Choose Automation not Choosing

Configuration
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I have a question about the new Choose action. Mine seems to follow the default action as long as it triggers. It doesn’t “choose” the other options.

Here’s my code (yes, I’ve upgraded it from a mere “Dog Feed Alert” to a “Pets Feed Alert” but haven’t changed the internal names yet)

- id: dogfeedalert
  alias: Dog Feed Alert
  trigger:
    - platform: time
      at: '09:00:00'
    - platform: time
      at: '17:00:00'
    - platform: template
      value_template: "{{ (states.input_select.family_status.state == 'Home') and (as_timestamp(states.input_select.family_status.last_changed) | timestamp_custom ('%H') | int) <= 12 }}"
    - platform: template
      value_template: "{{ (states.input_select.family_status.state == 'Home') and (as_timestamp(states.input_select.family_status.last_changed) | timestamp_custom ('%H') | int) >= 18 }}"  
  condition:
    - condition: or
      conditions:
      - condition: state
        entity_id: input_boolean.dog_fed
        state: 'off'
      - condition: state
        entity_id: input_boolean.fish_fed
        state: 'off'
    - condition: state
      entity_id: input_select.family_status
      state: 'Home'
  action:
    - choose:
        - conditions:
            - condition: state
              entity_id: binary_sensor.dog_fed
              state: "off"
            - condition: state
              entity_id: binary_sensor.fish_fed
              state: "on"
          sequence:
            - service: rest_command.assistant_broadcast
              data:
                command: "Hey guys. I don't think that the dog has been fed. Care to feed him?"
                user: "Home Assistant"
            - service: script.notify_slack
              data_template:
                channel: CSTK325NV
                message: "Hey Guys. I don't think the dog has been fed. Care to feed him?"
                attachments:
                  - title: "Mark him as fed?"
                    callback_id: dog_fed_callback
                    color: '#03a9f4'
                    attachment_type: default
                    actions:
                      - text: Mark Fed
                        value: Mark Fed
                        name: 'dog_fed'
                        type: button
                      - text: Dismiss
                        value: Dismiss
                        name: 'anything_just_not_blank'
                        type: button
        - conditions:
            - condition: state
              entity_id: binary_sensor.fish_fed
              state: "off"
            - condition: state
              entity_id: binary_sensor.dog_fed
              state: "on"
          sequence:
            - service: rest_command.assistant_broadcast
              data:
                command: "Hey guys. I don't think that the fish have been fed. Care to feed them?"
                user: "Home Assistant"
            - service: script.notify_slack
              data_template:
                channel: CSTK325NV
                message: "Hey Guys. I don't think the fish have been fed. Care to feed them?"
                attachments:
                  - title: "Mark them as fed?"
                    callback_id: fish_fed_callback
                    color: '#03a9f4'
                    attachment_type: default
                    actions:
                      - text: Mark Fed
                        value: Mark Fed
                        name: 'fish_fed'
                        type: button
                      - text: Dismiss
                        value: Dismiss
                        name: 'anything_just_not_blank'
                        type: button
      default:
        - service: rest_command.assistant_broadcast
          data:
            command: "Hey guys. I don't think that the dog or fish have been fed. Care to feed them?"
            user: "Home Assistant"
        - service: script.notify_slack
          data_template:
            channel: CSTK325NV
            message: "Hey Guys. I don't think the dog or fish have been fed. Care to feed them?"
            attachments:
              - title: "Mark them as fed?"
                callback_id: pets_fed_callback
                color: '#03a9f4'
                attachment_type: default
                actions:
                  - text: Mark Fed
                    value: Mark Fed
                    name: 'pets_fed'
                    type: button
                  - text: Dismiss
                    value: Dismiss
                    name: 'anything_just_not_blank'
                    type: button

Is there something obviously wrong with my “Choose” function? As I say - if both switches are “on” then the automation doesn’t fire (due to my conditions). When both are “off” then the default fires (as expected). But, if one is on and one is not, it should notify which is on. It doesn’t. I always get either “Hey guys, I don’t think that the dog or fish have been fed.”

Thanks.

2

In the automation’s condition it checks the state of two input_booleans.
In choose's conditions it checks the state of two binary_sensors.

Are they related somehow or is that simply a typo?

3

Thank you for taking the time to read my code, something that I clearly don’t do enough of.

I swear to God one day I’ll learn my entity names.

With far too much embarassment: thank you.

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