Get opening/closing state from JSON - String does not match the pattern of "DEPRECATED^"

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Hi guys, trying to figure out to use the opening/closing/stopped state from my covers, which are ESP8266 wifi relays with Tasmota (Sonoff 4CH Pro). It gives it state like this:
{"Shutter1":{"Position":100,"Direction":0,"Target":100},"Shutter2":{"Position":95,"Direction":1,"Target":100}}

I want to use direction to set state_opening, state_closing like this:

cover:
  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Rolgordijn zolder noord"
    availability_topic: "tele/TasCH4zolder/LWT"
    state_topic: "stat/TasCH4zolder/RESULT"
    value_template: >
      {% if value_json.Shutter1.Direction == 1 %}
        opening
      {% elif value_json.Shutter1.Direction == -1 %}
        closing
      {% elif value_json.Shutter1.Direction == 0 %}
        stopped
      {% endif %}
    state_closing: "closing"
    state_opening: "opening"
    state_stopped: "stopped"
    payload_available: "Online"
    payload_not_available: "Offline"
    position_topic: "stat/TasCH4zolder/SHUTTER1"
    position_open: 100
    position_closed: 0
    set_position_topic: "cmnd/TasCH4zolder/ShutterPosition1"
    command_topic: "cmnd/TasCH4zolder/Backlog"
    payload_open: "ShutterOpen1"
    payload_close: "ShutterClose1"
    payload_stop: "ShutterStop1"
    retain: false
    optimistic: false
    qos: 1
    tilt_opened_value: 100

This however gives me the error String does not match the pattern of “DEPRECATED^”:

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Anyone who can tell me what I do wrong?

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3

Unfortunately my code also does not work, although HASS indeed does not give warnings or errors on the configuration.yaml. Is there something wrong with the template code?

4

It looks OK here. What do you get if you paste the template into Developer Tools / Template? Are there any errors in the logs?

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I’ve put the following in the dev tools:

{% set value_json=
{"Shutter1":{"Position":100,"Direction":-1,"Target":100},"Shutter2":{"Position":95,"Direction":1,"Target":100}}
 %}

    value_template: >
      {% if value_json.Shutter1.Direction == 1 %}
        opening
      {% elif value_json.Shutter1.Direction == -1 %}
        closing
      {% elif value_json.Shutter1.Direction == 0 %}
        stopped
      {% endif %}

This works perfectly if I change direction values.

Figured out what I did wrong: was listening to the wrong topic. I now get the correct down and up arrow when they are moving, great!

So the code now works perfectly, but I cannot find how to fix the DEPRECATED message. I found the link you posted before as well when diving into this issue. But it does not seem to help in my case If I remove the template from the configuration (i.e. leave value_template empty) the message is gone. But what is wrong with:

    value_template: >
      {% if value_json.Shutter1.Direction == 1 %}
        opening
      {% elif value_json.Shutter1.Direction == -1 %}
        closing
      {% elif value_json.Shutter1.Direction == 0 %}
        stopped
      {% endif %}

that it gives this error?

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If it works and passes Check Configuration, don’t be concerned with what some plugin for VS Code says. It’s a plugin separate from Home Assistant. The final arbiter of what’s right/wrong is Home Assistant.

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It’s a bug apparently, see already that frenck picked it up, amazing!
MQTT cover deprecation of value_template breaking functionality · Issue #51089 · home-assistant/core (github.com)