Error message for which automation?

Configuration
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Hi everybody !

When I restart my home assistant, after few weeks without change it, I have a error message in my logs :

Invalid config for [automation]: Unexpected value for condition: 'None'. Expected numeric_state, state, sun, template, time, zone, and, or, not, device @ data['condition'][0]['conditions'][0]. Got None. (See /config/configuration.yaml, line 144).

My issue is, in line 144, I put all my automation folder… And I don’t which automation failed. Do you have an idea to find it ?

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Unfortunately no. All that error message tells you is that it is the first condition in one of your automations that is invalid. It looks like a pretty egregious error. You should be able to spot it.

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Temporarily remove half of your automations and restart.

  • If the error message returns, cut it half again.
  • If the error message is gone, the problem is the other half.
    Continue doing this until you narrow it down to the offending automation.
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Or start by looking at the last automation you edited if this is the first time you have seen the error.

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I did like that, and I found it… sunrise issue. Thanks for your help

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Glad it worked for you.

I had a similar problem and my automations are in separate files, within a directory, so it was difficult to tell which automation in which file was the source of the problem. I removed files until I could isolate which file contained the defective automation.

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Hey 123, just out of interest, how would you implement a more efficient algorithmic search than a binary search?

Is it possible to apply a bubble sort to searching this type of thing?

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LOL, in lieu of a better search technique, I would implement an error message that was more specific than just "Yo! Automation’s got a bad condition" :slight_smile:

I’m OK with the “Rule of Halves” to isolate the culprit; it’s worked for me and isn’t too time-consuming or complicated to do (that’s not to say I enjoyed doing it, knowing my automations have names and why can’t the error message use them).

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