WTH do I need to go through “Developer Tools” and an action call if I want to debug my automation with all its conditions and why is there no simple way on the automation’s page?
Depends on how you created the automation.
There are many ways you can debug an automation without opening developer tools but since your question is so exact and without an example then there is no possible way we or the developers can help you.
It’s not about me, but I have seen issues for my integrations where people don’t understand that „Run Actions“ will only run the actions without the conditions. Since there only is „run actions“, but no „run workflow“/„debug workflow“ next to it, I think it’s easy to make the assumption that the only play button on that page will run the entire automation.
When I began my journey in home assistant I don’t think the button said “run actions”. At that time I thought that it checked the conditions before running the actions. But I learned that the hard way. A popup when you run it for the first time with a more detailed explanation would be a good addition either way.
The automation editor has evolved to ta much better state. It allows you to check indivitual conditions and run individual actions to test the separate parts.