Home Assistant 101: Troubleshooting Automations

Got an automation that's not working? I'll cover some of the available tools and methods I use to troubleshoot Home Assistant automations, whether you are using YAML or the Automation UI.

Chapter Breaks:
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00:00 Introduction
00:57 Enabling advanced mode
01:25 Example automation used
01:57 Verifying devices and entities
03:24 Parts of an automation
03:59 Checking the automation actions
05:31 Using the logs to troubleshoot actions
07:49 Using automation traces
10:48 Using the history to troubleshoot
11:43 Getting additional help and wrap up

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[jmobsnxgen]

Man, just the 10 min of watching this fixed an issue that I have had since I implemented the staircase lights

[Dorff_Meister]

Excellent Automation troubleshooting advice. Thanks!

[seth]

Such a lucid explanation!! You are a great teacher🎉

[uSlackr]

Thanks for this. Helpful info. One thing I'd love to have with the run command is a way to specify a triggerID so I could test a particular action path

[running_rich]

Thanks, didn't bother to see how traces could help until now

[ertertertttttt]

Well done. Good explanation of traces.

[BELSERVICEMAN]

Nice work, glad to know I was doing a few things correctly on my own.

[MrSupersidewinder]

Helpful stuff❣ Looks like you gotta rush up the stairs...😂🤣 Love the sequence but it's

[JoseBerruezo]

Nice sequence to solve the automation problem.

[TheCowboysdude]

You explain things so good that it's VERY easy to understand for a novice!! Thank you for your videos... they are always VERY informative and easy to follow!!!! But yes automations can be VERY frustrating LOL

[Joseph-kokl]

"Have you ever created a automation that didn't work?" LOL. You mean there is another Great stuff, thanks.

[JohnMayfield-NS]

Good stuff, very helpful!

I didn't see it, maybe I missed it, but you can also run/test each automation step in the UI.
For example: Action: Turn light on. Right hand side, 3 dots, run. (Conditions say Test instead of run)

[offgridwithpojectham]

I am not sure where to leave a request for a topic. Don't want to clutter these feeds with topic specifics. Where would we send this type of request?