Automation runs but does not seem to update status

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I am running an automation that should update some entity values
Although tracing shows that it did run, the entity was not updated.
Iopened this topic january 17 at 14:06
I cannot find why this goes wrong.

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This is a part of the trace:

Executed: January 17, 2025 at 1:59:13 PM
Result:
params:
  domain: input_text
  service: set_value
  service_data:
    value: >-
      foscam_voordeur: Twee kleine beeldjes staan bij een deur, met een plant in
      een pot ernaast en een auto gedeeltelijk zichtbaar op een betegelde
      oprit.  Het is momenteel 15:31.
    entity_id:
      - input_text.beschrijving_foto_foscam
  target:
    entity_id:
      - input_text.beschrijving_foto_foscam
running_script: false

this is the part of yaml of the automation:

  - action: input_text.set_value
    metadata: {}
    data:
      value: "foscam_voordeur: {{response_voordeur_foscam.response_text}}"
    target:
      entity_id: input_text.beschrijving_foto_foscam
    enabled: true
  - action: input_text.set_value
    metadata: {}
    data:
      value: "foscam_voordeur: {{response_voordeur_foscam.response_text}}"
    target:
      entity_id: input_text.beschrijving_fotolaatst
  - action: notify.lg_webos_tv_oled55c8pla
    metadata: {}
    data:
      message: "{{response_voordeur_foscam.response_text}}"
    enabled: false

The entity input_text.beschrijving_fotolaatst does not exists att all.

2

That’s the problem, then: you cannot call set_value on an entity that doesn’t exist. Create it first, then try again.

Please include the complete trace and automation YAML if that doesn’t solve it.

3

Thanks, this entity contains information now.
Now I have to find out why excution time diifers from timestamp. Just for info, I understand that not everyone likes to investigate code like this :slight_smile:
this is my automation:

alias: 1.melding_voordeur_telegram_foscamcamera
description: ""
triggers:
  - trigger: state
    entity_id:
      - binary_sensor.voordeur_person_occupancy
    from: "off"
    to: "on"
conditions: []
actions:
  - delay:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 0
      seconds: 1
      milliseconds: 0
  - action: camera.snapshot
    metadata: {}
    data:
      filename: /config/www/images/snapshots/snapshot_voordeur_foscam.jpg
    target:
      entity_id: camera.voordeur_2
  - action: llmvision.image_analyzer
    metadata: {}
    data:
      remember: false
      include_filename: false
      target_width: 1280
      detail: low
      max_tokens: 100
      temperature: 0.2
      expose_images: false
      provider: 01JG3R7V7ZEX7MTPADFM9CXC78
      model: gemini-1.5-pro
      message: >-
        Describe what you see in one sentence. If you see a person, describe
        what they look like. Add current time. timezone is europe/amsterdam In
        dutch
      image_file: /config/www/images/snapshots/snapshot_voordeur_foscam.jpg
    response_variable: response_voordeur_foscam
  - action: notify.mobile_app_sm_a725f
    metadata: {}
    data:
      message: "{{response_voordeur_foscam.response_text}}"
      data:
        image: >-
          http://192.168.2.35:8123/local/images/snapshot_voordeur_camera/snapshot_foscam.jpg
    enabled: false
  - action: telegram_bot.send_message
    metadata: {}
    data:
      message: Voordeur foscam {{response_voordeur_foscam.response_text}}
      data:
        image: /config/www/images/snapshots/snapshots/snapshot_voordeur_foscam.jpg
    enabled: true
  - action: telegram_bot.send_photo
    metadata: {}
    data:
      authentication: digest
      file: /config/www/images/snapshots/snapshot_voordeur_foscam.jpg
    enabled: true
  - action: input_text.set_value
    metadata: {}
    data:
      value: "foscam_voordeur: {{response_voordeur_foscam.response_text}}"
    target:
      entity_id: input_text.beschrijving_foto_foscam
    enabled: true
  - action: input_text.set_value
    metadata: {}
    data:
      value: "foscam_voordeur: {{response_voordeur_foscam.response_text}}"
    target:
      entity_id: input_text.beschrijving_fotolaatst
  - action: notify.lg_webos_tv_oled55c8pla
    metadata: {}
    data:
      message: "{{response_voordeur_foscam.response_text}}"
    enabled: false
mode: single

This is the trace in json:

{
  "trace": {
    "last_step": "action/8",
    "run_id": "82fa610efdcd78a008b32873fcb4a089",
    "state": "stopped",
    "script_execution": "finished",
    "timestamp": {
      "start": "2025-01-17T13:43:26.708404+00:00",
      "finish": "2025-01-17T13:43:31.981164+00:00"
    },
    "domain": "automation",
    "item_id": "1735562140161",
    "trigger": null,
    "trace": {
      "trigger": [
        {
          "path": "trigger",
          "timestamp": "2025-01-17T13:43:26.708673+00:00",
          "changed_variables": {
            "this": {
              "entity_id": "automation.melding_voordeur_telegram",
              "state": "on",
              "attributes": {
                "id": "1735562140161",
                "last_triggered": "2025-01-17T13:38:55.439410+00:00",
                "mode": "single",
                "current": 0,
                "friendly_name": "1.melding_voordeur_telegram_foscamcamera"
              },
              "last_changed": "2025-01-17T13:43:22.811767+00:00",
              "last_reported": "2025-01-17T13:43:22.811767+00:00",
              "last_updated": "2025-01-17T13:43:22.811767+00:00",
              "context": {
                "id": "01JHT823XVJD08PW90ETCBD7YV",
                "parent_id": null,
                "user_id": null
              }
            },
            "trigger": {
              "platform": null
            }
          }
        }
      ],
      "action/0": [
        {
          "path": "action/0",
          "timestamp": "2025-01-17T13:43:26.713679+00:00",
          "changed_variables": {
            "context": {
              "id": "01JHT827QMG8Y6FCCS9HH1KPBW",
              "parent_id": "01JHT827QH7CAC3EHJDNGRWPS6",
              "user_id": null
            }
          },
          "result": {
            "delay": 1,
            "done": true
          }
        }
      ],
      "action/1": [
        {
          "path": "action/1",
          "timestamp": "2025-01-17T13:43:27.735108+00:00",
          "result": {
            "params": {
              "domain": "camera",
              "service": "snapshot",
              "service_data": {
                "filename": "/config/www/images/snapshots/snapshot_voordeur_foscam.jpg",
                "entity_id": [
                  "camera.voordeur_2"
                ]
              },
              "target": {
                "entity_id": [
                  "camera.voordeur_2"
                ]
              }
            },
            "running_script": false
          }
        }
      ],
      "action/2": [
        {
          "path": "action/2",
          "timestamp": "2025-01-17T13:43:27.976803+00:00",
          "changed_variables": {
            "response_voordeur_foscam": {
              "response_text": "Ik zie een oprit met klinkers, een plantenbak, twee beeldjes en een deel van een auto. Het is momenteel 15:53 in Amsterdam.\n"
            }
          },
          "result": {
            "params": {
              "domain": "llmvision",
              "service": "image_analyzer",
              "service_data": {
                "remember": false,
                "include_filename": false,
                "target_width": 1280,
                "detail": "low",
                "max_tokens": 100,
                "temperature": 0.2,
                "expose_images": false,
                "provider": "01JG3R7V7ZEX7MTPADFM9CXC78",
                "model": "gemini-1.5-pro",
                "message": "Describe what you see in one sentence. If you see a person, describe what they look like. Add current time. timezone is europe/amsterdam In dutch",
                "image_file": "/config/www/images/snapshots/snapshot_voordeur_foscam.jpg"
              },
              "target": {}
            },
            "running_script": false
          }
        }
      ],
      "action/3": [
        {
          "path": "action/3",
          "timestamp": "2025-01-17T13:43:30.531390+00:00",
          "result": {
            "enabled": false
          }
        }
      ],
      "action/4": [
        {
          "path": "action/4",
          "timestamp": "2025-01-17T13:43:30.531609+00:00",
          "result": {
            "params": {
              "domain": "telegram_bot",
              "service": "send_message",
              "service_data": {
                "message": "Voordeur foscam Ik zie een oprit met klinkers, een plantenbak, twee beeldjes en een deel van een auto. Het is momenteel 15:53 in Amsterdam.",
                "data": {
                  "image": "/config/www/images/snapshots/snapshots/snapshot_voordeur_foscam.jpg"
                }
              },
              "target": {}
            },
            "running_script": false
          }
        }
      ],
      "action/5": [
        {
          "path": "action/5",
          "timestamp": "2025-01-17T13:43:30.995482+00:00",
          "result": {
            "params": {
              "domain": "telegram_bot",
              "service": "send_photo",
              "service_data": {
                "authentication": "digest",
                "file": "/config/www/images/snapshots/snapshot_voordeur_foscam.jpg"
              },
              "target": {}
            },
            "running_script": false
          }
        }
      ],
      "action/6": [
        {
          "path": "action/6",
          "timestamp": "2025-01-17T13:43:31.936912+00:00",
          "result": {
            "params": {
              "domain": "input_text",
              "service": "set_value",
              "service_data": {
                "value": "foscam_voordeur: Ik zie een oprit met klinkers, een plantenbak, twee beeldjes en een deel van een auto. Het is momenteel 15:53 in Amsterdam.",
                "entity_id": [
                  "input_text.beschrijving_foto_foscam"
                ]
              },
              "target": {
                "entity_id": [
                  "input_text.beschrijving_foto_foscam"
                ]
              }
            },
            "running_script": false
          }
        }
      ],
      "action/7": [
        {
          "path": "action/7",
          "timestamp": "2025-01-17T13:43:31.957142+00:00",
          "result": {
            "params": {
              "domain": "input_text",
              "service": "set_value",
              "service_data": {
                "value": "foscam_voordeur: Ik zie een oprit met klinkers, een plantenbak, twee beeldjes en een deel van een auto. Het is momenteel 15:53 in Amsterdam.",
                "entity_id": [
                  "input_text.beschrijving_fotolaatst"
                ]
              },
              "target": {
                "entity_id": [
                  "input_text.beschrijving_fotolaatst"
                ]
              }
            },
            "running_script": false
          }
        }
      ],
      "action/8": [
        {
          "path": "action/8",
          "timestamp": "2025-01-17T13:43:31.978150+00:00",
          "result": {
            "enabled": false
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "config": {
      "id": "1735562140161",
      "alias": "1.melding_voordeur_telegram_foscamcamera",
      "description": "",
      "triggers": [
        {
          "trigger": "state",
          "entity_id": [
            "binary_sensor.voordeur_person_occupancy"
          ],
          "from": "off",
          "to": "on"
        }
      ],
      "conditions": [],
      "actions": [
        {
          "delay": {
            "hours": 0,
            "minutes": 0,
            "seconds": 1,
            "milliseconds": 0
          }
        },
        {
          "action": "camera.snapshot",
          "metadata": {},
          "data": {
            "filename": "/config/www/images/snapshots/snapshot_voordeur_foscam.jpg"
          },
          "target": {
            "entity_id": "camera.voordeur_2"
          }
        },
        {
          "action": "llmvision.image_analyzer",
          "metadata": {},
          "data": {
            "remember": false,
            "include_filename": false,
            "target_width": 1280,
            "detail": "low",
            "max_tokens": 100,
            "temperature": 0.2,
            "expose_images": false,
            "provider": "01JG3R7V7ZEX7MTPADFM9CXC78",
            "model": "gemini-1.5-pro",
            "message": "Describe what you see in one sentence. If you see a person, describe what they look like. Add current time. timezone is europe/amsterdam In dutch",
            "image_file": "/config/www/images/snapshots/snapshot_voordeur_foscam.jpg"
          },
          "response_variable": "response_voordeur_foscam"
        },
        {
          "action": "notify.mobile_app_sm_a725f",
          "metadata": {},
          "data": {
            "message": "{{response_voordeur_foscam.response_text}}",
            "data": {
              "image": "http://192.168.2.35:8123/local/images/snapshot_voordeur_camera/snapshot_foscam.jpg"
            }
          },
          "enabled": false
        },
        {
          "action": "telegram_bot.send_message",
          "metadata": {},
          "data": {
            "message": "Voordeur foscam {{response_voordeur_foscam.response_text}}",
            "data": {
              "image": "/config/www/images/snapshots/snapshots/snapshot_voordeur_foscam.jpg"
            }
          },
          "enabled": true
        },
        {
          "action": "telegram_bot.send_photo",
          "metadata": {},
          "data": {
            "authentication": "digest",
            "file": "/config/www/images/snapshots/snapshot_voordeur_foscam.jpg"
          },
          "enabled": true
        },
        {
          "action": "input_text.set_value",
          "metadata": {},
          "data": {
            "value": "foscam_voordeur: {{response_voordeur_foscam.response_text}}"
          },
          "target": {
            "entity_id": "input_text.beschrijving_foto_foscam"
          },
          "enabled": true
        },
        {
          "action": "input_text.set_value",
          "metadata": {},
          "data": {
            "value": "foscam_voordeur: {{response_voordeur_foscam.response_text}}"
          },
          "target": {
            "entity_id": "input_text.beschrijving_fotolaatst"
          }
        },
        {
          "action": "notify.lg_webos_tv_oled55c8pla",
          "metadata": {},
          "data": {
            "message": "{{response_voordeur_foscam.response_text}}"
          },
          "enabled": false
        }
      ],
      "mode": "single"
    },
    "blueprint_inputs": null,
    "context": {
      "id": "01JHT827QMG8Y6FCCS9HH1KPBW",
      "parent_id": "01JHT827QH7CAC3EHJDNGRWPS6",
      "user_id": null
    }
  },
  "logbookEntries": [
    {
      "name": "1.melding_voordeur_telegram_foscamcamera",
      "message": "triggered",
      "source": null,
      "entity_id": "automation.melding_voordeur_telegram",
      "context_id": "01JHT827QMG8Y6FCCS9HH1KPBW",
      "domain": "automation",
      "when": 1737121406.7087748
    },
    {
      "state": "foscam_voordeur: Ik zie een oprit met klinkers, een plantenbak, twee beeldjes en een deel van een auto. Het is momenteel 15:53 in Amsterdam.",
      "entity_id": "input_text.beschrijving_fotolaatst",
      "when": 1737121411.9625032,
      "context_event_type": "automation_triggered",
      "context_domain": "automation",
      "context_name": "1.melding_voordeur_telegram_foscamcamera",
      "context_message": "triggered",
      "context_entity_id": "automation.melding_voordeur_telegram"
    }
  ]
}
4

What do you mean? Is it a simple timezone difference? Note that:

      "start": "2025-01-17T13:43:26.708404+00:00",
      "finish": "2025-01-17T13:43:31.981164+00:00"

are both UTC / GMT (because of the +00:00 on the end) and correspond to 14:43 in Europe/Amsterdam.

You should probably make sure you limit the AI response to the 255-character limit of an entity state, which includes Input Text. Perhaps with truncate() (docs):

    data:
      value: "foscam_voordeur: {{ response_voordeur_foscam.response_text|truncate(length=235,leeway=0) }}"