Cover.toggle does not use toggle_action

ESPHome
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Hi all,

I have defined a simple template cover in ESPHome as follows:

cover:
- platform: template
  name: "Gate"
  lambda: |-
    if (id(gate_sensor).state) {
      return COVER_OPEN;
    } else {
      return COVER_CLOSED;
    }
  open_action:
    - button.press: gate_open
  close_action:
    - button.press: gate_close
  toggle_action:
    - button.press: gate_toggle
  device_class: gate

The cover works perfectly fine; it opens, closes, and reports the right state both in ESPHome itself and in HomeAssistant.

The only snag is that if I try to toggle it from HomeAssistant using the cover.toggle service, instead of calling the toggle_action, it calls the open_action and close_action directly. This is not the desired outcome, as the logic behind the toggle button is slightly different than simply cycling through open and close.

Is this expected behaviour? Seems strange, otherwise having the toggle_action would make no sense in the first place.

I’m using HomeAssistant 2024.8.2 and ESPHome 2024.7.3.

Thanks a lot for any help.