Clear a Sonos queue if the device has been paused for a while

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Simple automation to clear a Sonos queue if the device has been paused for a specified time. This brings the media player back into “idle” state, otherwise it will always show a queued song. I have my devices set to a 6 hour timeout.

Open your Home Assistant instance and show the blueprint import dialog with a specific blueprint pre-filled.

blueprint:
  name: Clear Paused Sonos Queue
  description: Clear a Sonos queue if the device has been paused for a specified time
  domain: automation
  input:
    target_media_players:
      name: Sonos Devices
      description: The Sonos devices to clear
      selector:
        entity:
          domain: media_player
          integration: sonos
          multiple: true
    duration:
      name: Duration
      description: How long should the device be paused before clearing the queue
      selector:
        duration:

trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: !input target_media_players
    to: paused
    for: !input duration

action:
  - service: media_player.clear_playlist
    target:
      entity_id: '{{ trigger.entity_id }}'
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I am getting following error when running the automation created based on this blueprint:
Error: Template rendered invalid entity IDs:
Any ideas?

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What version of Home Assistant are you running?

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Hi, I am running the latest version Home Assistant 2023.7.3

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Any movement here? I’m getting the same error message as Botap. I’m running Home Assistant 2023.9.0. I have a large Sonos setup and would love to make this work. Any help or direction is appreciated.

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Thank you. This is just what I’ve been looking for, and it works perfectly!

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Does anyone have this working with the move 2? I can’t seem to find a good way to clear queue or stop the device from being in a paused state.