Sunrise Trigger not firing HELP!

Configuration
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'My sunset trigger has stopped working and I don’t understand why. YAML code is below I don’t understand why the trigger isn’t firing like it should. Any help is greatly appreciated.

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Trigger looks fine (1 hour before sunset).

Is your location still correct?

Is your system OS time correct?

Is your time zone correct?

Did the automation trigger but a condition stopped it from running?

See here to check the trace: Troubleshooting automations - Home Assistant

Also in future, please post your config as text rather than an image of text. You can find out how to format it correctly for the forum here: How to help us help you - or How to ask a good question This will help us help you as we can copy/paste/edit your config to show you what may need changing.

4

I have similar issue:

alias: "#19-14 Salon Evening Blue ON"
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: sun
    event: sunset
    offset: "-00:15:00"
condition:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: calendar.18_trips
    state: "off"
  - condition: state
    entity_id: switch.19_11_salon_all
    state: "off"
action:
  - delay:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 0
      seconds: 30
      milliseconds: 0
  - service: light.turn_on
    data:
      color_name: blue
      brightness_pct: 100
    target:
      entity_id:
        - light.19_19a_salon_lamp_1_kasa_2
        - light.19_19b_salon_lamp_2_kasa
  - type: turn_on
    device_id: e504c3bd107c32758e1a1c4484f78b24
    entity_id: switch.13_2
    domain: switch
mode: single

Any suggestion ?

5

Exactly the same suggestions as I wrote in my previous post.

6

There are important nuances regarding the exact behavior of the sunrise/sunset trigger and condition, and the sun state condition. Your best bet is start off tom_I’s suggestions and a careful read of the docs.

7

Thank you all for the help and suggestions, here are the answers to the above questions.

Full code post below:

alias: Lights on @ sunset
description: Turn lights on depending on if XX or YY are Home
trigger:
  - platform: sun
    event: sunset
    offset: "-01:00:00"
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - sun.sun
    from: above_horizon
    to: below_horizon
condition: []
action:
  - alias: If XX or YY are Home
    if:
      - condition: or
        conditions:
          - condition: device
            device_id: XXDevice
            domain: device_tracker
            entity_id: XXDeviceID
            type: is_home
          - condition: device
            device_id: YYDevice
            domain: device_tracker
            entity_id: YYDeviceID
            type: is_home
        alias: If XX or YY are home
    then:
      - service: scene.turn_on
        data: {}
        target:
          entity_id: scene.lights_sunset
      - service: switch.turn_on
        data: {}
        target:
          device_id:
            - FakeDeviceID
      - alias: Turn on strip lights if TV is on
        if:
          - condition: state
            entity_id: binary_sensor.living_room_tv_power_state
            state: "on"
        then:
          - service: scene.turn_on
            data: {}
            target:
              entity_id: scene.livingroomledstriplightdefault
      - if:
          - condition: device
            type: is_off
            device_id: FakeDeviceID
            entity_id: FakeDeviceID
            domain: switch
        then:
          - service: light.turn_on
            data: {}
            target:
              entity_id: light.kitchen_bar_light
        alias: Turn on Bar light if overhead lights off
    else:
      - service: light.turn_on
        data: {}
        target:
          entity_id:
            - light.front_door_lamp
            - light.kitchen_bar_light
      - service: switch.turn_on
        data: {}
        target:
          device_id:
            - FakeDeviceID
          entity_id:
            - switch.living_room_nightlight
            - switch.sunroom_lamp
mode: single
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8

Is the trace reporting any error for the trigger? Does the same trigger work in other automations?

9

Did you set your elevation? That can alter your time upwards of 30 to 60 minutes. If you really put in a wrong elevation, it can alter it by hours.

If you’re in EST, your sun times should be close to (also in EST):

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Developer tools → states page.

10

I went back and double checked, the trace is not reporting any errors at all. I do have my elevation set, and my times are within reason of the ones posted.

I do not have another automation based solely on sunset so I did just create a test automation to send a notification at sunset. I will see if it triggers correctly tonight.

11

Yeah, just keep in mind that the times in the states page are UTC. So they may look a bit odd, but they are accurate to your timezone.

12

Last night everything worked as expected. Not sure what I did that fixed the problem. I did restart both the VM and the actual host computer as well as check everything everyone posted above.

Thanks all for the support!