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Light switch is unavailable if made from switch template

See original GitHub issue

The problem

After HA restart, a light switch made from a switch template remains unavailable until the switch changed its state. This bug is introduced in 0.117, earlier it worked as expected.

Environment

Home Assistant Core release with the issue: 0.117.5
Last working Home Assistant Core release (if known): 0.116
Operating environment (OS/Container/Supervised/Core): Virtualenv on Raspberry Pi
Integration causing this issue: Light Switch
Link to integration documentation on our website: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/light.switch/

Problem-relevant `configuration.yaml`

switch:
  - platform: template
    switches:
      readinglamp_wrapper:
        value_template: "{{ states.switch.readinglamp.state == 'on' }}"
        availability_template: "{{ states.switch.readinglamp != None and states.switch.readinglamp.state != 'unavailable' and states.binary_sensor.power.state == 'on' }}"
        turn_on:
          service: switch.turn_on
          entity_id: switch.readinglamp
        turn_off:
          service: switch.turn_off
          entity_id: switch.readinglamp

light:
  - platform: switch
    name: readinglamp
    entity_id: switch.readinglamp_wrapper

switch.readinglamp comes from Xiaomi Gateway (Aqara) UI integration.

Traceback/Error logs

2020-11-08 20:58:15 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.core] Bus:Handling <Event state_changed[L]: entity_id=switch.readinglamp_wrapper, old_state=None, new_state=<state switch.readinglamp_wrapper=off; friendly_name=readinglamp wrapper @ 2020-11-08T20:58:15.768398+02:00>>
...
2020-11-08 20:58:15 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.core] Bus:Handling <Event state_changed[L]: entity_id=light.readinglamp, old_state=None, new_state=<state light.readinglamp=unavailable; friendly_name=readinglamp, supported_features=0 @ 2020-11-08T20:58:15.790523+02:00>>
...
2020-11-08 20:58:20 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.core] Bus:Handling <Event state_changed[L]: entity_id=switch.readinglamp, old_state=None, new_state=<state switch.readinglamp=off; in_use=0, load_power=0.0, power_consumed=537.0, voltage=3.6, battery_level=100.0, friendly_name=readinglamp, icon=mdi:power-plug @ 2020-11-08T20:58:20.816473+02:00>>

Additional information

N/A

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 3 years ago
Comments:18 (9 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

1reaction

frenckcommented, Nov 8, 2020

Maybe a weird question (and probably a bit off-topic as well). But… euhm… why are you using a switch template and use the light switch to convert it into a light? Why not use a light template directly?

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OleksandrBerchenkocommented, Jul 15, 2022

Yes, this is still actual.

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