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I was wondering if anyone could answer the following question.

When creating an automation with HA, say turn on a light. Does the automation “turn on” the light every time the automations runs or poll the light to determine if the light is on and turn it on if off?

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If you tell the automation to turn on the light it will send the light.turn_on service no matter the state of the light unless you tell it check the state first in a condition.