Context.parent_id

petro · June 8, 2023, 1:08pm

So to recap, this logic is not correct:

sjofel:

  - alias: When a device has been turned on manually
    platform: template
    value_template: >
      {% set namespace = namespace(manually_triggered=false) %}
      {% set devices = area_entities(area_name) | 
          expand |
          selectattr("domain", "eq", device_domain_name) |
          list
      %}
      {%- for device in devices %}
        {% set device_context = device.context %}
        {% set changed_recently = (as_timestamp(now(), 0) - as_timestamp(device.last_changed, 0)) | int(0) < 1 %}
        {% set device_changed_by_user = this.context.user_id != None %}
        {% set device_changed_outside_ha = this.context.user_id == None and this.context.parent_id == None %}
          {% if (device_changed_by_user or device_changed_outside_ha) and changed_recently %}
            {% set namespace.manually_triggered = true %}
            {% break %}
          {% endif %}
      {% endfor %}
      {{ namespace.manually_triggered }}

It’s a chicken-egg scenario. You’re not accessing the context you think you’re accessing.

sjofel · June 8, 2023, 1:10pm

Yea i know. The this doesn’t make sense. Forget that template. It also doesn’t work with this trigger:

platform: state
entity_id:
  - light.living_room_standing
to: null

or this one for that matter:

platform: state
entity_id:
  - light.living_room_standing

If the light state is changed by the time trigger (in another automation) context.parent_id stays null although the light has been changed by the automation.

petro · June 8, 2023, 1:28pm

Yes, I see that too. That would be a bug.

sjofel · June 8, 2023, 1:31pm

Yeah, i’ve linked a related github issue earlier. Currently this is still a problem.
Thanks for the help nonetheless.