What is the problem with "Automation not available"?

[janbenes]

Hello. Some automations that worked before, they are no more triggered and when I open the automation, there is a message “Automation not available”. Trace says nothing - no events. When I duplicate that automation with no change in settings, the duplicate works well.

It must be some bug, this is not expected behavior.

Thanks, Jan

[francisp (Francis)]

Automations using device_id’s ?

[Stiltjack]

Why and how to avoid device_ids in automations and scripts

Background When you start writing automations, a device trigger seems the obvious choice. Everybody knows what a device is and it comes at the top of the UI dropdown list. [image] It works… but it is certainly not a “great way to start” because it is storing up problems for the future. Far better to use entity, with state or numeric_state. Device_id problems The yaml will be longer and harder to follow, which may make maintenance difficult, especially a few months down the line when you h…

[janbenes]

And what if the trigger is that person enters or leaves a zone? It is not a device nor entity.

[janbenes]

I cannot set trigger when entity enters a zone. Please advice. Thanks

[Troon]

What doesn’t work? Mine, for example:

trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: device_tracker.sm_a405fn
    to: "home"