Notification action does not work in some automation

Configuration
1

So, I’ve got a puzzle. Here is the config:

- id: daily_weather_forecast
  trigger:
    - platform: time
      at: '06:30:00'
  action:
    service: notify.ios_iphone_cezex         <-- this thing works
    data:
      title: 'test'
      message: 'test'

- id: at_home_cezex
  condition:
    condition: state
    entity_id: input_boolean.at_home_cezex
    state: 'off'
  trigger:
    - platform: zone
      entity_id: device_tracker.iphone_cezex
      zone: zone.home
      event: enter
    - platform: state
      entity_id: device_tracker.ping_iphone_cezex
      from: not_home
      to: home
      for:
        minutes: 15
  action:
    - service: homeassistant.turn_on            <-- this thing works
      data:
        entity_id: input_boolean.at_home_cezary
    - service: notify.ios_iphone_cezex          <-- this thing doesn't
      data:
        message: 'test'

I get a message from daily_weather_forecast action, but I don’t get one from at_home_cezex, even if first action homeassistant.turn_on works (the input_boolean.at_home_cezary is being updated properly). Any ideas why?

2

Maybe title is mandatory? I can check my iOS notifications later to verify but I think I always use both title and message

3

No, it’s optional. I’ve tested sending messages without title and it works.

4

That’s odd then. You’ve stumped me too

5

What’s even more puzzling is that this thing works perfectly :thinking:

- id: notify_at_home_cezex
  trigger:
    platform: state
    entity_id: input_boolean.at_home_cezex
    to: 'on'
  action:
    service: notify.ios_iphone_cezex
    data:
      message: 'test'
6

What if you reverse your two actions…maybe turning the input_boolean to on, then somehow sabotages the second action to send the notification. So try sending the notification first, then using the action to turn off the input_boolean.

7

Try taking out the data: on the input bool line, you shouldn’t need it and it maybe confusing the next action.

8

I think the problem lies not in configuration, but rather in unreliable push notifications sent to iOS application. I have three input_booleans defined for three people. Yesterday evening and today morning two of them started to work, one did not (and I didn’t change anything). So I’ve decided to modify the config once more and define automation which reacts on input_boolean state change (that way I can verify that all automations work).

At the beginning it didn’t work at all. I’ve restarted the HASS iOS app and now I get the notifications. I suppose it will stop working at some point. Maybe I should switch to other service like Prowl or Pushbullet.

9

Did you update your push notifications under the Settings>Push Notifications? I believe you may have to do this each time you add one. But even so, it helps to update them manually every once in awhile I find.

10

No I didn’t as opening the app from time to time seems to work… sometimes :wink: I will update the push notifications then, just in case. Thanks.