Repeating Alert Notifications - ideal for doors, windows, locks, etc
🚀 Version 2026.07.11.36c *MAJOR UPDATE*
- ADDED: Variables for the triggering entity's Device Name and Area for use in titles, messages, and Notification ID.
Provides multiple options for notifications and for when you need to know where the trigger occured.
- ADDED: Cancelled Alert Notification options
- ADDED: Persistent UI Notifications options with two independent toggles:
• Normal Notifications — mirrors every mobile notification
• Debug Notifications — verbose, step-by-step persistent-notification trace of
the automation's execution
- ADDED: Auto-Clear toggle to turn on or off automatic notification clearing entirely.
- FIXED: Resolution Trigger branch no longer clears the notification when Resolution
Notification is enabled — it sends the Resolution Notification instead. Resolution
Notification always overrides Auto-Clear.
- ADDED: Custom notification sound support for iOS and Android devices.
Author: LTek
📖 Community Discussion, Help, and Details... https://community.home-assistant.io/t/repeating-alert-notifications/888294
**FEATURES**
⚡ Advanced Triggering — Any trigger type (state, numeric, template, event) with optional conditions and restart mode
🔄 Restart Survival — Optional Timer + Text helpers preserve the repeat countdown and count across HA restarts
❌ Notification Clearing — Dedicated clear trigger, auto-clear delay, and user-defined Notification ID to replace or clear alerts across automations
♻️ Repeating Alerts — Configurable repeat limits, intervals, and optional repeat counter appended to title
⏱️ Timing Controls — Initial delay before first alert, repeat intervals, and auto-clear delay after last repeat
🎬 Actionable Buttons — Up to 3 buttons + optional cancel, button timeout, and failsafe auto-action if all repeats go unanswered
📲 Multi-Device Delivery — Send to multiple mobile devices simultaneously
💬 Customizable Notifications — Templated titles and messages with built-in variables (see below)
👇 Tap Action — Open dashboards, URLs, or specific app views on notification tap
✅ Android and iOS Specific Options — Android icon, color, persistence, and channel; iOS interruption levels and sounds
💥️ Custom Actions — Run your own actions on first trigger, on each notification, and on clear
**📖 Available Variables (use in Notification ID, title, and message)**
- `{{ now().strftime('%I:%M %p') }}` — Local time (e.g. 3:45 PM)
- `{{ now().strftime('%A') }}` — Day of week (e.g. Tuesday)
- `{{ now().strftime('%Y%m%d') }}` — Date stamp (e.g. 20260219)
- `{{ trigger.entity_id }}` — Entity that fired the trigger (if state-based)
- `{{ states('sensor.my_sensor') }}` — Current state of any entity
- `{{ trigger_entity_state }}` — State of the triggering entity at the time of trigger (e.g. on, off, open)
- `{{ time_since_trigger }}` — Time elapsed since trigger entity last changed (e.g. 4 min 32 sec ago), updates on each repeat
- `{{ friendly_name }}` - Friendly Name of the triggering entity or the user custom version
- `{{ trigger_entity_state }}` - Display the actual state that triggered the automation
**⚠️ Notification ID Note**
The Notification ID (tag) is used to replace or clear notifications on devices.
Sending a new notification with the same ID replaces the existing one.
A companion automation sharing the same Notification ID can send clear_notification to dismiss it.
If left blank, notifications cannot be replaced or cleared by this automation.
**⚠️ Action Buttons — How It Works**
Buttons appear on every notification including repeats. After each send the automation
waits up to the Button Timeout for a press before continuing.
- **Button pressed** → that button's action fires immediately, all remaining repeats are cancelled
- **Cancel pressed** → automation stops immediately, no actions fire
- **Timeout (mid-repeat)** → automation continues to the next repeat, no action fires yet
- **Timeout (final repeat)** → Auto Actions fire as a one-time failsafe, then the automation ends
Auto Actions are distinct from Custom Actions — Custom Actions fire on every notification,
Auto Actions fire only once after all repeats are exhausted with no button ever pressed.
