Pending
  trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: alarm_control_panel.home_alarm
    to: pending
  action:
  - delay: 00:00:05
  - service: notify.mobile_app_XXX
    data:
      message: Alarm Pending!
  - service: media_player.volume_set
    data_template:
      entity_id:
      - media_player.keuken
      - media_player.woonkamer
      volume_level: 0.8
  - service: media_player.play_media
    data:
      media_content_id: http://ip123/local/siren.mp3
      media_content_type: music
    target:
      entity_id:
      - media_player.keuken
      - media_player.woonkamer

I tried copy and pasting that to my manual automation.yaml but also doesn’t work?

Any pointers on where this might go wrong as i have been breaking my back over this for the past 4 hours

2

First of all: What does the automation’s debug trace tells?
Have you reloaded automations?
Have you compared the code syntax with a working split automation?

3

How can i debug an automation that i have manually configured?
Yes i have reloaded and yes i have copied over working split config automation and adjusted it

4

Automations created in YAML must have an id assigned in order for debugging traces to be stored.
Troubleshooting automations - Home Assistant