Select working weather sensor automatically: automation creates an infinite loop

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When using queued mode, you have to be careful when designing actions that will re-trigger the automation.

If used judiciously, it can be useful. For example, the automation for the following multi-zone irrigation controller is designed to call itself:

Complex Automations - State Machine

Entities Here’s a summary of all the entities required for this 5-zone controller: One timer to countdown a zone’s duration. One counter to keep track of which zone to process. One input_select to control overall operation (on/off/pause). One group containing all the zone switches. Five input_booleans, one per zone to indicate its enabled/disabled status. Five input_datetimes, one per zone to indicate its duration (in hours and minutes). Five more input_booleans, one per zone representing eac…

The automation changes value that are monitored by all three of its triggers.