Help with actionable notifications and choices

Configuration
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1

I’m setting up a notification for my phone that alerts me that it’s a) time for lunch, or b) time to go home, and then asks me if I want to start the car remotely, or delay the start for 10 minutes. In testing, I have it set to either turn on my office light, or turn it off, based on my decision. However, for some reason, no matter which option I pick, it only turns ON the light, and never off. Where am I screwing up?

  - service: notify.mobile_app_morgan_phone
    data:
      message: It's {{ now().strftime('%-I:%M') }}. Would you like to start the car?
      data:
        actions:
          - action: START_CAR
            title: Yes, start the car.
          - action: DELAY_START_CAR
            title: Give me 10 minutes.
  - wait_for_trigger:
      - platform: event
        event_type: mobile_app_notification_action
        event_data:
          action: START_CAR
      - platform: event
        event_type: mobile_app_notification_action
        event_data:
          action: DELAY_START_CAR
    timeout:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 0
      seconds: 30
      milliseconds: 0
    continue_on_timeout: false
  - choose:
      - conditions:
          - condition: template
            value_template: "{{ wait.trigger.action == START_CAR }}"
        sequence:
          - service: light.turn_on
            data: {}
            target:
              entity_id: light.office_light
      - conditions:
          - condition: template
            value_template: "{{ wait.trigger.action == DELAY_START_CAR }}"
        sequence:
          - service: light.turn_off
            data: {}
            target:
              entity_id: light.office_light
mode: single
2

The issue is the lack of quote marks around your action names and not using the complete trigger variable.

      - conditions:
          - condition: template
            value_template: "{{ wait.trigger.event.data.action == 'START_CAR' }}"

Without quotes, the template interpreter thinks START_CAR is a variable you haven’t provided a definition for…

3

With the quotation marks, it doesn’t recognize either action. Without the quotation marks, it thinks everything is action #1.

When I trace the automation, when they’re in quotes, it says “Choose: No action taken”

4 
  - service: notify.mobile_app_morgan_phone
    data:
      message: It's {{ now().strftime('%-I:%M') }}. Would you like to start the car?
      data:
        actions:
          - action: START_CAR
            title: Yes, start the car.
          - action: DELAY_START_CAR
            title: Give me 10 minutes.
  - wait_for_trigger:
      - platform: event
        event_type: mobile_app_notification_action
        event_data:
          action: START_CAR
      - platform: event
        event_type: mobile_app_notification_action
        event_data:
          action: DELAY_START_CAR
    timeout:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 0
      seconds: 30
      milliseconds: 0
    continue_on_timeout: false
  - choose:
      - conditions:
          - condition: template
            value_template: "{{ wait.trigger.event.data.action == 'START_CAR' }}"
        sequence:
          - service: light.turn_on
            data: {}
            target:
              entity_id: light.office_light
      - conditions:
          - condition: template
            value_template: "{{ wait.trigger.event.data.action == 'DELAY_START_CAR' }}"
        sequence:
          - service: light.turn_off
            data: {}
            target:
              entity_id: light.office_light
mode: single
5

Weird. Thought I did exactly that, but it didn’t work. Then copied/pasted and it worked. Not sure what I screwed up.

Thanks!