Zha_event trigger not working

Configuration Zigbee
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Ok so this is my first time playing with event triggers so my assumption if I’ve done something incorrect but im pulling my hair out trying to find it.

I have a simple zigbee button. I have used developer tools to find they eve t data for when it’s pressed.

I copy the event data into a manual event trigger for an automation.

The event does fire but for some reason. The automation doesnt trigger. Anyone piint where I’ve messed up?

Here is the yaml

alias: Light test
description: “”
triggers:

  • trigger: event
    event_type: zha_event
    event_data:
    event_type: zha_event
    data:
    device_ieee: a4:c1:38:e6:6b:54:c2:df
    device_id: ca616657ea373c80db8a81d55ccca9df
    unique_id: a4:c1:38:e6:6b:54:c2:df:1:0x0006
    endpoint_id: 1
    cluster_id: 6
    command: toggle
    args:
    params: {}
    origin: LOCAL
    time_fired: “2025-12-03T14:05:52.446038+00:00”
    context:
    id: 01KBJ8H9XYFENG5PS1K60MX3Q0
    parent_id: null
    user_id: null
    conditions:
    actions:
  • type: turn_on
    device_id: 58df98918a88a07025dba6334cd2287b
    entity_id: ab8338564800ea5d30f9737b938a3998
    domain: light
    brightness_pct: 100
    mode: single
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Hello Andrew,

Thanks for coming here and asking a question.
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Assuming the YAML is correctly formatted…

You’ve simply copy-pasted the whole event object under event_data, which is not how it should be done.
By doing so you’ve made the trigger require data it will never contain and data that is too specific.

  • The data component that event_data checks will never contain an entry of event_type: zha_event.
  • The trigger can’t require a time_fired value that is in the past and be expected to trigger in the future.

The only two data points you should need are the device id and command:

  - trigger: event
    event_type: zha_event
    event_data:
      device_id: ca616657ea373c80db8a81d55ccca9df
      command: toggle