Error in imap.screen

Configuration
1

Hello,

I have setup the Imap integration to receive notification successfully on my smartphone and to mark the mail as seen but the email is not marked as seen due to the error below

  1. The “imap.seen” configuration in automation ( edited in yaml format) has been setup as per "IMAP - Home Assistant chapter “Example - post - processing”
action: imap.seen
metadata: {}
data:
  entry: 01KEF0XQQGCQ9T4MFBK3WME4TA
  uid: "\"{{ trigger.event.data['uid'] }}\""
  1. The error message is :
 IMAP 'Mark message as seen'
Executed: 10 January 2026 at 18:10:10
Error: Error rendering data template: UndefinedError: 'dict object' has no attribute 'event'

Please advice

Thank you

2

Whats your Trigger ?

3

Thank you @boheme61 for your reply

  1. The configuration.yaml from the template section , for 1 sensor ( out of 4)
- triggers:
      - trigger: event
        event_type: "imap_content"
        id: "custom_event"
        event_data:
          sender: "[email protected]"
    sensor:
      - name: "notif_ik"
        state: "{{ trigger.event.data['subject'] }}"
        attributes:
          Entry: "{{ trigger.event.data['entry_id'] }}"
          UID: "{{ trigger.event.data['uid'] }}"
          Sender: "{{ trigger.event.data['sender'] }}"
          Subject: "{{ trigger.event.data['subject'] }}"
  1. The automation configuration
id: '1766402713788'
alias: Imap_messages
description: ''
triggers:
  - trigger: state
    entity_id: []
  - trigger: numeric_state
    entity_id:
      - sensor.imap_gerard_ik_me_messages
    above: 0
    below: 10
  - trigger: numeric_state
    entity_id:
      - sensor.imap_gerard_ik_me_messages_2
    above: 0
    below: 10
  - trigger: numeric_state
    entity_id:
      - sensor.imap_gerard_ik_me_messages_3
    above: 0
    below: 10
  - trigger: numeric_state
    entity_id:
      - sensor.imap_gerard_ik_me_messages_4
    above: 0
    below: 10
conditions: []
actions:
  - if:
      - condition: numeric_state
        entity_id: sensor.notif_nas_noreply
        above: 0
        below: 10
    then:
      - action: notify.mobile_app_sm_s711b
        metadata: {}
        data:
          title: Notification NAS No reply
          message: '"{{ states(''sensor.notif_nas_noreply'') }}"'
  - if:
      - condition: numeric_state
        entity_id: sensor.imap_gerard_ik_me_messages
        above: 0
        below: 10
    then:
      - action: notify.mobile_app_sm_s711b
        metadata: {}
        data:
          title: Notification NAS Sns
          message: '"{{ states(''sensor.notif_nas_sns'') }}"'
  - if:
      - condition: numeric_state
        entity_id: sensor.imap_gerard_ik_me_messages_3
        above: 0
        below: 10
    then:
      - action: notify.mobile_app_sm_s711b
        metadata: {}
        data:
          message: '"{{ states(''sensor.notif_ik'') }}"'
          title: Notification IK
      - action: imap.seen
        metadata: {}
        data:
          entry: 01KEF0XQQGCQ9T4MFBK3WME4TA
          uid: '"{{ trigger.event.data[''uid''] }}"'
  - if:
      - condition: numeric_state
        entity_id: sensor.imap_gerard_ik_me_messages_4
        above: 0
        below: 10
    then:
      - action: notify.mobile_app_sm_s711b
        metadata: {}
        data:
          message: '"{{ states(''sensor.notif_sg'') }}"'
          title: Notification Sg
mode: single
4

With a test config , the mail is not marked as seen

id: '1761298013033'
alias: Imap_ik
description: ''
triggers:
  - trigger: state
    entity_id:
      - sensor.imap_gerard_ik_me_messages
    to: null
conditions: []
actions:
  - if:
      - condition: template
        value_template: '{{ states(''sensor.notif_imap_test'') > "0" }}'
    then:
      - action: notify.mobile_app_sm_s711b
        metadata: {}
        data:
          title: Notification
          message: '{{ states(''sensor.notif_imap_test'') }}'
      - action: imap.seen
        metadata: {}
        data:
          uid: '1082'
          entry: 01KEVBFYDM9S2JGQ7Z7YG3NQGV
mode: single
5

What does your automation trace shows ?

6

Sorry , I forgot .There is no error

IMAP ‘Mark message as seen’
Executed: January 14, 2026 at 2:22:11 PM
Result:

params:
domain: imap
service: seen
service_data:
uid: ‘1082’
entry: 01KEVBFYDM9S2JGQ7Z7YG3NQGV
target: {}
running_script: false

I

7

That’s not a functional trigger.

What are you expecting from the Numeric State triggers?

As shown, they will only fire in either of the following two circumstances:

  1. The value goes from 0 to some number between 1-9.
  2. The value goes from above 10 to some number between 1-9.

Changes of value within the range of 1-9 will not trigger the automation.

This template is performing a string comparison, not a true numeric value comparison, for accurate and reliable results, use the int filter on the state value and compare it to an integer or float:

value_template: '{{ states("sensor.notif_imap_test") | int(0) > 0 }}'

8

@Didgeridrew ,

Thanks for your advice.

After changing the value template as proposed , I had difficulty with the Uid parameter in the imap.seen action , which has to be set as follow :slight_smile: ( from the configuration.yaml file )

{{ state_attr('sensor.notif_imap_test', 'UID') | int }}