Why is my repeat only running once?

Configuration
1

Hello! I want to implement a loop in an action, so I got a repeat like:

action:

  - choose:

    - conditions:
      - condition: template
        value_template: "{{ ... }}"
   
      sequence:
        - service: climate.turn_off
          target:
            entity_id: !input trv

        - repeat:
            count: 4
            sequence:
              
              - delay: '00:00:10'

              - service: notify.signal_test
                data: 
                  message: "A loop!"

The problem: The Signal-message is only sent once after 10 seconds, but not after 20 or 30 or 40 seconds. So the sequence in the repeat is only execute once.

I tried the same with a condition:

        - repeat:
            sequence:
              
              - delay: '00:00:10'

              - service: notify.signal_test
                data: 
                  message: "A loop!"

            until:
              - condition: state
                entity_id: binary_sensor.windowsensor_opening
                state: "on" # Tried "off" as well just to be sure...

but it’s only running once as well.

What am I missing? No errors occur in the log, the trace shows that the loop is only running once and then is just ending quietly without any hint, why.

2

It’s hard to diagnose with only part of the picture, see item 11:

And post the entirety of your YAML. It could be that your value template is the problem. I can tell you that I did a quick test to see if there is a bug somewhere and this ran perfectly fine:

alias: "Automation Test"
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - light.greatroom_hallway
    to: "on"
condition: []
action:
  - repeat:
      count: 3
      sequence:
        - service: persistent_notification.create
          data:
            message: TEST
            title: TEST
        - delay:
            hours: 0
            minutes: 0
            seconds: 5
            milliseconds: 0
mode: single
2 Likes
3

Thanks for your reply. I thought I did an obvious mistake somehow, but it seems to be more difficult…

I made the following automation for testing in automations.yaml:

- id: '1700459058808'
  alias: "Test-Loop"
  description: ''
  trigger: []
  condition: []
  action:
    - repeat:
        count: 3
        sequence:
          - service: notify.signal_test # persistent_notification.create
            data:
              message: TEST
              title: TEST
          - delay:
              hours: 0
              minutes: 0
              seconds: 5
              milliseconds: 0
  mode: single

and started in manually. I’m still getting only one message.

When starting the automation again manually, I’m getting the error:
WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.automation.test_loop] Test-Loop: Already running

And: When using persistent_notification.create instead of notify.signal_test, it works.

Seems to me like the Signal-service somehow crashes preventing the loop to continue… Hm.

4

Okay, just updating the signal docker-container (I’m using GitHub - bbernhard/signal-cli-rest-api: Dockerized Signal Messenger REST API) did the trick. Sorry for blaming HA :blush: :wink: