Unable to save automations

Configuration
1

I appear to be having issues trying to save automations. I’m new to creating home assistant automations. Each time I create one and hit save, I receive an error message in the home assistant log and the automation doesn’t seem to save.

Below is a copy of the error:

  • Invalid config for [automation]: expected dictionary. Got OrderedDict([(‘default_config’, {}), (‘tts’, [OrderedDict([(‘platform’, ‘google_translate’)])]), (‘group’, {}), (‘automation’, ‘include automations.yaml’), (‘script’, {}), (‘http’, OrderedDict([(‘ip_ban_enabled’, True), (‘login_attempts_threshold’, 3), (‘cors_allowed_origins’, [‘https://cast.home-assistant.io’]), (‘ssl_profile’, ‘modern’), (‘server_port’, 8123)]))]). (See ?, line ?).

Any help would be appreciated. I have tried troubleshooting and searching the forms, and I can’t seem to find a solution.

2

Could you show us the yaml for your automation. Be sure to use the code formatting in your message.

3

Please see attached:

- id: '1670126602739'

  alias: Camera Automation

  description: ''

  trigger:

  - platform: device

    device_id: b167284684be313992c29ef9e68aaceb

    domain: device_tracker

    entity_id: device_tracker.samsung

    type: leaves

    zone: zone.home

  condition: []

  action:

  - type: turn_on

    device_id: f3c1a2eea42075ea0b5abe675a503a18

    entity_id: switch.living_room_camera_power

    domain: switch

  - type: turn_on

    device_id: 42885047c075898016569b817a07ad1c

    entity_id: switch.lizard_room_camera_power

    domain: switch

  mode: single

- id: '1670127043459'

  alias: Camera Automation

  description: Automatically torn on webcams when leaving home zone

  trigger:

  - platform: device

    device_id: b167284684be313992c29ef9e68aaceb

    domain: device_tracker

    entity_id: device_tracker.samsung

    type: leaves

    zone: zone.home_2

  condition: []

  action:

  - type: turn_on

    device_id: f3c1a2eea42075ea0b5abe675a503a18

    entity_id: switch.living_room_camera_power

    domain: switch

  mode: single
4

The code you have provided seems to contain two automations.

Are you creating your automation using the automation editor UI or, are you editing the yaml file directly?

6

I’m using the automation editor UI. When I save the automation, it doesn’t show up on the automations list, and the logs notify me of the above error. I assume the reason why the automation is copied twice is because I’ve tried to create automation twice.