Automations not Loading (anymore)

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I have been away from HA for sometime now and just recently upgraded to .52 All but 3 of my automations are no longer working. Here is one such automation which until recently worked fine:

automation 1:
 trigger:
    platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.furnace_room_openclose_sensor_sensor
    state: 'off'
    
 action:
    service: notify.EventGhost
    data:
      message: 'Furnace.Room.Open/Close.Sensor.Closed'

One of the three automations that still works is below

automation 14:
 trigger:
    platform: numeric_state
    entity_id: sensor.foyer_motion_luminance
    below: 25
 
 action:
    service: notify.EventGhost
    data:
      message: 'Foyer.Lux.LO'

What is wrong with automation 1 and why wont it load. The error(s) I see are not very specific
2017-08-03 09:19:23 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.config] Invalid config for [automation]: [state] is an invalid option for [automation]. Check: automation->trigger->0->state. (See /var/opt/homeassistant/configuration.yaml, line 427). Please check the docs at https://home-assistant.io/components/automation/

2

I think your spacing is off, there should be 2 space increase in the next line. I see 1 space below automation and at the blue below is 3 spaces, same with below action.

3

Change state: off to to: off

Information in the breaking changes documentation.

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4

That did the trick. Simply replaced “state:” with “to:” for the affected automations and all is good.