Don't run automations prior to initialization .

src/card-controller/automations-manager.ts

@@ -27,11 +27,16 @@ export class AutomationsManager {
   }
 
   public execute(): void {
-    const hass = this._api.getHASSManager().getHASS();
-
-    // Never execute automations if there's an error (as our automation loop
-    // avoidance -- which shows as an error -- would not work!).
-    if (!hass || this._api.getMessageManager().hasErrorMessage()) {
+    if (
+      !this._api.getHASSManager().hasHASS() ||
+      // Never execute automations if the card hasn't finished initializing, as
+      // it could cause a view change when camera loads are not finished.
+      // See: https://github.com/dermotduffy/frigate-hass-card/issues/1407
+      !this._api.getInitializationManager().isInitializedMandatory() ||
+      // Never execute automations if there's an error (as our automation loop
+      // avoidance -- which shows as an error -- would not work!).
+      this._api.getMessageManager().hasErrorMessage()
+    ) {
       return;
     }
 

src/card-controller/hass/hass-manager.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ export class HASSManager {
     return this._hass;
   }
 
+  public hasHASS(): boolean {
+    return !!this._hass;
+  }
+
   public getStateWatcher(): StateWatcherSubscriptionInterface {
     return this._stateWatcher;
   }

src/card-controller/types.ts

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ export interface CardAutomationsAPI {
   getCardElementManager(): CardElementManager;
   getConditionsManager(): ConditionsManager;
   getHASSManager(): HASSManager;
+  getInitializationManager(): InitializationManager;
   getMessageManager(): MessageManager;
 }
 

tests/card-controller/automations-manager.test.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { AutomationsManager } from '../../src/card-controller/automations-manager.js';
-import { createCardAPI, createHASS } from '../test-utils.js';
+import { createCardAPI } from '../test-utils.js';
 import { ActionType } from '../../src/config/types.js';
 import { AuxillaryActionConfig } from '../../src/card-controller/actions/types.js';
 
@@ -34,9 +34,25 @@ describe('AutomationsManager', () => {
     expect(api.getActionsManager().executeActions).not.toBeCalled();
   });
 
+  it('should do nothing without being initialized', () => {
+    const api = createCardAPI();
+    vi.mocked(api.getHASSManager().hasHASS).mockReturnValue(true);
+    vi.mocked(api.getInitializationManager().isInitializedMandatory).mockReturnValue(
+      false,
+    );
+
+    const automationsManager = new AutomationsManager(api);
+    automationsManager.execute();
+
+    expect(api.getActionsManager().executeActions).not.toBeCalled();
+  });
+
   it('should do nothing without automations', () => {
     const api = createCardAPI();
-    vi.mocked(api.getHASSManager().getHASS).mockReturnValue(createHASS());
+    vi.mocked(api.getHASSManager().hasHASS).mockReturnValue(true);
+    vi.mocked(api.getInitializationManager().isInitializedMandatory).mockReturnValue(
+      true,
+    );
 
     const automationsManager = new AutomationsManager(api);
     automationsManager.execute();
@@ -46,7 +62,10 @@ describe('AutomationsManager', () => {
 
   it('should execute actions', () => {
     const api = createCardAPI();
-    vi.mocked(api.getHASSManager().getHASS).mockReturnValue(createHASS());
+    vi.mocked(api.getHASSManager().hasHASS).mockReturnValue(true);
+    vi.mocked(api.getInitializationManager().isInitializedMandatory).mockReturnValue(
+      true,
+    );
 
     const automationsManager = new AutomationsManager(api);
     automationsManager.addAutomations([automation]);
@@ -77,7 +96,11 @@ describe('AutomationsManager', () => {
 
   it('should execute actions_not', () => {
     const api = createCardAPI();
-    vi.mocked(api.getHASSManager().getHASS).mockReturnValue(createHASS());
+    vi.mocked(api.getHASSManager().hasHASS).mockReturnValue(true);
+    vi.mocked(api.getInitializationManager().isInitializedMandatory).mockReturnValue(
+      true,
+    );
+
     vi.mocked(api.getConditionsManager().evaluateConditions).mockReturnValue(false);
 
     const automationsManager = new AutomationsManager(api);
@@ -90,7 +113,10 @@ describe('AutomationsManager', () => {
 
   it('should prevent automation loops', () => {
     const api = createCardAPI();
-    vi.mocked(api.getHASSManager().getHASS).mockReturnValue(createHASS());
+    vi.mocked(api.getHASSManager().hasHASS).mockReturnValue(true);
+    vi.mocked(api.getInitializationManager().isInitializedMandatory).mockReturnValue(
+      true,
+    );
 
     const automationsManager = new AutomationsManager(api);
     automationsManager.addAutomations([automation, not_automation]);
@@ -130,7 +156,10 @@ describe('AutomationsManager', () => {
 
   it('should delete automations', () => {
     const api = createCardAPI();
-    vi.mocked(api.getHASSManager().getHASS).mockReturnValue(createHASS());
+    vi.mocked(api.getHASSManager().hasHASS).mockReturnValue(true);
+    vi.mocked(api.getInitializationManager().isInitializedMandatory).mockReturnValue(
+      true,
+    );
 
     const automationsManager = new AutomationsManager(api);
     automationsManager.addAutomations([automation]);

tests/card-controller/hass/hass-manager.test.ts

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ describe('HASSManager', () => {
   it('should have null hass on construction', () => {
     const manager = new HASSManager(createCardAPI());
     expect(manager.getHASS()).toBeNull();
+    expect(manager.hasHASS()).toBeFalsy();
   });
 
   it('should get state watcher', () => {
@@ -28,6 +29,15 @@ describe('HASSManager', () => {
     expect(manager.getStateWatcher()).toEqual(expect.any(StateWatcher));
   });
 
+  it('should get hass after set', () => {
+    const manager = new HASSManager(createCardAPI());
+    const hass = createHASS();
+    manager.setHASS(hass);
+
+    expect(manager.getHASS()).toBe(hass);
+    expect(manager.hasHASS()).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
   it('should set light or dark mode upon setting hass', () => {
     const api = createCardAPI();
     const manager = new HASSManager(api);