I installed the core update and then the OS update that were available yesterday.
Afterwards I noticed in the logbook that following the Core update the logbook reported “Home Assistant restarted” and a few minutes later after the OS update it reported “Home Assistant started”.
Is there any significance to the difference?
I have an automation that triggers on startup. When I checked it’s .yaml the actual trigger is “start”.
Since .yaml can be so specific about syntax this leaves me somewhat concerned!
Will my automation work for either type of restart?
I think it works like this:
The restarted log is referring to the fact that something has requested home assistant be restarted and it has shut-down and now has returned from this shut-down and begun to start setting up all your integrations.
The started log refers to the fact that home assistant has in fact now finished setting up all the integrations and has fully started.
Keep using your start event trigger.
EDIT: I just restarted home assistant and do not see the restarted message. Might actually be something to do with the Host restart.
Either way, as you are still getting the stated message in both case you should continue to use this trigger.