Automation script action runs regardless of sensors condition

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I am trying to set a routine so it will only water the garden if there is no rain forecasted for the day.

I am using open weather map one day call and it provides me with an entity of: sensor.openweathermap_forecast_condition Looking at the Developers Tools I can see that the current state is cloudy.

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However when I manually run this automation, not matter what i put the state as, the action always runs.

- id: '1647850116736'
  alias: Morning Water
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - platform: time
    at: 06:00:00
  condition:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: sensor.openweathermap_forecast_condition
    state: rain
  action:
  - type: turn_on
    device_id: 673882bd533d8f7187e39de46d43fec6
    entity_id: switch.garden_watering
    domain: switch
  mode: single

What am I missing? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Manually running the actions will always skips the triggers and conditions. If you want to test the conditions, you have to wait for a trigger.

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Thank you, that was it!