Condition doesn't work correctly in automation

Configuration
1

Hello,

I have added this in my automation:
condition: "{{ (state_attr('climate.toon_thermostaat', 'temperature')|float) > 17.0 }}"

But it still fires when the temperature equals 17.0 while it should fire when it’s over 17.0.
How is this possible?

2

It could be a rounding error as it is cast as a float. Have you considered this:

condition: "{{ (state_attr('climate.toon_thermostaat', 'temperature')|float | round(1)) > 17.0 }}"
3

check the values in the developer tools.

4

It is really strange, as I already checked it with the developer tools.

{{ (state_attr('climate.toon_thermostaat', 'temperature')|float) > 17 }}
{{ (state_attr('climate.toon_thermostaat', 'temperature')|float|round(1)) > 17.0 }}

This produces False and False. However the automation runs even with these conditions being False.
Currently this is my trigger and condition.

  trigger:
  - platform: time
    at: '15:00'
  condition: "{{ (state_attr('climate.toon_thermostaat', 'temperature')|float|round(1)) > 17.0 }}"

Currently it doesn’t even work when the temperature is set at 16.5…
Does anyone have any idea why it doesn’t work as expected?

5

Show the full automation. There might something else than the bits you focus on.

6 
- id: '1796441963042'
  alias: Notify - Verwarming uit
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - platform: time
    at: '15:00'
  condition: "{{ (state_attr('climate.toon_thermostaat', 'temperature')|float|round(1)) > 17.0 }}"
  action:
  - alias: Set up variables for the actions
    variables:
      cv_17: '{{ ''CV_17_'' ~ context.id }}'
  - alias: Ask to set the heating
    service: notify.mobile_app_telefoon_x
    data:
      message: 'Kan de verwarming naar 17°C? Nu ingesteld op: {{ state_attr(''climate.toon_thermostaat'',''temperature'')|float
        }}°C'
      data:
        actions:
        - action: '{{ cv_17 }}'
          title: 17°C
  - alias: Wait for a response
    wait_for_trigger:
    - platform: event
      event_type: mobile_app_notification_action
      event_data:
        action: '{{ cv_17 }}'
  - alias: Perform the action
    choose:
    - conditions:
      - condition: template
        value_template: '{{ wait.trigger.event.data.action == cv_17 }}'
      sequence:
      - service: climate.set_temperature
        data:
          temperature: 17
        target:
          entity_id: climate.toon_thermostaat
  mode: single

This is the complete one!
Everything works, except the condition…

7

Also show the values from the developer tools.
Sometimes there is a thing that makes it fail, like some European sensors that report values with a comma instead of a dot as a decimal indicator.

8

This:

{{ state_attr('climate.toon_thermostaat', 'temperature') }}
{{ (state_attr('climate.toon_thermostaat', 'temperature')|float|round(1)) > 17.0 }}

Shows:

20.0
True

Or

17.0
False

So this shows exactly what I want, but doesn’t work like I want…

9

So, why doesn’t this work as expected?

10

I agree that it should work. Maybe for further troubleshooting look at the trace of the automation execution next time it fails under Configuration >> Automations >> (the clock rewind button next to your Notify - Verwarming uit automation. Also see if there are any error messages in the log.