[URGENT!] Z2MQTT switch attribute 'event_type' changes upon restart/reload

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(Cross posting from the HA discord)

Hi all! Hoping you can help me before tonight when it turns my light on & plays music at 2am again...

I've pasted three automation traces, one from before I narrowed down the trigger, one after, and yet another one with another change. It still does it.

The trigger is

trigger: state
entity_id:
  - event.lounge_switch_action
# original trace
attribute: event_type
# second trace
not_from:
  - unavailable
not_to:
  - unavailable
  - unknown
# third trace

The traces are:

1

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    "state": "stopped",
    "script_execution": "finished",
    "timestamp": {
      "start": "2026-05-14T14:10:44.490866+00:00",
      "finish": "2026-05-14T14:10:44.873463+00:00"
    },
    "domain": "automation",
    "item_id": "1776654006276",
    "trigger": "state of event.lounge_switch_action",
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              "state": "on",
              "attributes": {
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                "last_triggered": "2026-05-14T14:09:20.369430+00:00",
                "mode": "restart",
                "current": 0,
                "friendly_name": "Lounge Switch"
              },
              "last_changed": "2026-05-14T14:08:50.340396+00:00",
              "last_reported": "2026-05-14T14:09:26.175535+00:00",
              "last_updated": "2026-05-14T14:09:26.175535+00:00",
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                "attributes": {
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                  "event_type": "2_single",
                  "icon": "mdi:gesture-double-tap",
                  "friendly_name": "Lounge Switch Action"
                },
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                "last_reported": "2026-05-14T14:09:20.359545+00:00",
                "last_updated": "2026-05-14T14:09:20.359545+00:00",
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                  "event_type": "2_single",
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                "last_updated": "2026-05-14T14:10:44.489262+00:00",
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            },
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              ],
              "sequence": [
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                  "action": "media_player.volume_down",
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            },
            {
              "conditions": [
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                }
              ],
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            },
            {
              "conditions": [
                {
                  "condition": "template",
                  "value_template": "{{ trigger.to_state.attributes.event_type == '3_double' }}"
                }
              ],
              "sequence": [
                {
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2

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Trigger entity

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The first one is fully "open" with no guards, so it fires on every change of the state as well as any change of any attribute.

Your not_to/not_from guards aren't working in 2 & 3 because you changed it to monitor the value of the attribute, not the state itself... event_type will never be "unavailable" or "unknown". You can see in both examples that the attribute event_type is non-existent in the from_state.

What you want to do is remove the attribute line, but keep the not_from and not_to.

trigger: state
entity_id:
  - event.lounge_switch_action
not_from:
  - unavailable
not_to:
  - unavailable
  - unknown

Then, depending on what you are trying to do, you will likely want to follow that up with a condition that checks for the value(s) of event_type you want to respond to.

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4

Thank you!

What's your recommended condition?

I want all of these event types to work
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5

Works without a condition! Many thanks!