Error in automation using "notify"

Configuration
1

Hi,
I’ve been using a script to log my energy usage (elec. and gas) for over 2 years. It writes a few variables to file every hours. I recently updated HA and since then it is no longer working. And I can’t figure out why.

In my configuration.yaml I added:

notify:

  • name: energy_log
    platform: file
    filename: /config/energy_log.csv
    timestamp: true

I made a automation containing:

alias: Energieverbruik Loggen
description: “”
trigger:

  • platform: time_pattern
    minutes: “0”
    seconds: “0”
    condition:
    action:
  • data:
    message: >-
    {{ states(‘sensor.electricity_meter_energy_consumption_tarif_1’) }},{{
    states(‘sensor.electricity_meter_energy_consumption_tarif_2’) }},{{
    states(‘sensor.electricity_meter_energy_production_tarif_1’) }},{{
    states(‘sensor.electricity_meter_energy_production_tarif_2’) }},{{
    states(‘sensor.solaredge_production_energy’) }},{{
    states(‘sensor.gas_meter_gas_consumption’) }}
    action: notify.energy_log
    mode: single

This used to work fine. Every hour 1 line of data was added to the file energy_log.csv.

But since the update it gives the error message:

The automation “Energieverbruik Loggen” (automation.test_loggen) has an unknown action: notify.energy_log.

This error prevents the automation from running correctly. Maybe this action is no longer available, or perhaps a typo caused it.

To fix this error, edit the automation and remove this action.

Anybody an idea? Did something change to the notify function? Thanks.

2

The answer is in the 2024.6 release notes.

You also need to format your YAML correctly.

3

Ok, so I need notify.send_message. I changed the automation to:

alias: Eneryloggen nieuw
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: time_pattern
    minutes: "0"
    seconds: "0"
condition: []
action:
  - data:
      message: >-
        {{ states('sensor.electricity_meter_energy_consumption_tarif_1') }},{{
        states('sensor.electricity_meter_energy_consumption_tarif_2') }},{{
        states('sensor.electricity_meter_energy_production_tarif_1') }},{{
        states('sensor.electricity_meter_energy_production_tarif_2') }},{{
        states('sensor.solaredge_production_energy') }},{{ 
        states('sensor.gas_meter_gas_consumption') }}
    action: notify.send_message
    target:
      entity_id: notify.energy_log
mode: single

No more error message, but also no added data to the file when I run it. Something is wrong but I don’t see what it is.