Non-stop Telegram notification

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Once in awhile, my HA would act up and send me notifications via Telegram non-stop. For example, this automation will send me the notification (with photo) when motion is detected at my car porch. In my automation, I have made it to turn off the same automation > send me the photo via Telegram > wait 30 seconds > turn the automation on again. That way, I will have 30 seconds gap before receiving another notifications in case someone still lingers in my car porch.

- alias: 'Motion Detected - Car Porch'
  initial_state: False
  trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.motion_sensor_1
      from: 'off'
      to: 'on'
    - platform: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.cam_1_field_detection
      from: 'off'
      to: 'on'
  condition:
    condition: and
    conditions:
      - condition: state
        entity_id: binary_sensor.motion_sensor_1
        state: 'on'
      - condition: state
        entity_id: binary_sensor.cam_1_field_detection
        state: 'on'
  action:
    - service: automation.turn_off
      entity_id: automation.motion_detected__car_porch
    - service: notify.ben
      data_template:
        title: ""
        message: "There is a movement at car porch"
        data:
          photo:
            url: http://192.168.1.111/Streaming/channels/1/picture
            username: !secret cam1_username
            password: !secret cam1_password
            caption: "There is a movement at car porch. Would you like to turn the /siren_on ?"
    - delay:
        seconds: 30
    - service: automation.turn_on
      entity_id: automation.motion_detected__car_porch

Sometimes it works, sometimes it keep sending me the notifications every seconds even though no one is already in the car porch until I have to reboot the system. The state of binary_sensor.motion_sensor_1 and binary_sensor.cam_1_field_detection was already off when it happens.

Is anyone facing the same issue?

2

Try to remove photo from notification and look what’s happen.

3

Thanks. I have removed the photo since yesterday and it seems to be working fine until now. I will monitor for few more days to confirm the cause of the problem is really due to the photo.

4

Today it happens again. I was at the car porch washing the floor for 5 minutes and it resulted in more than 200 notifications in my Telegram. Actually, I don’t think it is a problem with the Telegram. Other than notify me via the Telegram, I also have another automation where it will alert me via a speaker using TTS. My speaker also sound non-stop when it happened.

#TTS at speaker when there is movement at car porch
- alias: 'Speaker - Car Porch'
  initial_state: False
  trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.motion_sensor_1
      from: 'off'
      to: 'on'
    - platform: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.cam_1_field_detection
      from: 'off'
      to: 'on'
  condition:
    condition: and
    conditions:
      - condition: state
        entity_id: binary_sensor.motion_sensor_1
        state: 'on'
      - condition: state
        entity_id: binary_sensor.cam_1_field_detection
        state: 'on'
  action:
    - service: automation.turn_off
      entity_id: automation.speaker__car_porch
    - service: tts.google_say
      entity_id: media_player.vlc_living_room
      data:
        message: "Someone is at the car porch."
    - delay:
        seconds: 30
    - service: automation.turn_on
      entity_id: automation.speaker__car_porch