Why does text_sensor repeat in the log every 60 sec, once published?

ESPHome
1

Why does text_sensor repeat in the log every 60 sec, once published?
It won’t occur if I delete that line. How can I stop this?

[23:11:52][D][text_sensor:067]: ‘displaytext3’: Sending state ‘AFTER API’
[23:12:52][D][text_sensor:067]: ‘displaytext3’: Sending state ‘AFTER API’
[23:13:52][D][text_sensor:067]: ‘displaytext3’: Sending state ‘AFTER API’
[23:14:52][D][text_sensor:067]: ‘displaytext3’: Sending state ‘AFTER API’
[23:15:52][D][text_sensor:067]: ‘displaytext3’: Sending state ‘AFTER API’

text_sensor:
  - platform: template     
    id: displaytext3        

esphome:
  name: huzzahwin9b
  on_boot:
    priority: 600       
    then:
#...
      # LOG MSG WILL NOT OCCUR AND REPEAT IF NEVER PUBLISHED, NEXT LINE
      - lambda: 'id(displaytext3).publish_state("AFTER API");' 

display:                                 
  - platform: ssd1306_i2c               
    model: "SSD1306 128x64"
#    reset_pin: D0
    address: 0x3C     
    lambda: |-
      it.printf(0, 0, id(myfont14), "State: %s", id(displaytext3).state.c_str());
2

60 seconds is the default update_interval for a template text sensor.

3

Thanks! Can it be disabled by setting update_interval to 0?

4

I wouldn’t know, but whey are you concerned about a log that you’ll never look at until something goes wrong?

5

I’m in development, so I’m looking at the log constantly, and I don’t want to look at garbage log entries that make it a mess.
I tested setting it to 0s and it does NOT disable it. It makes it update continuously!
So, the answer is to set update_interval: to hours (maybe days).

update_interval: 1h    #keeps it out of my face well enough