How to debug an automation condition?

Configuration
1

Hello,

I’d like to use automation to turn on a switch every day during Spring and Fall.

So far, this is what I have:

- alias: Turn on switch
  trigger:
    - platform: time
      at: "13:50"
  condition:
    condition: or
    conditions:
      - condition: state
        entity_id: sensor.season
        state: Spring
      - condition: state
        entity_id: sensor.season
        state: Fall
  action:
    - service: switch.turn_on
      target:
        entity_id: switch.flush_1_relay

The season sensor shows Spring when I check in the UI but the switch is never turned on.

Is there a way to debug automation and see which condition was truthy or not?

Thank you

2

Check the actual state in the developer tools states menu. These states can be prettyfied for the frontend. I suspect the state may be all lowercase.

Also this will be a lot easier next month… :wink:

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3

In the developer tools, it shows spring instead of Spring so you were right, we will see in a few minutes if it is triggered :wink:

Thank you!