Icon Template doesn't change actual value, works on template editor

Configuration
1

I have the following template sensor

garage_status:
      friendly_name: 'Garage Door Status'
      value_template: >-
          {% if states.cover.garage_door %}
          {% if states.cover.garage_door.attributes["door_state"] == "open" %}
            Open
          {% elif states.cover.garage_door.attributes["door_state"] == "closed" %}
            Closed
          {% elif states.cover.garage_door.attributes["door_state"] == "opening" %}
            Opening
          {% elif states.cover.garage_door.attributes["door_state"] == "closing" %}
            Closing
          {% else %}
            Unknown
          {% endif %}
          {% else %}
          n/a
          {% endif %}
      icon_template: >-
          {%-if states.cover.garage_door.attributes["door_state"] == "open" -%}
            mdi:door-open
          {%- else -%}
            mdi:door-closed
          {%- endif -%}

For some reason the icon remain as door-closed all the time, no matter the evaluation of the value in the icon template, any ideas ?

2

Try
{% if is_state(‘cover.garage_door.attributes[“door_state”]’, ‘open’) %}

3

Thanks for your reply, it didn’t help solve this issue

4

OK, so what do you get when you put the above in the dev-tools templating tool?

5

That’s the strange part, I get the expected value but yet the icon doesn’t change

6

When you say you got the expected value you mean it evaluates to true when it’s “open”?

7

it evaluates to mdi:door-open when it’s open and mdi-door-closed when it’s closed

8

Can you show what you are looking at in the frontend?

9

I’m not sure what you mean, I hope this will answer : link1, link2

10

Very odd :frowning: Yours hasn’t changed at all, since that’s mdi-door not -open or -closed, which means the icon template is not being evaluated at all I think.

I wonder if it’s this…

  {% else %}
  n/a
  {% endif %}