Automations turn on after HA reset

Hi,
It is normal that automations that i turned off coming back to on after home Assistant restart?

Yes it’s normal which is a bit of a PITA but just something to check when you update.

You could set the initial_state: ‘off’ to the ones you’d like to be disabled on restart. But curious, why do you need to turn automations off instead of just having a condition that they execute?

I have automations for the winter, and now i don’t need them,
I think that i will make a automation that trigger when home Assistant start and will turn off the automations that i don’t need.

That makes sense. FYI There is a season sensor you could add and then use a condition to only run in winter.

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I agree. I have an automation that turns the lights on IF it’s after 4PM AND the sun is below 25° so in Winter the sun is down earlier that 4pm but it won’t trigger till after 4PM. In Summer, it can be 7PM before the sun is below 25° and the lights won’t go on until then.Much better way than a blunt instrument you’ll need to adjust all the time.

eg:

- action:
  - data:
      brightness_pct: 75
      entity_id: light.lounge
      kelvin: 3100
    service: light.turn_on
  alias: Turn Lounge Light On Elevation < 25° & after 4PM
  condition:
  - after: '16:00:00'
    before: '22:00:00'
    condition: time
  - condition: template
    value_template: '{{states.sun.sun.attributes.elevation < 25}}'
  id: '1505977024304'
  trigger:
  - below: '25'
    entity_id: sun.sun
    platform: numeric_state
    value_template: '{{ state.attributes.elevation }}'
  - at: '16:00:00'
    platform: time

Thank you for your help