perf(bundle): lazy-load the nunjucks template engine (#2535)

Closes #2531.

## Summary

The full `nunjucks` templating engine (~226KB) plus `ha-nunjucks`
(~46KB) — roughly **272KB, ~13% of the eager entry chunk** — was
statically imported and downloaded by every card on initial load, even
though templates only apply when a config value contains a `{{ … }}` /
`{% … %}` delimiter. Most cards use no templates and never need the
engine.

This defers the engine behind a dynamic `import('ha-nunjucks/dist')` so
it ships in a separate, on-demand chunk instead of the eager
`card-*.js`.

## Approach

The render path (`TemplateRenderer.renderRecursively`) is **kept
synchronous** — it is called from many synchronous hot paths
(condition/trigger evaluators, picture-elements rendering, actions,
folder matchers), and making it async would be a large, high-risk
refactor of the evaluation core.

Instead:

- **New `src/card-controller/templates/engine.ts`** — a module-level
singleton lazy loader (`loadTemplateEngine()` / `getTemplateEngine()`)
shared across all `TemplateRenderer` instances, plus a
`containsTemplate()` delimiter helper.
- **Delimiter gating** — strings without a delimiter never touch the
engine (the overwhelming majority of renders).
- **Pre-warm at config time** — because every template string originates
in the config, a new mandatory `TEMPLATE_ENGINE` initialization aspect
loads the engine before first render whenever the config contains a
delimiter. This **guarantees no raw `{{ … }}` flash**: content/condition
rendering is blocked until the engine is present for template-using
cards. Cards without templates never load it.

## Result

- nunjucks + ha-nunjucks move out of the eager chunk into a separate
chunk fetched only when a card actually uses templates.
- No change to the synchronous public render API; condition/trigger
evaluation core untouched.

## Tests

- New `engine.ts` loader coverage (concurrent load, cached reuse,
not-loaded fallback).
- The 11 existing test files that render real (delimiter-bearing)
templates declare their dependency explicitly via
`beforeAll(loadTemplateEngine)` — no global/implicit setup hook.
- Full suite green (4764 tests), lint and ts-prune clean, per-file 100%
coverage maintained for the affected directories.

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rollup.config.js

@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ const outputEntryTemplate = {
     ) {
       return 'lang-[name]-[hash].js';
     }
+    if (chunk.facadeModuleId && chunk.facadeModuleId.match(/ha-nunjucks/)) {
+      return 'templates-[hash].js';
+    }
     return '[name]-[hash].js';
   },
   format: 'es',

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

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import type { ActionContext } from 'action';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 
-import type { TriggerData } from '../../condition-trigger/triggers/types.js';
 import type {
   ActionConfig,
   Actions,
@@ -13,14 +12,9 @@ import {
   isAdvancedCameraCardCustomAction,
 } from '../../utils/action.js';
 import { allPromises, errorToConsole } from '../../utils/basic.js';
-import type { TemplateRenderer } from '../templates/index.js';
 import type { CardActionsManagerAPI } from '../types.js';
 import { ActionSet } from './actions/set.js';
-import type {
-  ActionPrepareCallback,
-  ActionsExecutionRequest,
-  ActionsExecutor,
-} from './types.js';
+import type { ActionsExecutionRequest, ActionsExecutor } from './types.js';
 
 const INTERACTIONS = ['tap', 'double_tap', 'hold', 'start_tap', 'end_tap'] as const;
 export type InteractionName = (typeof INTERACTIONS)[number];
@@ -38,11 +32,9 @@ export class ActionsManager implements ActionsExecutor {
   private _api: CardActionsManagerAPI;
   private _actionsInFlight: ActionSet[] = [];
   private _actionContext: ActionContext = {};
-  private _templateRenderer: TemplateRenderer | null;
 
-  constructor(api: CardActionsManagerAPI, templateRenderer?: TemplateRenderer) {
+  constructor(api: CardActionsManagerAPI) {
     this._api = api;
-    this._templateRenderer = templateRenderer ?? null;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -120,8 +112,13 @@ export class ActionsManager implements ActionsExecutor {
 
     await this.executeActions(
       { actions: action },
-      // Elements rendered by this card will already have rendered templates.
-      true,
+
+      // Don't render templates: the picture-elements chain (which may contain
+      // third-party elements we don't control) is rendered wholesale when the
+      // elements are built, so this action's templates are already resolved.
+      // Rendering again would re-evaluate any `{{ }}` that a first render
+      // produced.
+      false,
     );
   };
 
@@ -140,63 +137,54 @@ export class ActionsManager implements ActionsExecutor {
     await allPromises(this._actionsInFlight, (actionSet) => actionSet.stop());
   }
 
+  // The top-level entry point for running actions: it runs them and emits the
+  // user feedback (the haptic) for the gesture. Actions that run further
+  // actions (e.g. `if`, `generated_action`) must use `executeNestedActions`.
   public async executeActions(
     request: ActionsExecutionRequest,
     renderTemplates = true,
   ): Promise<void> {
-    // Lock filtering and the factory both classify on the raw (unrendered)
-    // discriminator (`action` / `advanced_camera_card_action`). A templated
-    // `advanced_camera_card_action` (permitted only by the loose custom-action
-    // schema) is left unresolved, matches no action type, and is dropped.
-    const allowedActions = this._api.getLockManager().getAllowedActions(request.actions);
-    if (!allowedActions.length) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    // Each action prepares itself (via Action.prepare) just before it runs, so
-    // it observes what an earlier action may have changed. Skip when the caller
-    // opts out (the templates are already rendered) or there is no renderer.
-    const renderer = this._templateRenderer;
-    const actionPrepareCallback =
-      renderTemplates && renderer
-        ? this._createActionPrepareCallback(renderer, request.triggerData)
-        : undefined;
-
-    const actionSet = new ActionSet(this._actionContext, allowedActions, {
-      factoryOptions: {
-        config: request.config,
-        cardID: this._api.getConfigManager().getConfig()?.card_id,
-        triggerData: request?.triggerData,
-      },
-      actionPrepareCallback,
-    });
-
-    this._actionsInFlight.push(actionSet);
-
     try {
-      await actionSet.execute(this._api);
+      // Only give success feedback when an action actually ran, so a gesture
+      // that did nothing (everything lock-filtered, or no action matched) stays
+      // silent.
+      if (await this._runActions(request, renderTemplates)) {
         forwardHaptic('success');
+      }
     } catch (e) {
       errorToConsole(e);
       forwardHaptic('warning');
     }
-    this._actionsInFlight = this._actionsInFlight.filter((a) => a !== actionSet);
   }
 
-  private _createActionPrepareCallback(
-    renderer: TemplateRenderer,
-    triggerData?: TriggerData,
-  ): ActionPrepareCallback {
-    // Render against the state (incl. HASS) as it is *when the action runs* --
-    // fixed trigger context, fresh card/HASS state per step.
-    return <T>(value: T): T => {
-      const hass = this._api.getHASSManager().getHASS();
-      return hass
-        ? renderer.renderRecursivelyAsType(hass, value, {
-            conditionState: this._api.getConditionStateManager().getState(),
-            triggerData,
-          })
-        : value;
-    };
+  // Run actions as a nested part of an already-running action (e.g. an `if`
+  // branch, or the action a `generated_action` produces). Errors propagate to
+  // the top-level `executeActions` (i.e. there's no try/catch here
+  // intentionally).
+  public async executeNestedActions(request: ActionsExecutionRequest): Promise<void> {
+    await this._runActions(request, true);
+  }
+
+  private async _runActions(
+    request: ActionsExecutionRequest,
+    renderTemplates: boolean,
+  ): Promise<boolean> {
+    const actionSet = new ActionSet(this._actionContext, request.actions, {
+      factoryOptions: {
+        config: request.config,
+        cardID: this._api.getConfigManager().getConfig()?.card_id,
+        triggerData: request.triggerData,
+      },
+      renderTemplates,
+    });
+
+    // Track the set in-flight (including nested sets) so `uninitialize` can
+    // stop long-running actions on teardown.
+    this._actionsInFlight.push(actionSet);
+    try {
+      return await actionSet.execute(this._api);
+    } finally {
+      this._actionsInFlight = this._actionsInFlight.filter((a) => a !== actionSet);
+    }
   }
 }

src/card-controller/actions/actions/generated-action.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import type { ActionContext } from 'action';
+
+import type { TriggerData } from '../../../condition-trigger/triggers/types';
+import type { GeneratedActionConfig } from '../../../config/schema/actions/custom/generated-action';
+import type { AuxillaryActionConfig } from '../../../config/schema/actions/types';
+import type { CardActionsAPI } from '../../types';
+import { AdvancedCameraCardAction } from './base';
+
+export class GeneratedAction extends AdvancedCameraCardAction<GeneratedActionConfig> {
+  private _triggerData?: TriggerData;
+
+  constructor(
+    context: ActionContext,
+    action: GeneratedActionConfig,
+    config?: AuxillaryActionConfig,
+    triggerData?: TriggerData,
+  ) {
+    super(context, action, config);
+
+    this._triggerData = triggerData;
+  }
+
+  public async execute(api: CardActionsAPI): Promise<void> {
+    await super.execute(api);
+
+    // A null return means generate nothing (e.g. the firing trigger supplied no
+    // usable value).
+    const generated = this._getAction().generator({
+      api,
+      triggerData: this._triggerData,
+    });
+    if (!generated) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    await api.getActionsManager().executeNestedActions({
+      actions: generated,
+      config: this._config,
+      triggerData: this._triggerData,
+    });
+  }
+}

src/card-controller/actions/actions/if.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import type {
   AuxillaryActionConfig,
   IfActionConfig,
 } from '../../../config/schema/actions/types';
-import { TemplateRenderer } from '../../templates/index';
 import type { CardActionsAPI } from '../../types';
 import type { ActionPrepareCallback } from '../types';
 import { BaseAction } from './base';
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ export class IfAction extends BaseAction<IfActionConfig> {
     await super.execute(api);
 
     const action = this._getAction();
-    const evaluatorContext = { templateRenderer: new TemplateRenderer() };
+    const evaluatorContext = { templateRenderer: api.getTemplateManager() };
     const state = api.getConditionStateManager().getState();
     const conditionsHold = action.if.every(
       (condition) =>
@@ -53,10 +52,7 @@ export class IfAction extends BaseAction<IfActionConfig> {
       return;
     }
 
-    // The branch renders per-step as it runs, so each action observes state an
-    // earlier branch action changed. The trigger data is forwarded so the
-    // branch can still resolve `trigger.*` templates.
-    await api.getActionsManager().executeActions({
+    await api.getActionsManager().executeNestedActions({
       actions: branch,
       config: this._config,
       triggerData: this._triggerData,

src/card-controller/actions/actions/set.ts

@@ -8,14 +8,15 @@ import type { ActionPrepareCallback } from '../types';
 
 interface ActionSetOptions {
   factoryOptions?: ActionFactoryOptions;
-  actionPrepareCallback?: ActionPrepareCallback;
+  renderTemplates?: boolean;
 }
 
+// A self-contained sequence of actions, executed in order.
 export class ActionSet {
   private _context: ActionContext;
   private _actions: ActionConfig[];
   private _factoryOptions?: ActionFactoryOptions;
-  private _actionPrepareCallback?: ActionPrepareCallback;
+  private _renderTemplates: boolean;
   private _factory = new ActionFactory();
   private _stopped = false;
 
@@ -26,12 +27,22 @@ export class ActionSet {
   ) {
     this._context = context;
     this._actions = arrayify(actions);
-    this._actionPrepareCallback = options?.actionPrepareCallback;
     this._factoryOptions = options?.factoryOptions;
+    this._renderTemplates = options?.renderTemplates ?? true;
   }
 
-  public async execute(api: CardActionsAPI): Promise<void> {
-    for (const action of this._actions) {
+  // Returns whether any action actually ran.
+  public async execute(api: CardActionsAPI): Promise<boolean> {
+    // Lock filtering and the factory both classify on the raw (unrendered)
+    // discriminator (`action` / `advanced_camera_card_action`) -- as in Home
+    // Assistant, i.e. you cannot template the action itself.
+    const allowedActions = api.getLockManager().getAllowedActions(this._actions);
+    const prepareCallback = this._renderTemplates
+      ? this._createPrepareCallback(api)
+      : undefined;
+
+    let executed = false;
+    for (const action of allowedActions) {
       if (this._stopped) {
         break;
       }
@@ -45,15 +56,31 @@ export class ActionSet {
         // Prepare against the state as it is now, so an action observes what an
         // earlier action in the sequence changed. A prepare error aborts the
         // rest of the sequence (it propagates to the caller's handler).
-        if (this._actionPrepareCallback) {
-          concreteAction.prepare(this._actionPrepareCallback);
+        if (prepareCallback) {
+          concreteAction.prepare(prepareCallback);
         }
         await concreteAction.execute(api);
+        executed = true;
       }
     }
+
+    return executed;
   }
 
   public async stop(): Promise<void> {
     this._stopped = true;
   }
+
+  private _createPrepareCallback(api: CardActionsAPI): ActionPrepareCallback {
+    const triggerData = this._factoryOptions?.triggerData;
+    return <T>(value: T): T => {
+      const hass = api.getHASSManager().getHASS();
+      return hass
+        ? api.getTemplateManager().renderRecursivelyAsType(hass, value, {
+            conditionState: api.getConditionStateManager().getState(),
+            triggerData,
+          })
+        : value;
+    };
+  }
 }

src/card-controller/actions/factory.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { ActionContext } from 'action';
 
 import type { TriggerData } from '../../condition-trigger/triggers/types';
+import { GENERATED_ACTION } from '../../config/schema/actions/custom/generated-action';
 import { INTERNAL_CALLBACK_ACTION } from '../../config/schema/actions/custom/internal';
 import type {
   ActionConfig,
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ import { DownloadAction } from './actions/download';
 import { EffectAction } from './actions/effect';
 import { ExpandAction } from './actions/expand';
 import { FullscreenAction } from './actions/fullscreen';
+import { GeneratedAction } from './actions/generated-action';
 import { IfAction } from './actions/if';
 import { InfoAction } from './actions/info';
 import { InternalCallbackAction } from './actions/internal-callback';
@@ -199,6 +201,13 @@ export class ActionFactory {
         return new SetReviewAction(context, action, options?.config);
       case INTERNAL_CALLBACK_ACTION:
         return new InternalCallbackAction(context, action, options?.config);
+      case GENERATED_ACTION:
+        return new GeneratedAction(
+          context,
+          action,
+          options?.config,
+          options?.triggerData,
+        );
     }
 
     // Reached when the discriminator is not a known action type -- e.g. a

src/card-controller/automations-manager.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { TriggersManager } from '../condition-trigger/triggers/manager.js';
 import type { TriggerData } from '../condition-trigger/triggers/types.js';
 import type { Automation, AutomationActions } from '../config/schema/automations.js';
 import { localize } from '../localize/localize.js';
-import { TemplateRenderer } from './templates/index.js';
 import type { CardAutomationsAPI, TaggedAutomation } from './types.js';
 
 const MAX_NESTED_AUTOMATION_EXECUTIONS = 10;
@@ -32,12 +31,13 @@ export class AutomationsManager {
   }
 
   public addAutomations(automations: TaggedAutomation[]): void {
-    const context = { templateRenderer: new TemplateRenderer() };
+    const context = { templateRenderer: this._api.getTemplateManager() };
     for (const automation of automations) {
       const triggers = new TriggersManager(
         automation.triggers,
         this._api.getConditionStateManager(),
         this._api.getHASSManager(),
+        this._api.getTemplateManager(),
       );
 
       // The ongoing `conditions:` block is pull-evaluated at trigger time, so
@@ -49,6 +49,27 @@ export class AutomationsManager {
       );
       triggers.addListener((data) => this._execute(automation, conditions, data));
       this._automations.set(automation, triggers);
+
+      // When the card is already initialized (e.g. a runtime automation
+      // addition via configuration override), subscribe immediately. For
+      // "static" automations the InitializationManager subscribes every
+      // automation once initialization completes so that the trigger evaluators
+      // baseline their initial pre-trigger value against a card whose template
+      // renderer has loaded.
+      if (this._api.getInitializationManager().isInitializedMandatory()) {
+        triggers.subscribe();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Subscribe every registered automation's triggers. Called by the
+   * InitializationManager when initialization completes (idempotent, so
+   * automations subscribed eagerly on a runtime config change are unaffected).
+   */
+  public subscribe(): void {
+    for (const triggers of this._automations.values()) {
+      triggers.subscribe();
     }
   }
 

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

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import type { HomeAssistant } from '../../ha/types.js';
 import { localize } from '../../localize/localize.js';
 import { getParseError } from '../../utils/zod/parse-errors.js';
 import { InitializationAspect } from '../initialization-manager.js';
+import { TemplateManager } from '../templates';
 import type { CardConfigAPI } from '../types.js';
 import { ConfigParseError } from './error.js';
 import { setAutomationsFromConfig } from './load-automations.js';
@@ -35,6 +36,13 @@ export class ConfigManager {
   private _overriddenConfig: AdvancedCameraCardConfig | null = null;
   private _rawConfig: RawAdvancedCameraCardConfig | null = null;
   private _cardWideConfig: CardWideConfig | null = null;
+
+  // Whether the effective config contains a template, recomputed only when that
+  // config changes (see `_processOverrideConfig`). Lets callers (e.g.
+  // InitializationManager) decide whether the template renderer is needed
+  // without rescanning the whole config on every render.
+  private _hasTemplate = false;
+
   private _overridesManager = new OverridesManager(() => this._processOverrideConfig());
 
   constructor(api: CardConfigAPI) {
@@ -75,6 +83,10 @@ export class ConfigManager {
     return this._overriddenConfig ?? this._config;
   }
 
+  public hasTemplate(): boolean {
+    return this._hasTemplate;
+  }
+
   public getCardWideConfig(): CardWideConfig | null {
     return this._cardWideConfig;
   }
@@ -129,6 +141,7 @@ export class ConfigManager {
 
     this._overridesManager.set(
       this._api.getConditionStateManager(),
+      this._api.getTemplateManager(),
       this._config.overrides,
     );
 
@@ -177,6 +190,7 @@ export class ConfigManager {
 
     const previousConfig = this._overriddenConfig;
     this._overriddenConfig = overriddenConfig;
+    this._hasTemplate = TemplateManager.dataContainsTemplate(overriddenConfig);
 
     setFoldersFromConfig(this._api);
     this._api.getStyleManager().updateFromConfig();

src/card-controller/config/load-control-entities.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 import { isEqual } from 'lodash-es';
 
 import type { RemoteControlEntityPriority } from '../../config/schema/remote-control';
-import { createCameraAction, createInternalCallbackAction } from '../../utils/action';
+import {
+  createCameraAction,
+  createGeneratedAction,
+  createInternalCallbackAction,
+} from '../../utils/action';
 import type { CardActionsAPI, CardConfigLoaderAPI, TaggedAutomation } from '../types';
 
 export const setRemoteControlEntityFromConfig = (api: CardConfigLoaderAPI) => {
@@ -72,7 +76,12 @@ export const setRemoteControlEntityFromConfig = (api: CardConfigLoaderAPI) => {
       actions: [
         cameraPriority === 'entity'
           ? // Set the currently selected camera to the state of the entity.
-            createCameraAction(`{{ hass.states["${cameraControlEntity}"].state }}`)
+            createGeneratedAction(({ api }) => {
+              const cameraID = api.getHASSManager().getHASS()?.states[
+                cameraControlEntity
+              ]?.state;
+              return cameraID ? createCameraAction(cameraID) : null;
+            })
           : // Set the selected option in the entity to the current camera ID.
             createInternalCallbackAction(async (api: CardActionsAPI) => {
               const camera = api.getViewManager().getView()?.camera ?? undefined;
@@ -89,8 +98,12 @@ export const setRemoteControlEntityFromConfig = (api: CardConfigLoaderAPI) => {
         },
       ],
       actions: [
-        // When the entity state changes, updated the selected option.
-        createCameraAction('{{ trigger.to_state.state }}'),
+        // When the entity state changes, select the camera named by the new
+        // state, using the exact value that caused the trigger.
+        createGeneratedAction(({ triggerData }) => {
+          const cameraID = triggerData?.to_state?.state;
+          return cameraID ? createCameraAction(cameraID) : null;
+        }),
       ],
       tag: automationTag,
     },

src/card-controller/config/overrides-manager.ts

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
 import { localize } from '../../localize/localize';
 import { AdvancedCameraCardError } from '../../types';
 import { desparsifyArrays } from '../../utils/basic.js';
+import type { TemplateRenderer } from '../templates';
 
 type OverridesCallback = () => void;
 
@@ -40,12 +41,17 @@ export class OverridesManager {
 
   public set(
     stateManager: ConditionStateManagerReadonlyInterface,
+    templateRenderer: TemplateRenderer,
     overrides?: Override[],
   ): void {
     this._clear();
 
     overrides?.forEach((override) => {
-      const manager = new ConditionsManager(override.conditions, stateManager);
+      const manager = new ConditionsManager(
+        override.conditions,
+        templateRenderer,
+        stateManager,
+      );
       manager.addListener(this._callback);
       this._overrides.set(override, manager);
     });

src/card-controller/controller.ts

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import { PIPManager } from './pip-manager';
 import { QueryStringManager } from './query-string-manager';
 import { StatusBarItemManager } from './status-bar-item-manager';
 import { StyleManager } from './style-manager';
-import { TemplateRenderer } from './templates';
+import { TemplateManager } from './templates';
 import type {
   CardActionsManagerAPI,
   CardAutomationsAPI,
@@ -110,8 +110,9 @@ export class CardController
   private _deviceRegistryManager = new DeviceRegistryManager(new DeviceCache());
   private _entityRegistryManager = new EntityRegistryManagerLive(new EntityCache());
   private _resolvedMediaCache = new ResolvedMediaCache();
+  private _templateManager = new TemplateManager();
 
-  private _actionsManager = new ActionsManager(this, new TemplateRenderer());
+  private _actionsManager = new ActionsManager(this);
   private _automationsManager = new AutomationsManager(this);
   private _callManager = new CallManager(this);
   private _cameraManager = new CameraManager(this);
@@ -306,6 +307,10 @@ export class CardController
     return this._styleManager;
   }
 
+  public getTemplateManager(): TemplateManager {
+    return this._templateManager;
+  }
+
   public getCameraTriggersManager(): CameraTriggersManager {
     return this._cameraTriggersManager;
   }

src/card-controller/folders/executor.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import type { HomeAssistant } from '../../ha/types';
 import type { Endpoint } from '../../types';
 import type { ViewFolder, ViewItem } from '../../view/item';
 import type { ViewItemCapabilities } from '../../view/types';
+import type { TemplateRenderer } from '../templates';
 import { sortItems } from '../view/sort';
 import { HAFoldersEngine } from './ha/engine';
 import type {
@@ -20,8 +21,8 @@ import type {
 export class FoldersExecutor {
   private _ha: FoldersEngine;
 
-  constructor(engines?: { ha?: HAFoldersEngine }) {
-    this._ha = engines?.ha ?? new HAFoldersEngine();
+  constructor(templateRenderer: TemplateRenderer, engines?: { ha?: HAFoldersEngine }) {
+    this._ha = engines?.ha ?? new HAFoldersEngine(templateRenderer);
   }
 
   public getDefaultQueryParameters(folder: FolderConfig): FolderQuery | null {

src/card-controller/folders/ha/engine.ts

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import type { Endpoint } from '../../../types';
 import type { ViewFolder, ViewItem } from '../../../view/item';
 import { ViewItemClassifier } from '../../../view/item-classifier';
 import type { ViewItemCapabilities } from '../../../view/types';
+import type { TemplateRenderer } from '../../templates';
 import type {
   DownloadHelpers,
   EngineOptions,
@@ -46,14 +47,17 @@ export class HAFoldersEngine implements FoldersEngine {
   private _metadataGenerator: MetadataGenerator;
   private _mediaMatcher: MediaMatcher;
 
-  public constructor(options?: {
+  public constructor(
+    templateRenderer: TemplateRenderer,
+    options?: {
       browseMediaManager?: BrowseMediaWalker;
       metadataGenerator?: MetadataGenerator;
       mediaMatcher?: MediaMatcher;
-  }) {
+    },
+  ) {
     this._browseMediaManager = options?.browseMediaManager ?? new BrowseMediaWalker();
     this._metadataGenerator = options?.metadataGenerator ?? new MetadataGenerator();
-    this._mediaMatcher = options?.mediaMatcher ?? new MediaMatcher();
+    this._mediaMatcher = options?.mediaMatcher ?? new MediaMatcher(templateRenderer);
   }
 
   public getItemCapabilities(item: ViewItem): ViewItemCapabilities | null {

src/card-controller/folders/ha/media-matcher.ts

@@ -14,11 +14,15 @@ import type {
 } from '../../../ha/browse-media/types';
 import type { HomeAssistant } from '../../../ha/types';
 import { regexpExtract } from '../../../utils/regexp-extract';
-import { TemplateRenderer } from '../../templates';
+import type { TemplateRenderer } from '../../templates';
 import { REGEXP_GROUP_VALUE_KEY } from './types';
 
 export class MediaMatcher {
-  private _templateRenderer = new TemplateRenderer();
+  private _templateRenderer: TemplateRenderer;
+
+  constructor(templateRenderer: TemplateRenderer) {
+    this._templateRenderer = templateRenderer;
+  }
 
   public match(
     hass: HomeAssistant,

src/card-controller/folders/manager.ts

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export class FoldersManager {
 
   constructor(api: CardFoldersAPI, executor?: FoldersExecutor) {
     this._api = api;
-    this._executor = executor ?? new FoldersExecutor();
+    this._executor = executor ?? new FoldersExecutor(this._api.getTemplateManager());
   }
 
   public deleteFolders(): void {

src/card-controller/initialization-manager.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export enum InitializationAspect {
   SIDE_LOAD_ELEMENTS = 'side-load-elements',
   CAMERAS = 'cameras',
   MICROPHONE_CONNECT = 'microphone-connect',
+  TEMPLATE_RENDERER = 'template-renderer',
   VIEW = 'view',
 
   // The initial triggering must happen after both the config is set (and
@@ -67,6 +68,9 @@ export class InitializationManager {
       ...(this._api.getMicrophoneManager().shouldConnectOnInitialization()
         ? [InitializationAspect.MICROPHONE_CONNECT]
         : []),
+      ...(this._api.getConfigManager().hasTemplate()
+        ? [InitializationAspect.TEMPLATE_RENDERER]
+        : []),
       InitializationAspect.VIEW,
       InitializationAspect.INITIAL_TRIGGER,
     ]);
@@ -166,6 +170,14 @@ export class InitializationManager {
               await this._api.getMicrophoneManager().connect();
             },
           }),
+
+          // Unrendered templates could cause correctness issues -- ensure the
+          // template rendered is loaded before it is needed.
+          ...(this._api.getConfigManager().hasTemplate() && {
+            [InitializationAspect.TEMPLATE_RENDERER]: async () => {
+              await this._api.getTemplateManager().loadRenderer();
+            },
+          }),
         }),
       ))
     ) {
@@ -201,6 +213,13 @@ export class InitializationManager {
 
     this._everInitialized = true;
 
+    // Subscribe any automations now: the template renderer (a mandatory
+    // automation trigger evaluators can baseline pre-trigger (which potentially
+    // involves rendering templates). This must run before the `setState` below
+    // so that triggers watching `config`/`initialized` are attached in time to
+    // fire on *that* very change.
+    this._api.getAutomationsManager().subscribe();
+
     // When the card is initialized, both the initialization state (will never
     // change again), and the config are set in the condition state. The
     // config is set here, rather than in the ConfigManager, in order to
@@ -245,6 +264,7 @@ export class InitializationManager {
     for (const aspect of [
       InitializationAspect.CAMERAS,
       InitializationAspect.MICROPHONE_CONNECT,
+      InitializationAspect.TEMPLATE_RENDERER,
       InitializationAspect.VIEW,
       InitializationAspect.INITIAL_TRIGGER,
     ]) {

src/card-controller/templates/index.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { renderTemplate, type HASS } from 'ha-nunjucks/dist';
+import type { renderTemplate } from 'ha-nunjucks/dist';
 
 import type { ConditionState } from '../../condition-trigger/conditions/types';
 import type { TriggerData } from '../../condition-trigger/triggers/types';
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import type { HomeAssistant } from '../../ha/types';
 import { isRecord } from '../../utils/basic';
 import type { TemplateACCNamespace, TemplateMediaData } from './types';
 
+type RenderTemplate = typeof renderTemplate;
+
 interface TemplateContext {
   acc: TemplateACCNamespace;
 
@@ -19,7 +21,58 @@ interface TemplateRenderOptions {
   mediaData?: TemplateMediaData;
 }
 
-export class TemplateRenderer {
+// The template-rendering methods that callers depend on. Callers (e.g.
+// condition/trigger code) are kept independent of CardController via this
+// interface.
+export interface TemplateRenderer {
+  // Whether the renderer has finished loading. Synchronous callers that may run
+  // before loading completes (condition/trigger evaluation) check this and
+  // defer rather than rendering a template against an absent renderer.
+  isLoaded(): boolean;
+
+  renderRecursively(
+    hass: HomeAssistant,
+    data: unknown,
+    options?: TemplateRenderOptions,
+  ): unknown;
+
+  renderRecursivelyAsType<T>(
+    hass: HomeAssistant,
+    data: T,
+    options?: TemplateRenderOptions,
+  ): T;
+}
+
+// Renders nunjucks templates for the card. The renderer itself (`ha-nunjucks`,
+// ~272KB) is large and most cards never use a template, so it is imported on
+// demand the first time a template needs rendering (see `loadRenderer`).
+export class TemplateManager implements TemplateRenderer {
+  private _renderer: RenderTemplate | null = null;
+
+  /**
+   * Whether any string anywhere in a given piece of data is a template.
+   */
+  public static dataContainsTemplate(data: unknown): boolean {
+    return TemplateManager._containsTemplate(JSON.stringify(data) ?? '');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Load the renderer (the first time) and remember it. Repeat calls return
+   * immediately once loaded; a failed load is not cached, so a later call
+   * retries. Concurrent calls share a single load via the module cache.
+   */
+  public async loadRenderer(): Promise<void> {
+    if (this._renderer) {
+      return;
+    }
+    const module = await import('ha-nunjucks/dist');
+    this._renderer = module.renderTemplate;
+  }
+
+  public isLoaded(): boolean {
+    return !!this._renderer;
+  }
+
   public renderRecursively = (
     hass: HomeAssistant,
     data: unknown,
@@ -75,10 +128,23 @@ export class TemplateRenderer {
     templateContext?: TemplateContext,
   ): unknown {
     if (typeof data === 'string') {
-      return renderTemplate(
+      if (!TemplateManager._containsTemplate(data)) {
+        return data;
+      }
+
+      if (!this._renderer) {
+        // A defensive guard that should not be reached: the renderer is loaded
+        // during mandatory initialization before the view, triggers, or actions
+        // render, and the condition/trigger evaluators that can run earlier
+        // check `isLoaded()` first and defer rather than calling in here.
+        this.loadRenderer().catch(() => {});
+        return data;
+      }
+
+      return this._renderer(
         // ha-nunjucks has a more complete model of the Home Assistant object, but
         // does not export it as a type.
-        hass as unknown as typeof HASS,
+        hass as unknown as Parameters<RenderTemplate>[0],
         data,
         templateContext,
       );
@@ -95,4 +161,18 @@ export class TemplateRenderer {
     }
     return data;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Whether a string contains a nunjucks template that needs rendering. It does
+   * only if it has a matching pair of markers (`{{ … }}` or `{% … %}`); this is
+   * the same check `ha-nunjucks` makes, so a string without them renders the
+   * same whether or not the renderer has loaded -- which is what lets a card
+   * that uses no templates avoid loading the renderer at all.
+   */
+  private static _containsTemplate(value: string): boolean {
+    return (
+      (value.includes('{{') && value.includes('}}')) ||
+      (value.includes('{%') && value.includes('%}'))
+    );
+  }
 }

src/card-controller/templates/renderer-via-event.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import type { TemplateRenderer } from './index';
+
+export class TemplateRendererGetEvent extends Event {
+  public templateRenderer?: TemplateRenderer;
+
+  constructor(eventInitDict?: EventInit) {
+    super('advanced-camera-card:template-renderer:get', eventInitDict);
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Fetch the card's TemplateRenderer by dispatching an event that bubbles up to
+ * the card, which fills in the answer before the call returns. A last resort
+ * for elements (e.g. `<advanced-camera-card-conditional>`) that may be nested
+ * below DOM layers the card does not control and so cannot be handed the
+ * renderer directly via a property.
+ * @returns The TemplateRenderer, or null if nothing answered.
+ */
+export function getTemplateRendererViaEvent(
+  element: HTMLElement,
+): TemplateRenderer | null {
+  const getEvent = new TemplateRendererGetEvent({
+    bubbles: true,
+    composed: true,
+  });
+  element.dispatchEvent(getEvent);
+  return getEvent.templateRenderer ?? null;
+}

src/card-controller/types.ts

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import type { PIPManager } from './pip-manager';
 import type { QueryStringManager } from './query-string-manager';
 import type { StatusBarItemManager } from './status-bar-item-manager';
 import type { StyleManager } from './style-manager';
+import type { TemplateManager } from './templates';
 import type { ViewItemManager } from './view/item-manager';
 import type { ViewManager } from './view/view-manager';
 
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ export interface CardActionsAPI {
   getIssueManager(): IssueManager;
   getStatusBarItemManager(): StatusBarItemManager;
   getCameraTriggersManager(): CameraTriggersManager;
+  getTemplateManager(): TemplateManager;
   getViewItemManager(): ViewItemManager;
   getViewManager(): ViewManager;
 }
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@ export interface CardAutomationsAPI {
   getInitializationManager(): InitializationManager;
   getNotificationManager(): NotificationManager;
   getIssueManager(): IssueManager;
+  getTemplateManager(): TemplateManager;
 }
 
 export interface CardCallAPI {
@@ -123,6 +126,7 @@ export interface CardConfigAPI {
   getIssueManager(): IssueManager;
   getStatusBarItemManager(): StatusBarItemManager;
   getStyleManager(): StyleManager;
+  getTemplateManager(): TemplateManager;
   getViewManager(): ViewManager;
 }
 
@@ -184,6 +188,7 @@ export interface CardFoldersAPI {
   getConfigManager(): ConfigManager;
   getHASSManager(): HASSManager;
   getResolvedMediaCache(): ResolvedMediaCache;
+  getTemplateManager(): TemplateManager;
 }
 
 export interface CardFullscreenAPI {
@@ -220,6 +225,7 @@ export interface CardInitializerAPI {
   createMicrophoneManager(): void;
   getMicrophoneManager(): MicrophoneManager;
 
+  getAutomationsManager(): AutomationsManager;
   getCardElementManager(): CardElementManager;
   getConditionStateManager(): ConditionStateManager;
   getConfigManager(): ConfigManager;
@@ -231,6 +237,7 @@ export interface CardInitializerAPI {
   getQueryStringManager(): QueryStringManager;
   getResolvedMediaCache(): ResolvedMediaCache;
   getCameraTriggersManager(): CameraTriggersManager;
+  getTemplateManager(): TemplateManager;
   getViewManager(): ViewManager;
 }
 

src/card.ts

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import './components/status-bar';
 import './components/thumbnail-carousel.js';
 import './components/views.js';
 
+import type { TemplateRendererGetEvent } from './card-controller/templates/renderer-via-event.js';
 import type { AdvancedCameraCardViews } from './components/views.js';
 import type { ConditionStateManagerGetEvent } from './condition-trigger/conditions/state-manager-via-event.js';
 import type { StatusBarItem } from './config/schema/actions/types.js';
@@ -483,14 +484,20 @@ class AdvancedCameraCard extends LitElement {
             ${fullCardIssue ? renderNotificationBlock(fullCardIssue.notification) : ''}
           </div>
           ${this._renderMenuStatusContainer('bottom')}
-          ${this._config?.elements
+          ${this._config?.elements &&
+          this._controller.getInitializationManager().isInitializedMandatory()
             ? // Elements need to render after the main views so it can render 'on
-              // top'.
+              // top'. They are held until the card is initialized: the template
+              // renderer loads lazily as a mandatory init aspect (when the
+              // config uses templates), so rendering elements earlier could
+              // emit raw, unrendered templates or evaluate their visibility
+              // conditions before the renderer is available.
               html` <advanced-camera-card-elements
                 ${ref(this._refElements)}
                 .hass=${this._hass}
                 .elements=${this._config?.elements}
                 .conditionStateManager=${this._controller.getConditionStateManager()}
+                .templateRenderer=${this._controller.getTemplateManager()}
                 @advanced-camera-card:menu:add=${(ev: CustomEvent<MenuItem>) => {
                   this._menuButtonController.addDynamicMenuButton(ev.detail);
                   this.requestUpdate();
@@ -518,6 +525,11 @@ class AdvancedCameraCard extends LitElement {
                 ) => {
                   ev.conditionStateManager = this._controller.getConditionStateManager();
                 }}
+                @advanced-camera-card:template-renderer:get=${(
+                  ev: TemplateRendererGetEvent,
+                ) => {
+                  ev.templateRenderer = this._controller.getTemplateManager();
+                }}
               >
               </advanced-camera-card-elements>`
             : ``}

src/components/elements.ts

@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ import { customElement, property, state } from 'lit/decorators.js';
 import { isEqual } from 'lodash-es';
 
 import type { IssueTriggerEventData } from '../card-controller/issues/types.js';
-import { TemplateRenderer } from '../card-controller/templates/index.js';
+import type { TemplateRenderer } from '../card-controller/templates/index.js';
+import { getTemplateRendererViaEvent } from '../card-controller/templates/renderer-via-event.js';
 import { ConditionsManager } from '../condition-trigger/conditions/conditions-manager.js';
 import { getConditionStateManagerViaEvent } from '../condition-trigger/conditions/state-manager-via-event.js';
 import type { ConditionStateManager } from '../condition-trigger/conditions/state-manager.js';
@@ -93,11 +94,13 @@ export class AdvancedCameraCardElementsCore extends LitElement {
   @property({ attribute: false })
   public conditionStateManager?: ConditionStateManager;
 
+  @property({ attribute: false })
+  public templateRenderer?: TemplateRenderer;
+
   @state()
   private _root: HuiConditionalElement | null = null;
 
   private _renderedElements?: PictureElements;
-  private _templateRenderer = new TemplateRenderer();
 
   /**
    * Create a transparent render root.
@@ -137,13 +140,11 @@ export class AdvancedCameraCardElementsCore extends LitElement {
       return;
     }
 
-    const elements = this._templateRenderer.renderRecursivelyAsType(
-      this.hass,
-      this.elements,
-      {
+    const elements = this.templateRenderer
+      ? this.templateRenderer.renderRecursivelyAsType(this.hass, this.elements, {
           conditionState: this.conditionStateManager?.getState(),
-      },
-    );
+        })
+      : this.elements;
 
     // Condition state changes won't change the actual rendered config unless
     // `elements` has a template, which is more likely does not. Avoid updating
@@ -216,6 +217,9 @@ export class AdvancedCameraCardElements extends LitElement {
   @property({ attribute: false })
   public conditionStateManager?: ConditionStateManager;
 
+  @property({ attribute: false })
+  public templateRenderer?: TemplateRenderer;
+
   private _addHandler(
     target: EventTarget,
     eventName: string,
@@ -298,6 +302,7 @@ export class AdvancedCameraCardElements extends LitElement {
       .conditionStateManager=${this.conditionStateManager}
       .hass=${this.hass}
       .elements=${this.elements}
+      .templateRenderer=${this.templateRenderer}
     >
     </advanced-camera-card-elements-core>`;
   }
@@ -316,6 +321,7 @@ export class AdvancedCameraCardElements extends LitElement {
 export class AdvancedCameraCardElementsConditional extends LitElement {
   private _config?: AdvancedCameraCardConditional;
   private _conditionManager: ConditionsManager | null = null;
+  private _templateRenderer: TemplateRenderer | null = null;
 
   // A note on hass as an update mechanism:
   //
@@ -361,12 +367,15 @@ export class AdvancedCameraCardElementsConditional extends LitElement {
 
   private _createConditionManager(): void {
     const conditionStateManager = getConditionStateManagerViaEvent(this);
-    if (!this._config || !conditionStateManager) {
+    const templateRenderer = getTemplateRendererViaEvent(this);
+    if (!this._config || !conditionStateManager || !templateRenderer) {
       return;
     }
+    this._templateRenderer = templateRenderer;
     this._conditionManager?.destroy();
     this._conditionManager = new ConditionsManager(
       this._config.conditions,
+      templateRenderer,
       conditionStateManager,
     );
     this._conditionManager.addListener(() => this.requestUpdate());
@@ -377,6 +386,7 @@ export class AdvancedCameraCardElementsConditional extends LitElement {
       return html` <advanced-camera-card-elements-core
         .hass=${this.hass}
         .elements=${this._config?.elements}
+        .templateRenderer=${this._templateRenderer}
       >
       </advanced-camera-card-elements-core>`;
     }

src/condition-trigger/common/is-enabled.ts

@@ -5,16 +5,17 @@ import type { ConditionState } from '../conditions/types';
 // `vol.Any(boolean, template)`): a boolean, or a template rendered against the
 // current state. Returns whether the trigger/condition is active.
 //
-// `enabledWithoutHass` is the fallback when a template `enabled` cannot be
-// rendered (no hass yet, e.g. at startup). It differs by caller because
-// "disabled" has opposite consequences: a disabled *trigger* simply does not
-// fire (so triggers fail closed -- pass `false`), whereas a disabled
-// *condition* is skipped (so the condition may evaluate to `true`)
+// `fallback` is the result used when a template `enabled` cannot be rendered
+// (no hass yet, or the renderer has not finished loading -- both happen at
+// startup). It differs by caller because "disabled" has opposite consequences:
+// a disabled *trigger* simply does not fire (so triggers fail closed -- pass
+// `false`), whereas a disabled *condition* is skipped (so the condition may
+// evaluate to `true`).
 export const isEnabled = (
   templateRenderer: TemplateRenderer,
   enabled?: boolean | string,
   state?: ConditionState,
-  enabledWithoutHass = true,
+  fallback = true,
 ): boolean => {
   if (enabled === undefined) {
     return true;
@@ -22,8 +23,8 @@ export const isEnabled = (
   if (typeof enabled === 'boolean') {
     return enabled;
   }
-  if (!state?.hass) {
-    return enabledWithoutHass;
+  if (!state?.hass || !templateRenderer.isLoaded()) {
+    return fallback;
   }
   return (
     templateRenderer.renderRecursively(state.hass, enabled, {

src/condition-trigger/common/numeric-state.ts

@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ export const readNumericStateValue = (
 
   let rawValue: unknown;
   if (config.value_template) {
+    // Until the renderer has loaded the template cannot be evaluated; treat as
+    // non-numeric (so the match fails) rather than parsing a raw `{{…}}`.
+    if (!templateRenderer.isLoaded()) {
+      return null;
+    }
     rawValue = templateRenderer.renderRecursively(hass, config.value_template, {
       conditionState: state,
     });

src/condition-trigger/conditions/conditions-manager.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { TemplateRenderer } from '../../card-controller/templates';
+import type { TemplateRenderer } from '../../card-controller/templates';
 import type { Condition } from '../../config/schema/condition-trigger/conditions/types';
 import { isEnabled } from '../common/is-enabled';
 import type {
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ interface ManagedCondition {
  */
 export class ConditionsManager implements ConditionsManagerReadonlyInterface {
   private _stateManager: ConditionStateManagerReadonlyInterface | null;
-  private _templateRenderer = new TemplateRenderer();
+  private _templateRenderer: TemplateRenderer;
   private _conditions: ManagedCondition[];
 
   private _listeners: ConditionsListener[] = [];
@@ -36,9 +36,11 @@ export class ConditionsManager implements ConditionsManagerReadonlyInterface {
 
   constructor(
     conditions: Condition[],
+    templateRenderer: TemplateRenderer,
     stateManager?: ConditionStateManagerReadonlyInterface | null,
   ) {
-    const context = { templateRenderer: this._templateRenderer };
+    this._templateRenderer = templateRenderer;
+    const context = { templateRenderer };
     this._conditions = conditions.map((config) => ({
       config,
       evaluator: createConditionEvaluator(config, context),

src/condition-trigger/conditions/conditions/template.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ export class TemplateConditionEvaluator implements ConditionEvaluator {
     return {
       result:
         !!newState?.hass &&
+        // Until the renderer has loaded the template cannot be evaluated; fail
+        // (rather than render a raw `{{…}}`), and re-evaluate once it loads.
+        this._context.templateRenderer.isLoaded() &&
         isTemplateTrue(
           this._context.templateRenderer.renderRecursively(
             newState.hass,

src/condition-trigger/triggers/manager.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { HASSManagerReadonlyInterface } from '../../card-controller/hass/types';
-import { TemplateRenderer } from '../../card-controller/templates';
+import type { TemplateRenderer } from '../../card-controller/templates';
 import type { Trigger } from '../../config/schema/condition-trigger/triggers/types';
 import { isEnabled } from '../common/is-enabled';
 import type { ConditionStateManagerReadonlyInterface } from '../conditions/types';
@@ -27,27 +27,40 @@ export class TriggersManager {
   private _context: TriggerEvaluatorContext;
   private _triggers: ManagedTrigger[];
   private _listeners: TriggerCallback[] = [];
+  private _subscribed = false;
 
   constructor(
     triggers: Trigger[],
     stateManager: ConditionStateManagerReadonlyInterface,
     hassManager: HASSManagerReadonlyInterface,
+    templateRenderer: TemplateRenderer,
   ) {
     this._context = {
       stateManager,
-      templateRenderer: new TemplateRenderer(),
+      templateRenderer,
       hassManager,
     };
     this._triggers = triggers.map((config) => ({
       config,
       evaluator: createTriggerEvaluator(config, this._context),
     }));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Subscribe the evaluators to the state manager, establishing their
+   * pre-trigger baselines.
+   */
+  public subscribe(): void {
+    if (this._subscribed) {
+      return;
+    }
+    this._subscribed = true;
 
-    // `enabled` is a live per-trigger gate (re-evaluated each time), UNLIKE
-    // HA's once-at-attach: a deliberate deviation to allow dynamic triggering.
     this._triggers.forEach(({ config, evaluator }) =>
       evaluator.subscribe((data) => {
         if (
+          // `enabled` is a live per-trigger gate (re-evaluated each time), UNLIKE
+          // HA's once-at-attach: a deliberate deviation to allow dynamic triggering.
           isEnabled(
             this._context.templateRenderer,
             config.enabled,

src/condition-trigger/triggers/triggers/template.ts

@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ export class TemplateTrigger implements TriggerEvaluator {
   private _render(state: ConditionState): boolean {
     return (
       !!state.hass &&
+      // Until the renderer has loaded the template cannot be evaluated; report
+      // not-true (matching a raw render) so no false rising edge is recorded.
+      this._context.templateRenderer.isLoaded() &&
       isTemplateTrue(
         this._context.templateRenderer.renderRecursively(
           state.hass,

src/config/schema/actions/custom/generated-action.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { z } from 'zod';
+
+import type { CardActionsAPI } from '../../../../card-controller/types';
+import type { TriggerData } from '../../../../condition-trigger/triggers/types';
+import type { ActionConfig } from '../types';
+import { advancedCameraCardCustomActionsBaseSchema } from './base';
+
+interface GeneratedActionContext {
+  api: CardActionsAPI;
+  triggerData?: TriggerData;
+}
+
+// Returns the action(s) to run, or null to generate nothing.
+export type ActionGenerator = (
+  context: GeneratedActionContext,
+) => ActionConfig | ActionConfig[] | null;
+
+// An internal action (not user-configurable) that, when executed, generates and
+// runs a concrete action
+export const GENERATED_ACTION = '__GENERATED_ACTION__';
+export const generatedActionConfigSchema =
+  advancedCameraCardCustomActionsBaseSchema.extend({
+    advanced_camera_card_action: z.literal(GENERATED_ACTION),
+
+    // Validated with z.custom rather than z.function (which internal_callback's
+    // callback uses) because the return type is an action config: typing it via
+    // z.function would require importing actionConfigSchema from the module
+    // that imports this one, a circular import.
+    generator: z.custom<ActionGenerator>((value) => typeof value === 'function'),
+  });
+export type GeneratedActionConfig = z.infer<typeof generatedActionConfigSchema>;

src/config/schema/actions/types.ts

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { cameraSelectActionConfigSchema } from './custom/camera-select';
 import { viewDisplayModeActionConfigSchema } from './custom/display-mode';
 import { effectActionConfigSchema } from './custom/effect';
 import { generalActionConfigSchema } from './custom/general';
+import { generatedActionConfigSchema } from './custom/generated-action';
 import { internalCallbackActionConfigSchema } from './custom/internal';
 import { logActionConfigSchema } from './custom/log';
 import { mediaPlayerActionConfigSchema } from './custom/media-player';
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ const advancedCameraCardCustomActionSchema = z.union([
   cameraSelectActionConfigSchema,
   effectActionConfigSchema,
   generalActionConfigSchema,
+  generatedActionConfigSchema,
   internalCallbackActionConfigSchema,
   logActionConfigSchema,
   mediaPlayerActionConfigSchema,

src/utils/action.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ import type {
   AdvancedCameraCardGeneralAction,
   GeneralActionConfig,
 } from '../config/schema/actions/custom/general.js';
+import {
+  GENERATED_ACTION,
+  type ActionGenerator,
+  type GeneratedActionConfig,
+} from '../config/schema/actions/custom/generated-action.js';
 import {
   INTERNAL_CALLBACK_ACTION,
   type InternalCallbackActionConfig,
@@ -91,6 +96,19 @@ export function createCameraAction(
   };
 }
 
+// An internal action that generates concrete action(s) when it runs. Used by
+// code-built automations that only know a value -- e.g. a camera id -- when the
+// action actually fires.
+export function createGeneratedAction(
+  generator: ActionGenerator,
+): GeneratedActionConfig {
+  return {
+    action: 'fire-dom-event',
+    advanced_camera_card_action: GENERATED_ACTION,
+    generator,
+  };
+}
+
 export function createSubstreamOnAction(options?: {
   stream?: string;
   camera?: string;

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

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {
   it,
   vi,
 } from 'vitest';
-import { mock } from 'vitest-mock-extended';
 
 import {
   ActionsManager,
@@ -16,14 +15,20 @@ import {
   type InteractionName,
 } from '../../../src/card-controller/actions/actions-manager';
 import type { CardController } from '../../../src/card-controller/controller';
-import { TemplateRenderer } from '../../../src/card-controller/templates';
+import { TemplateManager } from '../../../src/card-controller/templates';
 import type { AdvancedCameraCardView } from '../../../src/config/schema/common/const';
 import {
   createInternalCallbackAction,
   createLogAction,
 } from '../../../src/utils/action';
 import { arrayify } from '../../../src/utils/basic';
-import { createCardAPI, createConfig, createHASS, createView } from '../../test-utils';
+import {
+  createCardAPI,
+  createConfig,
+  createHASS,
+  createMockTemplateRenderer,
+  createView,
+} from '../../test-utils';
 
 const createAPI = (): CardController => {
   const api = createCardAPI();
@@ -337,10 +342,9 @@ describe('ActionsManager', () => {
     it('should render templates', async () => {
       const action = createLogAction('{{ acc.camera }}');
 
-      const templateRenderer = mock<TemplateRenderer>();
-      templateRenderer.renderRecursivelyAsType.mockReturnValue(action);
-
       const api = createAPI();
+      vi.mocked(api.getTemplateManager).mockReturnValue(createMockTemplateRenderer());
+
       const hass = createHASS();
       vi.mocked(api.getHASSManager().getHASS).mockReturnValue(hass);
 
@@ -349,7 +353,7 @@ describe('ActionsManager', () => {
       };
       vi.mocked(api.getConditionStateManager().getState).mockReturnValue(conditionState);
 
-      const manager = new ActionsManager(api, templateRenderer);
+      const manager = new ActionsManager(api);
       const config = { entity: 'light.office' };
       const triggerData = {
         platform: 'acc',
@@ -361,10 +365,14 @@ describe('ActionsManager', () => {
 
       await manager.executeActions({ actions: action, config, triggerData });
 
-      expect(templateRenderer.renderRecursivelyAsType).toBeCalledWith(hass, action, {
+      expect(vi.mocked(api.getTemplateManager().renderRecursivelyAsType)).toBeCalledWith(
+        hass,
+        action,
+        {
           conditionState,
           triggerData,
-      });
+        },
+      );
     });
 
     it('should filter actions through the lock manager before rendering them', async () => {
@@ -377,20 +385,18 @@ describe('ActionsManager', () => {
         allowedRan();
       });
 
-      const templateRenderer = mock<TemplateRenderer>();
-      templateRenderer.renderRecursivelyAsType.mockReturnValue(allowedAction);
-
       const api = createAPI();
+      vi.mocked(api.getTemplateManager).mockReturnValue(createMockTemplateRenderer());
       vi.mocked(api.getHASSManager().getHASS).mockReturnValue(createHASS());
       vi.mocked(api.getLockManager().getAllowedActions).mockReturnValue([allowedAction]);
 
-      const manager = new ActionsManager(api, templateRenderer);
+      const manager = new ActionsManager(api);
 
       await manager.executeActions({ actions: rawAction });
 
       // The lock manager sees the raw (unrendered) action; only the action it
       // returns is rendered and run.
-      expect(api.getLockManager().getAllowedActions).toBeCalledWith(rawAction);
+      expect(api.getLockManager().getAllowedActions).toBeCalledWith([rawAction]);
       expect(allowedRan).toBeCalled();
       expect(rawRan).not.toBeCalled();
     });
@@ -398,17 +404,16 @@ describe('ActionsManager', () => {
     it('should render each action against the state at its turn', async () => {
       let camera = 'first';
 
-      const templateRenderer = mock<TemplateRenderer>();
-      // Identity render -- assert on the render *inputs*, not a swapped output.
-      templateRenderer.renderRecursivelyAsType.mockImplementation((_hass, data) => data);
-
       const api = createAPI();
+      // The mock renderer passes values through, so assert on the render
+      // *inputs*, not a swapped output.
+      vi.mocked(api.getTemplateManager).mockReturnValue(createMockTemplateRenderer());
       vi.mocked(api.getHASSManager().getHASS).mockReturnValue(createHASS());
       vi.mocked(api.getConditionStateManager().getState).mockImplementation(() => ({
         camera,
       }));
 
-      const manager = new ActionsManager(api, templateRenderer);
+      const manager = new ActionsManager(api);
 
       await manager.executeActions({
         actions: [
@@ -423,13 +428,17 @@ describe('ActionsManager', () => {
 
       // Each action renders with the state as it is at its turn: the second
       // sees the camera the first action set.
-      expect(templateRenderer.renderRecursivelyAsType).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
+      expect(
+        vi.mocked(api.getTemplateManager().renderRecursivelyAsType),
+      ).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
         1,
         expect.anything(),
         expect.anything(),
         expect.objectContaining({ conditionState: { camera: 'first' } }),
       );
-      expect(templateRenderer.renderRecursivelyAsType).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
+      expect(
+        vi.mocked(api.getTemplateManager().renderRecursivelyAsType),
+      ).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
         2,
         expect.anything(),
         expect.anything(),
@@ -440,16 +449,14 @@ describe('ActionsManager', () => {
     it('should render against the hass available at each step', async () => {
       const ran: string[] = [];
 
-      const templateRenderer = mock<TemplateRenderer>();
-      templateRenderer.renderRecursivelyAsType.mockImplementation((_hass, data) => data);
-
       const api = createAPI();
+      vi.mocked(api.getTemplateManager).mockReturnValue(createMockTemplateRenderer());
       // No HASS for the first action's render; HASS thereafter.
       vi.mocked(api.getHASSManager().getHASS)
         .mockReturnValueOnce(null)
         .mockReturnValue(createHASS());
 
-      const manager = new ActionsManager(api, templateRenderer);
+      const manager = new ActionsManager(api);
 
       await manager.executeActions({
         actions: [
@@ -465,23 +472,27 @@ describe('ActionsManager', () => {
       // Both actions ran; only the second was rendered -- the first saw no
       // HASS, so HASS is read per action rather than captured once.
       expect(ran).toEqual(['one', 'two']);
-      expect(templateRenderer.renderRecursivelyAsType).toBeCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(
+        vi.mocked(api.getTemplateManager().renderRecursivelyAsType),
+      ).toBeCalledTimes(1);
     });
 
     it('should abort the remaining actions when one fails to render', async () => {
       const ran: string[] = [];
 
-      const templateRenderer = mock<TemplateRenderer>();
-      templateRenderer.renderRecursivelyAsType
+      const api = createAPI();
+      const renderer = createMockTemplateRenderer();
+      vi.mocked(api.getTemplateManager).mockReturnValue(renderer);
+
+      // The second action's render throws, to exercise a mid-sequence failure.
+      vi.mocked(renderer.renderRecursivelyAsType)
         .mockImplementationOnce((_hass, data) => data)
         .mockImplementationOnce(() => {
           throw new Error('bad template');
         });
-
-      const api = createAPI();
       vi.mocked(api.getHASSManager().getHASS).mockReturnValue(createHASS());
 
-      const manager = new ActionsManager(api, templateRenderer);
+      const manager = new ActionsManager(api);
       const warnSpy = vi.spyOn(global.console, 'warn').mockReturnValue(undefined);
 
       await manager.executeActions({
@@ -511,7 +522,11 @@ describe('ActionsManager', () => {
         fullscreen: true,
       });
 
-      const manager = new ActionsManager(api, new TemplateRenderer());
+      // The if-action renders its own (non-branch) fields, so give it an
+      // identity renderer that passes the config through unchanged.
+      vi.mocked(api.getTemplateManager).mockReturnValue(createMockTemplateRenderer());
+
+      const manager = new ActionsManager(api);
       const consoleSpy = vi.spyOn(global.console, 'info').mockReturnValue(undefined);
 
       const thenAction = createLogAction('{{ trigger.entity_id }}');
@@ -527,7 +542,7 @@ describe('ActionsManager', () => {
       // The branch is left raw (template intact) and forwarded with the trigger
       // data, so the nested executor renders it per-step when it runs -- not
       // frozen against the state at the `if` step.
-      expect(api.getActionsManager().executeActions).toBeCalledWith({
+      expect(api.getActionsManager().executeNestedActions).toBeCalledWith({
         actions: [thenAction],
         config: undefined,
         triggerData: { platform: 'state', entity_id: 'binary_sensor.door' },
@@ -541,14 +556,20 @@ describe('ActionsManager', () => {
     it('should render if-action branch actions per-step', async () => {
       let camera = 'before';
 
+      // This case renders a real branch template, so load the lazily-imported
+      // engine for the synchronous renderer.
+      const templateManager = new TemplateManager();
+      await templateManager.loadRenderer();
+
       const api = createAPI();
       vi.mocked(api.getHASSManager().getHASS).mockReturnValue(createHASS());
       vi.mocked(api.getConditionStateManager().getState).mockImplementation(() => ({
         camera,
         fullscreen: true,
       }));
+      vi.mocked(api.getTemplateManager).mockReturnValue(templateManager);
 
-      const manager = new ActionsManager(api, new TemplateRenderer());
+      const manager = new ActionsManager(api);
       // The if-action's nested executor is the same (real) manager.
       vi.mocked(api.getActionsManager).mockReturnValue(manager);
 
@@ -578,7 +599,7 @@ describe('ActionsManager', () => {
       const api = createAPI();
       vi.mocked(api.getHASSManager().getHASS).mockReturnValue(createHASS());
 
-      const manager = new ActionsManager(api, new TemplateRenderer());
+      const manager = new ActionsManager(api);
       const warnSpy = vi.spyOn(global.console, 'warn').mockReturnValue(undefined);
 
       await manager.executeActions({

tests/card-controller/actions/actions/generated-action.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+import { GeneratedAction } from '../../../../src/card-controller/actions/actions/generated-action';
+import type { TriggerData } from '../../../../src/condition-trigger/triggers/types';
+import type { ActionGenerator } from '../../../../src/config/schema/actions/custom/generated-action';
+import { createCameraAction, createGeneratedAction } from '../../../../src/utils/action';
+import { createCardAPI } from '../../../test-utils';
+
+describe('GeneratedAction', () => {
+  it('should run the generated action as a nested action set', async () => {
+    const api = createCardAPI();
+    const generated = createCameraAction('camera.office');
+    const action = new GeneratedAction(
+      {},
+      createGeneratedAction(() => generated),
+    );
+
+    await action.execute(api);
+
+    expect(api.getActionsManager().executeNestedActions).toBeCalledWith({
+      actions: generated,
+      config: undefined,
+      triggerData: undefined,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should run multiple generated actions when the generator returns several', async () => {
+    const api = createCardAPI();
+    const generated = [
+      createCameraAction('camera.one'),
+      createCameraAction('camera.two'),
+    ];
+    const action = new GeneratedAction(
+      {},
+      createGeneratedAction(() => generated),
+    );
+
+    await action.execute(api);
+
+    expect(api.getActionsManager().executeNestedActions).toBeCalledWith({
+      actions: generated,
+      config: undefined,
+      triggerData: undefined,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should do nothing when the generator produces nothing', async () => {
+    const api = createCardAPI();
+    const action = new GeneratedAction(
+      {},
+      createGeneratedAction(() => null),
+    );
+
+    await action.execute(api);
+
+    expect(api.getActionsManager().executeNestedActions).not.toBeCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('should pass the api and trigger data to the generator', async () => {
+    const api = createCardAPI();
+    const triggerData: TriggerData = {
+      platform: 'state',
+      entity_id: 'input_select.camera',
+    };
+    const generator: ActionGenerator = vi.fn(() => null);
+    const action = new GeneratedAction(
+      {},
+      createGeneratedAction(generator),
+      undefined,
+      triggerData,
+    );
+
+    await action.execute(api);
+
+    expect(generator).toBeCalledWith({ api, triggerData });
+  });
+});

tests/card-controller/actions/actions/if.test.ts

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ describe('IfAction', () => {
 
     await action.execute(api);
 
-    expect(api.getActionsManager().executeActions).toBeCalledWith({
+    expect(api.getActionsManager().executeNestedActions).toBeCalledWith({
       actions: thenActions,
       config: undefined,
       triggerData: undefined,
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ describe('IfAction', () => {
 
     await action.execute(api);
 
-    expect(api.getActionsManager().executeActions).toBeCalledWith({
+    expect(api.getActionsManager().executeNestedActions).toBeCalledWith({
       actions: elseActions,
       config: undefined,
       triggerData: undefined,
@@ -82,6 +82,6 @@ describe('IfAction', () => {
 
     await action.execute(api);
 
-    expect(api.getActionsManager().executeActions).not.toBeCalled();
+    expect(api.getActionsManager().executeNestedActions).not.toBeCalled();
   });
 });

tests/card-controller/actions/actions/set.test.ts

@@ -2,11 +2,20 @@ import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 
 import { ActionSet } from '../../../../src/card-controller/actions/actions/set';
 import { createLogAction } from '../../../../src/utils/action';
+import { arrayify } from '../../../../src/utils/basic';
 import { createCardAPI } from '../../../test-utils';
 
 describe('ActionSet', () => {
-  it('should execute single action', async () => {
+  const createAPI = () => {
     const api = createCardAPI();
+    vi.mocked(api.getLockManager().getAllowedActions).mockImplementation((actions) =>
+      arrayify(actions),
+    );
+    return api;
+  };
+
+  it('should execute single action', async () => {
+    const api = createAPI();
 
     const set = new ActionSet({}, createLogAction('Hello, world!'));
 
@@ -16,7 +25,7 @@ describe('ActionSet', () => {
   });
 
   it('should not execute invalid action', async () => {
-    const api = createCardAPI();
+    const api = createAPI();
     const set = new ActionSet(
       {},
       createLogAction('Hello, world!', {
@@ -30,7 +39,7 @@ describe('ActionSet', () => {
   });
 
   it('should stop execution', async () => {
-    const api = createCardAPI();
+    const api = createAPI();
 
     const set = new ActionSet({}, createLogAction('Hello, world!'));
 

tests/card-controller/actions/factory.test.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { DownloadAction } from '../../../src/card-controller/actions/actions/dow
 import { EffectAction } from '../../../src/card-controller/actions/actions/effect';
 import { ExpandAction } from '../../../src/card-controller/actions/actions/expand';
 import { FullscreenAction } from '../../../src/card-controller/actions/actions/fullscreen';
+import { GeneratedAction } from '../../../src/card-controller/actions/actions/generated-action';
 import { IfAction } from '../../../src/card-controller/actions/actions/if';
 import { InfoAction } from '../../../src/card-controller/actions/actions/info';
 import { InternalCallbackAction } from '../../../src/card-controller/actions/actions/internal-callback';
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ import { UnmuteAction } from '../../../src/card-controller/actions/actions/unmut
 import { URLAction } from '../../../src/card-controller/actions/actions/url';
 import { ViewAction } from '../../../src/card-controller/actions/actions/view';
 import { ActionFactory } from '../../../src/card-controller/actions/factory';
+import { GENERATED_ACTION } from '../../../src/config/schema/actions/custom/generated-action';
 import { INTERNAL_CALLBACK_ACTION } from '../../../src/config/schema/actions/custom/internal';
 import type { ActionConfig } from '../../../src/config/schema/actions/types';
 
@@ -203,6 +205,13 @@ describe('ActionFactory', () => {
         },
         InternalCallbackAction,
       ],
+      [
+        {
+          advanced_camera_card_action: GENERATED_ACTION,
+          generator: vi.fn(),
+        },
+        GeneratedAction,
+      ],
       [{ advanced_camera_card_action: 'reload' as const }, ReloadAction],
       [{ advanced_camera_card_action: 'set_review' as const }, SetReviewAction],
       [{ advanced_camera_card_action: 'effect' as const }, EffectAction],

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

@@ -109,6 +109,33 @@ describe('AutomationsManager', () => {
     expect(api.getActionsManager().executeActions).toBeCalledTimes(2);
   });
 
+  it('should subscribe automations registered before initialization', () => {
+    const api = createCardAPI();
+    vi.mocked(api.getHASSManager().hasHASS).mockReturnValue(true);
+    const isInitialized = vi.mocked(
+      api.getInitializationManager().isInitializedMandatory,
+    );
+    isInitialized.mockReturnValue(false);
+    const stateManager = new ConditionStateManager();
+    vi.mocked(api.getConditionStateManager).mockReturnValue(stateManager);
+
+    const automationsManager = new AutomationsManager(api);
+    automationsManager.addAutomations([automation]);
+
+    // Registered before initialization: the triggers are not yet subscribed, so
+    // a matching change does nothing.
+    stateManager.setState({ fullscreen: true });
+    expect(api.getActionsManager().executeActions).not.toBeCalled();
+
+    // Initialization completes and subscribes the dormant automations.
+    isInitialized.mockReturnValue(true);
+    automationsManager.subscribe();
+
+    stateManager.setState({ fullscreen: false });
+    stateManager.setState({ fullscreen: true });
+    expect(api.getActionsManager().executeActions).toBeCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
   it('should run actions when the ongoing conditions hold', () => {
     const api = createCardAPI();
     vi.mocked(api.getHASSManager().hasHASS).mockReturnValue(true);

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

@@ -894,4 +894,33 @@ describe('ConfigManager', () => {
       });
     });
   });
+
+  describe('hasTemplate', () => {
+    it('should report true when the config contains a template', () => {
+      const { manager } = createConfigManagerTestSetup();
+
+      manager.setConfig({
+        type: 'custom:advanced-camera-card',
+        cameras: [TEST_CAMERAS.OFFICE],
+        view: {
+          actions: {
+            tap_action: { action: 'navigate', navigation_path: '{{ acc.camera }}' },
+          },
+        },
+      });
+
+      expect(manager.hasTemplate()).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('should report false when the config contains no template', () => {
+      const { manager } = createConfigManagerTestSetup();
+
+      manager.setConfig({
+        type: 'custom:advanced-camera-card',
+        cameras: [TEST_CAMERAS.OFFICE],
+      });
+
+      expect(manager.hasTemplate()).toBe(false);
+    });
+  });
 });

tests/card-controller/config/load-control-entities.test.ts

@@ -2,13 +2,23 @@ import { assert, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 
 import { AutomationsManager } from '../../../src/card-controller/automations-manager';
 import { setRemoteControlEntityFromConfig } from '../../../src/card-controller/config/load-control-entities';
-import { TemplateRenderer } from '../../../src/card-controller/templates/index';
+import type { CardController } from '../../../src/card-controller/controller';
 import { ConditionStateManager } from '../../../src/condition-trigger/conditions/state-manager';
+import {
+  GENERATED_ACTION,
+  type ActionGenerator,
+  type GeneratedActionConfig,
+} from '../../../src/config/schema/actions/custom/generated-action';
 import {
   INTERNAL_CALLBACK_ACTION,
   type InternalCallbackActionConfig,
 } from '../../../src/config/schema/actions/custom/internal';
-import { isAdvancedCameraCardCustomAction } from '../../../src/utils/action';
+import type { ActionConfig } from '../../../src/config/schema/actions/types';
+import {
+  createCameraAction,
+  isAdvancedCameraCardCustomAction,
+} from '../../../src/utils/action';
+import { arrayify } from '../../../src/utils/basic';
 import {
   createCardAPI,
   createConfig,
@@ -18,6 +28,10 @@ import {
   createView,
 } from '../../test-utils';
 
+const isGeneratedAction = (action: ActionConfig): action is GeneratedActionConfig =>
+  'advanced_camera_card_action' in action &&
+  action.advanced_camera_card_action === GENERATED_ACTION;
+
 describe('setRemoteControlEntityFromConfig', () => {
   it('without control entity', () => {
     const api = createCardAPI();
@@ -94,8 +108,8 @@ describe('setRemoteControlEntityFromConfig', () => {
         actions: [
           {
             action: 'fire-dom-event',
-            advanced_camera_card_action: 'camera_select',
-            camera: '{{ trigger.to_state.state }}',
+            advanced_camera_card_action: '__GENERATED_ACTION__',
+            generator: expect.any(Function),
           },
         ],
         triggers: [
@@ -161,8 +175,8 @@ describe('setRemoteControlEntityFromConfig', () => {
         actions: [
           {
             action: 'fire-dom-event',
-            advanced_camera_card_action: 'camera_select',
-            camera: '{{ hass.states["input_select.camera"].state }}',
+            advanced_camera_card_action: '__GENERATED_ACTION__',
+            generator: expect.any(Function),
           },
         ],
         triggers: [
@@ -176,8 +190,8 @@ describe('setRemoteControlEntityFromConfig', () => {
         actions: [
           {
             action: 'fire-dom-event',
-            advanced_camera_card_action: 'camera_select',
-            camera: '{{ trigger.to_state.state }}',
+            advanced_camera_card_action: '__GENERATED_ACTION__',
+            generator: expect.any(Function),
           },
         ],
         triggers: [
@@ -623,8 +637,8 @@ describe('setRemoteControlEntityFromConfig', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('should render the firing trigger into the camera action', () => {
-    it('should resolve the new entity state through the trigger template', () => {
+  describe('should wire the firing trigger into the camera action', () => {
+    it('should carry the new entity state to the camera-select action', () => {
       const api = createCardAPI();
       vi.mocked(api.getConfigManager().getConfig).mockReturnValue(
         createConfig({
@@ -638,10 +652,12 @@ describe('setRemoteControlEntityFromConfig', () => {
       );
 
       // Capture the automations the loader registers, then drive them through a
-      // real AutomationsManager so the state trigger actually fires and its
-      // `{{ trigger.to_state.state }}` template is rendered end to end (the
-      // other tests only string-match the literal, so a context mis-wire would
-      // silently break remote control).
+      // real AutomationsManager so the state trigger actually fires. The
+      // registered action is a generated action whose generator reads the
+      // firing trigger's `to_state` to pick the camera, so this verifies that
+      // the generator and the exact triggering value are wired through together
+      // (the other tests only string-match the registered action shape, so a
+      // context mis-wire would silently break remote control).
       setRemoteControlEntityFromConfig(api);
       const automations = vi.mocked(api.getAutomationsManager().addAutomations).mock
         .calls[0][0];
@@ -670,16 +686,92 @@ describe('setRemoteControlEntityFromConfig', () => {
         .mock.calls.at(-1)?.[0];
       assert(captured);
 
-      const rendered = new TemplateRenderer().renderRecursively(hass, captured.actions, {
-        triggerData: captured.triggerData,
-      });
-      expect(rendered).toEqual([
+      expect(captured.actions).toEqual([
         {
+          action: 'fire-dom-event',
+          advanced_camera_card_action: '__GENERATED_ACTION__',
+          generator: expect.any(Function),
+        },
+      ]);
+      expect(captured.triggerData?.platform).toBe('state');
+      expect(captured.triggerData?.entity_id).toBe('input_select.camera');
+      expect(captured.triggerData?.to_state?.state).toBe('camera.two');
+
+      // Running the generated action's generator with the firing trigger
+      // selects the camera named by the new state.
+      const generated = arrayify(captured.actions)[0];
+      assert(isGeneratedAction(generated));
+      expect(generated.generator({ api, triggerData: captured.triggerData })).toEqual({
         action: 'fire-dom-event',
         advanced_camera_card_action: 'camera_select',
         camera: 'camera.two',
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('should generate a camera-select action only when a camera is named', () => {
+    // Register the automations for a given camera priority, then pull the
+    // generator off the generated action on the named trigger's automation.
+    const getGenerator = (
+      api: CardController,
+      cameraPriority: 'card' | 'entity',
+      triggerName: string,
+    ): ActionGenerator => {
+      vi.mocked(api.getConfigManager().getConfig).mockReturnValue(
+        createConfig({
+          remote_control: {
+            entities: {
+              camera: 'input_select.camera',
+              camera_priority: cameraPriority,
             },
-      ]);
+          },
+        }),
+      );
+      setRemoteControlEntityFromConfig(api);
+      const automations = vi.mocked(api.getAutomationsManager().addAutomations).mock
+        .calls[0][0];
+      const automation = automations.find((candidate) =>
+        candidate.triggers.some((trigger) => trigger.trigger === triggerName),
+      );
+      assert(automation);
+      const action = arrayify(automation.actions)[0];
+      assert(isGeneratedAction(action));
+      return action.generator;
+    };
+
+    it('should select the camera named by the entity state on initialize', () => {
+      const api = createCardAPI();
+      vi.mocked(api.getHASSManager().getHASS).mockReturnValue(
+        createHASS({
+          'input_select.camera': createStateEntity({ state: 'camera.kitchen' }),
+        }),
+      );
+
+      expect(getGenerator(api, 'entity', 'initialized')({ api })).toEqual(
+        createCameraAction('camera.kitchen'),
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should generate nothing on initialize when the entity has no state', () => {
+      const api = createCardAPI();
+      vi.mocked(api.getHASSManager().getHASS).mockReturnValue(createHASS({}));
+
+      expect(getGenerator(api, 'entity', 'initialized')({ api })).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('should generate nothing for a state trigger that carries no to_state', () => {
+      const api = createCardAPI();
+
+      expect(
+        getGenerator(
+          api,
+          'card',
+          'state',
+        )({
+          api,
+          triggerData: { platform: 'state', entity_id: 'input_select.camera' },
+        }),
+      ).toBeNull();
     });
   });
 });

tests/card-controller/config/overrides-manager.test.ts

@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ import { OverridesManager } from '../../../src/card-controller/config/overrides-
 import { ConditionStateManager } from '../../../src/condition-trigger/conditions/state-manager';
 import type { AdvancedCameraCardConfig } from '../../../src/config/schema/types';
 import { AdvancedCameraCardError } from '../../../src/types';
-import { createConfig } from '../../test-utils';
+import { createConfig, createMockTemplateRenderer } from '../../test-utils';
 
 describe('OverridesManager', () => {
+  const templateManager = createMockTemplateRenderer();
+
   it('should add overrides', () => {
     const config = createConfig({
       overrides: [
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ describe('OverridesManager', () => {
     });
 
     const manager = new OverridesManager(vi.fn());
-    manager.set(new ConditionStateManager(), config.overrides);
+    manager.set(new ConditionStateManager(), templateManager, config.overrides);
 
     expect(manager.hasOverrides()).toBe(true);
   });
@@ -49,11 +51,11 @@ describe('OverridesManager', () => {
 
     const stateManager = new ConditionStateManager();
     const manager = new OverridesManager(vi.fn());
-    manager.set(stateManager, config.overrides);
+    manager.set(stateManager, templateManager, config.overrides);
 
     expect(manager.getConfig(config).menu?.style).toBe('hidden');
 
-    manager.set(stateManager, []);
+    manager.set(stateManager, templateManager, []);
 
     stateManager.setState({ fullscreen: true });
     expect(manager.getConfig(config).menu?.style).toBe('hidden');
@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@ describe('OverridesManager', () => {
     });
 
     const manager = new OverridesManager(vi.fn());
-    manager.set(new ConditionStateManager(), config.overrides);
+    manager.set(new ConditionStateManager(), templateManager, config.overrides);
 
     expect(manager.getConfig(config)).toBe(config);
   });
@@ -104,7 +106,7 @@ describe('OverridesManager', () => {
     const callback = vi.fn();
     const stateManager = new ConditionStateManager();
     const manager = new OverridesManager(callback);
-    manager.set(stateManager, config.overrides);
+    manager.set(stateManager, templateManager, config.overrides);
 
     expect(manager.getConfig(config).menu?.style).toBe('hidden');
 
@@ -139,7 +141,7 @@ describe('OverridesManager', () => {
       stateManager.setState({ fullscreen: true });
 
       const manager = new OverridesManager(vi.fn());
-      manager.set(stateManager, config.overrides);
+      manager.set(stateManager, templateManager, config.overrides);
 
       const overriddenConfig = manager.getConfig(config);
 
@@ -174,7 +176,7 @@ describe('OverridesManager', () => {
       stateManager.setState({ fullscreen: true });
 
       const manager = new OverridesManager(vi.fn());
-      manager.set(stateManager, config.overrides);
+      manager.set(stateManager, templateManager, config.overrides);
 
       const overriddenConfig = manager.getConfig(config);
 
@@ -205,7 +207,7 @@ describe('OverridesManager', () => {
       stateManager.setState({ fullscreen: true });
 
       const manager = new OverridesManager(vi.fn());
-      manager.set(stateManager, config.overrides);
+      manager.set(stateManager, templateManager, config.overrides);
 
       const overriddenConfig = manager.getConfig(config);
 
@@ -240,7 +242,7 @@ describe('OverridesManager', () => {
       stateManager.setState({ fullscreen: true });
 
       const manager = new OverridesManager(vi.fn());
-      manager.set(stateManager, config.overrides);
+      manager.set(stateManager, templateManager, config.overrides);
 
       const overriddenConfig = manager.getConfig(config);
 
@@ -276,7 +278,7 @@ describe('OverridesManager', () => {
       stateManager.setState({ fullscreen: true });
 
       const manager = new OverridesManager(vi.fn());
-      manager.set(stateManager, config.overrides);
+      manager.set(stateManager, templateManager, config.overrides);
 
       const overriddenConfig = manager.getConfig(config);
 
@@ -310,7 +312,7 @@ describe('OverridesManager', () => {
       stateManager.setState({ fullscreen: true });
 
       const manager = new OverridesManager(vi.fn());
-      manager.set(stateManager, config.overrides);
+      manager.set(stateManager, templateManager, config.overrides);
 
       const overriddenConfig = manager.getConfig(config);
 
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ describe('OverridesManager', () => {
       stateManager.setState({ fullscreen: true });
 
       const manager = new OverridesManager(vi.fn());
-      manager.set(stateManager, config.overrides);
+      manager.set(stateManager, templateManager, config.overrides);
 
       let thrown: unknown = null;
       try {
@@ -442,7 +444,7 @@ describe('OverridesManager', () => {
 
     const stateManager = new ConditionStateManager();
     const manager = new OverridesManager(vi.fn());
-    manager.set(stateManager, config.overrides);
+    manager.set(stateManager, templateManager, config.overrides);
 
     expect(manager.getConfig(config).live.controls.thumbnails.mode).toBe('right');
 

tests/card-controller/controller.test.ts

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import { PIPManager } from '../../src/card-controller/pip-manager';
 import { QueryStringManager } from '../../src/card-controller/query-string-manager';
 import { StatusBarItemManager } from '../../src/card-controller/status-bar-item-manager';
 import { StyleManager } from '../../src/card-controller/style-manager';
+import { TemplateManager } from '../../src/card-controller/templates';
 import { ViewItemManager } from '../../src/card-controller/view/item-manager';
 import { ViewManager } from '../../src/card-controller/view/view-manager';
 import { ConditionStateManager } from '../../src/condition-trigger/conditions/state-manager';
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ vi.mock('../../src/card-controller/issues/issue-manager');
 vi.mock('../../src/card-controller/query-string-manager');
 vi.mock('../../src/card-controller/status-bar-item-manager');
 vi.mock('../../src/card-controller/style-manager');
+vi.mock('../../src/card-controller/templates');
 vi.mock('../../src/card-controller/camera-triggers-manager');
 vi.mock('../../src/card-controller/view/item-manager');
 vi.mock('../../src/card-controller/view/view-manager');
@@ -320,6 +322,12 @@ describe('CardController', () => {
       );
     });
 
+    it('should return getTemplateManager', () => {
+      expect(createController().getTemplateManager()).toBe(
+        vi.mocked(TemplateManager).mock.instances[0],
+      );
+    });
+
     it('should return getCameraTriggersManager', () => {
       expect(createController().getCameraTriggersManager()).toBe(
         vi.mocked(CameraTriggersManager).mock.instances[0],

tests/card-controller/folders/executor.test.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { mock } from 'vitest-mock-extended';
 import { FoldersExecutor } from '../../../src/card-controller/folders/executor';
 import type { HAFoldersEngine } from '../../../src/card-controller/folders/ha/engine';
 import type { FolderQuery } from '../../../src/card-controller/folders/types';
+import { TemplateManager } from '../../../src/card-controller/templates';
 import type { FolderConfig } from '../../../src/config/schema/folders';
 import { QuerySource } from '../../../src/query-source';
 import type { Endpoint } from '../../../src/types';
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@ vi.mock('../../../src/card-controller/folders/ha/engine');
 vi.mock('../../../../src/utils/ha/download');
 
 describe('FoldersExecutor', () => {
+  const templateManager = new TemplateManager();
+
   afterEach(() => {
     vi.clearAllMocks();
   });
@@ -21,7 +24,7 @@ describe('FoldersExecutor', () => {
   describe('getItemCapabilities', () => {
     it('should not get capabilities for non-folder media', () => {
       const item = new TestViewMedia({ folder: null });
-      const executor = new FoldersExecutor();
+      const executor = new FoldersExecutor(templateManager);
 
       expect(executor.getItemCapabilities(item)).toBeNull();
     });
@@ -31,7 +34,7 @@ describe('FoldersExecutor', () => {
         type: 'UNKNOWN',
       } as unknown as FolderConfig;
       const item = new TestViewMedia({ folder });
-      const executor = new FoldersExecutor();
+      const executor = new FoldersExecutor(templateManager);
 
       expect(executor.getItemCapabilities(item)).toBeNull();
     });
@@ -47,7 +50,7 @@ describe('FoldersExecutor', () => {
       const haFolderEngine = mock<HAFoldersEngine>();
       haFolderEngine.getItemCapabilities.mockReturnValue(capabilities);
 
-      const executor = new FoldersExecutor({
+      const executor = new FoldersExecutor(templateManager, {
         ha: haFolderEngine,
       });
 
@@ -60,7 +63,7 @@ describe('FoldersExecutor', () => {
       const folder: FolderConfig = {
         type: 'UNKNOWN',
       } as unknown as FolderConfig;
-      const executor = new FoldersExecutor();
+      const executor = new FoldersExecutor(templateManager);
 
       expect(executor.getDefaultQueryParameters(folder)).toBeNull();
     });
@@ -75,7 +78,7 @@ describe('FoldersExecutor', () => {
       };
       haFolderEngine.getDefaultQueryParameters.mockReturnValue(expectedQuery);
 
-      const executor = new FoldersExecutor({
+      const executor = new FoldersExecutor(templateManager, {
         ha: haFolderEngine,
       });
 
@@ -89,7 +92,7 @@ describe('FoldersExecutor', () => {
         type: 'UNKNOWN',
       } as unknown as FolderConfig;
       const item = new TestViewMedia({ folder });
-      const executor = new FoldersExecutor();
+      const executor = new FoldersExecutor(templateManager);
 
       expect(await executor.getDownloadPath(createHASS(), item)).toBeNull();
     });
@@ -99,7 +102,7 @@ describe('FoldersExecutor', () => {
       const haFolderEngine = mock<HAFoldersEngine>();
       haFolderEngine.getDownloadPath.mockResolvedValue(endpoint);
 
-      const executor = new FoldersExecutor({
+      const executor = new FoldersExecutor(templateManager, {
         ha: haFolderEngine,
       });
       const item = new TestViewMedia({ folder: createFolder() });
@@ -113,7 +116,7 @@ describe('FoldersExecutor', () => {
         type: 'UNKNOWN',
       } as unknown as FolderConfig;
       const item = new TestViewMedia({ folder });
-      const executor = new FoldersExecutor();
+      const executor = new FoldersExecutor(templateManager);
 
       await executor.favorite(createHASS(), item, true);
 
@@ -122,7 +125,7 @@ describe('FoldersExecutor', () => {
 
     it('should favorite', async () => {
       const haFolderEngine = mock<HAFoldersEngine>();
-      const executor = new FoldersExecutor({
+      const executor = new FoldersExecutor(templateManager, {
         ha: haFolderEngine,
       });
 
@@ -147,7 +150,7 @@ describe('FoldersExecutor', () => {
 
       const haFolderEngine = mock<HAFoldersEngine>();
       haFolderEngine.generateChildFolderQuery.mockReturnValue(query);
-      const executor = new FoldersExecutor({ ha: haFolderEngine });
+      const executor = new FoldersExecutor(templateManager, { ha: haFolderEngine });
 
       expect(executor.generateChildFolderQuery(query, viewFolder)).toEqual(query);
       expect(haFolderEngine.generateChildFolderQuery).toBeCalledWith(query, viewFolder);
@@ -163,7 +166,7 @@ describe('FoldersExecutor', () => {
         path: [{ ha: { id: 'media-source://' } }],
       };
       const viewFolder = new ViewFolder(folder, []);
-      const executor = new FoldersExecutor();
+      const executor = new FoldersExecutor(templateManager);
 
       expect(executor.generateChildFolderQuery(query, viewFolder)).toBeNull();
     });
@@ -175,7 +178,7 @@ describe('FoldersExecutor', () => {
         folder: { type: 'UNKNOWN' },
       } as unknown as FolderQuery;
 
-      const executor = new FoldersExecutor();
+      const executor = new FoldersExecutor(templateManager);
 
       expect(await executor.expandFolder(createHASS(), query)).toBeNull();
     });
@@ -197,7 +200,7 @@ describe('FoldersExecutor', () => {
       const haFolderEngine = mock<HAFoldersEngine>();
       haFolderEngine.expandFolder.mockResolvedValue([folderItem, mediaItem, folderItem]);
 
-      const executor = new FoldersExecutor({
+      const executor = new FoldersExecutor(templateManager, {
         ha: haFolderEngine,
       });
       const hass = createHASS();
@@ -216,7 +219,7 @@ describe('FoldersExecutor', () => {
         type: 'UNKNOWN',
       } as unknown as FolderConfig;
       const query: FolderQuery = { source: QuerySource.Folder, folder, path: [{}] };
-      const executor = new FoldersExecutor();
+      const executor = new FoldersExecutor(templateManager);
 
       expect(executor.areResultsFresh(new Date(), query)).toBe(true);
     });
@@ -227,7 +230,7 @@ describe('FoldersExecutor', () => {
       const haFolderEngine = mock<HAFoldersEngine>();
       haFolderEngine.areResultsFresh.mockReturnValue(false);
 
-      const executor = new FoldersExecutor({
+      const executor = new FoldersExecutor(templateManager, {
         ha: haFolderEngine,
       });
 

tests/card-controller/folders/ha/engine.test.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { afterAll, afterEach, beforeAll, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest
 
 import { HAFoldersEngine } from '../../../../src/card-controller/folders/ha/engine';
 import type { FolderQuery } from '../../../../src/card-controller/folders/types';
+import { TemplateManager } from '../../../../src/card-controller/templates';
 import type { FolderConfig, Matcher } from '../../../../src/config/schema/folders';
 import { BrowseMediaViewFolder } from '../../../../src/ha/browse-media/item';
 import { browseMediaSchema } from '../../../../src/ha/browse-media/types';
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@ vi.mock('../../../../src/ha/download');
 vi.mock('../../../../src/ha/ws-request');
 
 describe('HAFoldersEngine', () => {
+  const templateManager = new TemplateManager();
+
   afterEach(() => {
     vi.clearAllMocks();
   });
@@ -28,7 +31,7 @@ describe('HAFoldersEngine', () => {
   describe('getItemCapabilities', () => {
     it('should not be able to download a folder', () => {
       const item = new ViewFolder(createFolder(), []);
-      const engine = new HAFoldersEngine();
+      const engine = new HAFoldersEngine(templateManager);
 
       expect(engine.getItemCapabilities(item)).toEqual({
         canFavorite: false,
@@ -38,7 +41,7 @@ describe('HAFoldersEngine', () => {
 
     it('should be able to download a media item', () => {
       const item = new TestViewMedia({ folder: createFolder() });
-      const engine = new HAFoldersEngine();
+      const engine = new HAFoldersEngine(templateManager);
 
       expect(engine.getItemCapabilities(item)).toEqual({
         canFavorite: false,
@@ -50,13 +53,13 @@ describe('HAFoldersEngine', () => {
   describe('getDownloadPath', () => {
     it('should return null if item is not a media item', async () => {
       const item = new ViewFolder(createFolder(), []);
-      const engine = new HAFoldersEngine();
+      const engine = new HAFoldersEngine(templateManager);
       expect(await engine.getDownloadPath(createHASS(), item)).toBeNull();
     });
 
     it('should return a download path for a media item', async () => {
       const item = new TestViewMedia({ folder: createFolder() });
-      const engine = new HAFoldersEngine();
+      const engine = new HAFoldersEngine(templateManager);
 
       const endpoint: Endpoint = { endpoint: '/media', sign: false };
       vi.mocked(getMediaDownloadPath).mockResolvedValue(endpoint);
@@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ describe('HAFoldersEngine', () => {
 
   describe('favorite', () => {
     it('should favorite', async () => {
-      const engine = new HAFoldersEngine();
+      const engine = new HAFoldersEngine(templateManager);
       const item = new TestViewMedia({ folder: createFolder() });
 
       await engine.favorite(createHASS(), item, true);
@@ -81,14 +84,14 @@ describe('HAFoldersEngine', () => {
       const folder: FolderConfig = {
         type: 'UNKNOWN',
       } as unknown as FolderConfig;
-      const engine = new HAFoldersEngine();
+      const engine = new HAFoldersEngine(templateManager);
 
       expect(engine.getDefaultQueryParameters(folder)).toBeNull();
     });
 
     it('should return default query parameters for ha folder config', () => {
       const folder = createFolder();
-      const engine = new HAFoldersEngine();
+      const engine = new HAFoldersEngine(templateManager);
 
       expect(engine.getDefaultQueryParameters(folder)).toEqual({
         source: QuerySource.Folder,
@@ -104,7 +107,7 @@ describe('HAFoldersEngine', () => {
         source: QuerySource.Folder,
         folder: { type: 'UNKNOWN' },
       } as unknown as FolderQuery;
-      const engine = new HAFoldersEngine();
+      const engine = new HAFoldersEngine(templateManager);
 
       expect(await engine.expandFolder(createHASS(), query)).toBeNull();
     });
@@ -134,7 +137,7 @@ describe('HAFoldersEngine', () => {
         }),
       );
 
-      const engine = new HAFoldersEngine();
+      const engine = new HAFoldersEngine(templateManager);
       const results = await engine.expandFolder(createHASS(), query);
       expect(results?.length).toBe(2);
       expect(results?.[0]).toBeInstanceOf(ViewMedia);
@@ -174,7 +177,7 @@ describe('HAFoldersEngine', () => {
         )
         .mockResolvedValueOnce([]);
 
-      const engine = new HAFoldersEngine();
+      const engine = new HAFoldersEngine(templateManager);
       const results = await engine.expandFolder(
         createHASS(),
         query,
@@ -219,7 +222,7 @@ describe('HAFoldersEngine', () => {
       );
 
       const hass = createHASS();
-      const engine = new HAFoldersEngine();
+      const engine = new HAFoldersEngine(templateManager);
       await engine.expandFolder(hass, query);
 
       expect(homeAssistantWSRequest).toBeCalledWith(hass, browseMediaSchema, {
@@ -235,7 +238,7 @@ describe('HAFoldersEngine', () => {
         // There's no component in the query with an id to start from.
         path: [{ ha: {} }],
       };
-      const engine = new HAFoldersEngine();
+      const engine = new HAFoldersEngine(templateManager);
       expect(await engine.expandFolder(createHASS(), query)).toBeNull();
     });
 
@@ -264,7 +267,7 @@ describe('HAFoldersEngine', () => {
         }),
       );
 
-      const engine = new HAFoldersEngine();
+      const engine = new HAFoldersEngine(templateManager);
       const results = await engine.expandFolder(createHASS(), query);
 
       // Even though there are 2 children, the limit of 1 should trigger earlyExit.
@@ -329,7 +332,7 @@ describe('HAFoldersEngine', () => {
             }),
           );
 
-        const engine = new HAFoldersEngine();
+        const engine = new HAFoldersEngine(templateManager);
         const results = await engine.expandFolder(createHASS(), query);
         expect(results?.length).toBe(expectedMatches);
       });
@@ -338,7 +341,7 @@ describe('HAFoldersEngine', () => {
 
   describe('generateChildFolderQuery', () => {
     it('should return null if folder type is not ha', () => {
-      const engine = new HAFoldersEngine();
+      const engine = new HAFoldersEngine(templateManager);
       const query: FolderQuery = {
         source: QuerySource.Folder,
         folder: { type: 'other' } as unknown as FolderConfig,
@@ -350,7 +353,7 @@ describe('HAFoldersEngine', () => {
     });
 
     it('should return null if folder has no id', () => {
-      const engine = new HAFoldersEngine();
+      const engine = new HAFoldersEngine(templateManager);
       const query: FolderQuery = {
         source: QuerySource.Folder,
         folder: { type: 'ha', id: 'test' },
@@ -362,7 +365,7 @@ describe('HAFoldersEngine', () => {
     });
 
     it('should extend query with configured component', () => {
-      const engine = new HAFoldersEngine();
+      const engine = new HAFoldersEngine(templateManager);
       const folderConfig: FolderConfig = {
         type: 'ha',
         id: 'test',
@@ -393,7 +396,7 @@ describe('HAFoldersEngine', () => {
     });
 
     it('should extend query with default component when no configuration exists', () => {
-      const engine = new HAFoldersEngine();
+      const engine = new HAFoldersEngine(templateManager);
       const folderConfig: FolderConfig = { type: 'ha', id: 'test' };
       const query: FolderQuery = {
         source: QuerySource.Folder,
@@ -431,7 +434,7 @@ describe('HAFoldersEngine', () => {
       const now = new Date('2026-01-02T07:54:32Z');
       vi.setSystemTime(now);
 
-      const engine = new HAFoldersEngine();
+      const engine = new HAFoldersEngine(templateManager);
       const query = { folder: { type: 'ha' } } as FolderQuery;
       const resultsTimestamp = new Date('2026-01-02T07:54:30Z');
 
@@ -442,7 +445,7 @@ describe('HAFoldersEngine', () => {
       const now = new Date('2026-01-02T07:54:32Z');
       vi.setSystemTime(now);
 
-      const engine = new HAFoldersEngine();
+      const engine = new HAFoldersEngine(templateManager);
       const query = { folder: { type: 'ha' } } as FolderQuery;
       const resultsTimestamp = new Date('2026-01-02T07:53:30Z');
 

tests/card-controller/folders/ha/media-matcher.test.ts

@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
 import { sub } from 'date-fns';
-import { renderTemplate } from 'ha-nunjucks';
-import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 
 import { MediaMatcher } from '../../../../src/card-controller/folders/ha/media-matcher';
+import { TemplateManager } from '../../../../src/card-controller/templates';
 import type { Matcher } from '../../../../src/config/schema/folders';
 import type {
   BrowseMediaMetadata,
   RichBrowseMedia,
 } from '../../../../src/ha/browse-media/types';
-import { createHASS } from '../../../test-utils';
-
-vi.mock('ha-nunjucks');
+import { createHASS, createMockTemplateRenderer } from '../../../test-utils';
 
 describe('MediaMatcher', () => {
+  // A mock renderer for the matcher plumbing, which never renders templates.
+  // The `value_template` suite below uses its own real, loaded engine.
+  const templateManager = createMockTemplateRenderer();
+
   describe('match', () => {
     const createMediaItem = (
       title: string,
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ describe('MediaMatcher', () => {
     });
 
     it('should return false if foldersOnly is true and media.can_expand is false', () => {
-      const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher();
+      const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher(templateManager);
       const media = createMediaItem('Test File');
       expect(
         mediaMatcher.match(createHASS(), media, { matchers: [], foldersOnly: true }),
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ describe('MediaMatcher', () => {
     });
 
     it('should return true if foldersOnly is true and media.can_expand is true', () => {
-      const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher();
+      const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher(templateManager);
       const media = createMediaItem('Test Folder', true, 'directory');
       expect(
         mediaMatcher.match(createHASS(), media, { matchers: [], foldersOnly: true }),
@@ -45,13 +47,13 @@ describe('MediaMatcher', () => {
     });
 
     it('should return true if matchers array is empty', () => {
-      const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher();
+      const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher(templateManager);
       const media = createMediaItem('Test Media');
       expect(mediaMatcher.match(createHASS(), media, { matchers: [] })).toBe(true);
     });
 
     it('should return true if matchers array is undefined', () => {
-      const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher();
+      const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher(templateManager);
       const media = createMediaItem('Test Media');
       expect(mediaMatcher.match(createHASS(), media, { matchers: undefined })).toBe(
         true,
@@ -60,21 +62,21 @@ describe('MediaMatcher', () => {
 
     describe('with title matcher', () => {
       it('should return true when title matches exactly', () => {
-        const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher();
+        const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher(templateManager);
         const media = createMediaItem('Exact Title');
         const matchers: Matcher[] = [{ type: 'title', title: 'Exact Title' }];
         expect(mediaMatcher.match(createHASS(), media, { matchers })).toBe(true);
       });
 
       it('should return false when title does not match exactly', () => {
-        const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher();
+        const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher(templateManager);
         const media = createMediaItem('DOES NOT MATCH');
         const matchers: Matcher[] = [{ type: 'title', title: 'Exact Title' }];
         expect(mediaMatcher.match(createHASS(), media, { matchers })).toBe(false);
       });
 
       it('should return true when title matches regexp and extracted value matches matcher.title', () => {
-        const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher();
+        const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher(templateManager);
         const media = createMediaItem('Prefix-ImportantPart-Suffix');
         const matchers: Matcher[] = [
           {
@@ -87,7 +89,7 @@ describe('MediaMatcher', () => {
       });
 
       it('should return false when title matches regexp but extracted value does not match matcher.title', () => {
-        const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher();
+        const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher(templateManager);
         const media = createMediaItem('Prefix-ImportantPart-Suffix');
         const matchers: Matcher[] = [
           {
@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@ describe('MediaMatcher', () => {
       });
 
       it('should return true when title matches regexp with an explicit title value', () => {
-        const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher();
+        const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher(templateManager);
         const media = createMediaItem('Prefix-ImportantPart-Suffix');
         const matchers: Matcher[] = [
           {
@@ -113,7 +115,7 @@ describe('MediaMatcher', () => {
       });
 
       it('should return false when title does not match regexp', () => {
-        const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher();
+        const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher(templateManager);
         const media = createMediaItem('Unrelated Title');
         const matchers: Matcher[] = [
           {
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ describe('MediaMatcher', () => {
       });
 
       it('should return false when regexp is provided but does not extract the required group', () => {
-        const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher();
+        const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher(templateManager);
         const media = createMediaItem('Prefix-ImportantPart-Suffix');
         const matchers: Matcher[] = [
           {
@@ -139,7 +141,7 @@ describe('MediaMatcher', () => {
       });
 
       it('should return true when no regexp and no matcher.title (matches any title)', () => {
-        const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher();
+        const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher(templateManager);
         const media = createMediaItem('Any Title Will Do');
         const matchers: Matcher[] = [{ type: 'title' }];
         expect(mediaMatcher.match(createHASS(), media, { matchers })).toBe(true);
@@ -147,42 +149,16 @@ describe('MediaMatcher', () => {
     });
 
     describe('with template matcher', () => {
-      it('should return true when template value matches', () => {
-        const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher();
-        const title = 'Any Title Will Do';
-        const media = createMediaItem(title);
-
-        vi.mocked(renderTemplate).mockReturnValue(true);
-
-        const matchers: Matcher[] = [
-          {
-            type: 'template',
-            value_template: '{{ acc.media.title == "Any Title Will Do" }}',
-          },
-        ];
-        const hass = createHASS();
-        expect(mediaMatcher.match(hass, media, { matchers })).toBe(true);
-
-        expect(renderTemplate).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-          hass,
-          '{{ acc.media.title == "Any Title Will Do" }}',
-          {
-            acc: {
-              media: {
-                title,
-                is_folder: false,
-              },
-            },
-          },
-        );
+      // These matchers render, so use a real engine loaded for the synchronous
+      // renderer (rather than the shared mock).
+      const templateManager = new TemplateManager();
+      beforeAll(async () => {
+        await templateManager.loadRenderer();
       });
 
-      it('should return false when template value does not match', () => {
-        const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher();
-        const title = 'Any Title Will Do';
-        const media = createMediaItem(title);
-
-        vi.mocked(renderTemplate).mockReturnValue(false);
+      it('should return true when template value renders to true', () => {
+        const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher(templateManager);
+        const media = createMediaItem('Any Title Will Do');
 
         const matchers: Matcher[] = [
           {
@@ -190,27 +166,39 @@ describe('MediaMatcher', () => {
             value_template: '{{ acc.media.title == "Any Title Will Do" }}',
           },
         ];
-        const hass = createHASS();
-        expect(mediaMatcher.match(hass, media, { matchers })).toBe(false);
+        expect(mediaMatcher.match(createHASS(), media, { matchers })).toBe(true);
+      });
 
-        expect(renderTemplate).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-          hass,
-          '{{ acc.media.title == "Any Title Will Do" }}',
+      it('should return true when template reads the is_folder media value', () => {
+        const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher(templateManager);
+        const media = createMediaItem('Test Folder', true, 'directory');
+
+        const matchers: Matcher[] = [
           {
-            acc: {
-              media: {
-                title,
-                is_folder: false,
+            type: 'template',
+            value_template: '{{ acc.media.is_folder }}',
           },
+        ];
+        expect(mediaMatcher.match(createHASS(), media, { matchers })).toBe(true);
+      });
+
+      it('should return false when template value renders to false', () => {
+        const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher(templateManager);
+        const media = createMediaItem('Any Title Will Do');
+
+        const matchers: Matcher[] = [
+          {
+            type: 'template',
+            value_template: '{{ acc.media.title == "Some Other Title" }}',
           },
-          },
-        );
+        ];
+        expect(mediaMatcher.match(createHASS(), media, { matchers })).toBe(false);
       });
     });
 
     describe('with or matcher', () => {
       it('should return true if at least one sub-matcher matches', () => {
-        const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher();
+        const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher(templateManager);
         const media = createMediaItem('Test Media');
         const matcher: Matcher = {
           type: 'or',
@@ -225,7 +213,7 @@ describe('MediaMatcher', () => {
       });
 
       it('should return false if no sub-matcher matches', () => {
-        const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher();
+        const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher(templateManager);
         const media = createMediaItem('Test Media');
         const matcher: Matcher = {
           type: 'or',
@@ -242,7 +230,7 @@ describe('MediaMatcher', () => {
 
     describe('with date matcher', () => {
       it('should not match without metadata', () => {
-        const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher();
+        const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher(templateManager);
         const media = createMediaItem('Test Media');
         const matcher: Matcher = {
           type: 'date',
@@ -279,7 +267,7 @@ describe('MediaMatcher', () => {
           },
         ],
       ])('should match with date more recent than matcher %s', (matcher: Matcher) => {
-        const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher();
+        const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher(templateManager);
         const media = createMediaItem('Test Media');
         media._metadata = {
           startDate: sub(new Date(), { days: 1 }),
@@ -290,7 +278,7 @@ describe('MediaMatcher', () => {
       });
 
       it('should not match with date less recent than matcher', () => {
-        const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher();
+        const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher(templateManager);
         const media = createMediaItem('Test Media');
         media._metadata = {
           startDate: sub(new Date(), { days: 2 }),
@@ -306,7 +294,7 @@ describe('MediaMatcher', () => {
     });
 
     it('should return false if one of multiple matchers fails', () => {
-      const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher();
+      const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher(templateManager);
       const media = createMediaItem('Test Media One');
       const matchers: Matcher[] = [
         { type: 'title', title: 'Test Media One' }, // Pass
@@ -316,7 +304,7 @@ describe('MediaMatcher', () => {
     });
 
     it('should return true if all multiple matchers pass', () => {
-      const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher();
+      const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher(templateManager);
       const media = createMediaItem('Test Media One');
       const matchers: Matcher[] = [
         { type: 'title', title: 'Test Media One' },
@@ -330,7 +318,7 @@ describe('MediaMatcher', () => {
     });
 
     it('should ignore matchers of unknown types', () => {
-      const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher();
+      const mediaMatcher = new MediaMatcher(templateManager);
       const media = createMediaItem('Test Media');
 
       const matchers: Matcher[] = [{ type: 'unknownMatcherType' as 'title' }];

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

@@ -139,6 +139,40 @@ describe('InitializationManager', () => {
       expect(manager.isInitialized(InitializationAspect.INITIAL_TRIGGER)).toBeTruthy();
     });
 
+    it('should load the template renderer for a templated config', async () => {
+      const api = createCardAPI();
+      vi.mocked(api.getHASSManager().getHASS).mockReturnValue(createHASS());
+      vi.mocked(api.getConfigManager().getConfig).mockReturnValue(createConfig());
+      vi.mocked(api.getConfigManager().hasTemplate).mockReturnValue(true);
+      const loadRenderer = vi.mocked(api.getTemplateManager().loadRenderer);
+
+      const manager = new InitializationManager(api);
+
+      expect(manager.isInitialized(InitializationAspect.TEMPLATE_RENDERER)).toBeFalsy();
+
+      await manager.initializeMandatory();
+
+      expect(loadRenderer).toBeCalled();
+      expect(manager.isInitialized(InitializationAspect.TEMPLATE_RENDERER)).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(manager.isInitializedMandatory()).toBeTruthy();
+    });
+
+    it('should not load the template renderer for a config without templates', async () => {
+      const api = createCardAPI();
+      vi.mocked(api.getHASSManager().getHASS).mockReturnValue(createHASS());
+      vi.mocked(api.getConfigManager().getConfig).mockReturnValue(createConfig());
+      vi.mocked(api.getConfigManager().hasTemplate).mockReturnValue(false);
+      const loadRenderer = vi.mocked(api.getTemplateManager().loadRenderer);
+
+      const manager = new InitializationManager(api);
+
+      await manager.initializeMandatory();
+
+      expect(loadRenderer).not.toBeCalled();
+      expect(manager.isInitialized(InitializationAspect.TEMPLATE_RENDERER)).toBeFalsy();
+      expect(manager.isInitializedMandatory()).toBeTruthy();
+    });
+
     it('should succeed with microphone if configured', async () => {
       const api = createCardAPI();
       vi.mocked(api.getHASSManager().getHASS).mockReturnValue(createHASS());
@@ -280,6 +314,9 @@ describe('InitializationManager', () => {
     expect(initializer.uninitialize).toBeCalledWith(
       InitializationAspect.MICROPHONE_CONNECT,
     );
+    expect(initializer.uninitialize).toBeCalledWith(
+      InitializationAspect.TEMPLATE_RENDERER,
+    );
     expect(initializer.uninitialize).toBeCalledWith(InitializationAspect.VIEW);
     expect(initializer.uninitialize).toBeCalledWith(
       InitializationAspect.INITIAL_TRIGGER,

tests/card-controller/templates/index.test.ts

@@ -1,35 +1,117 @@
-import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 
-import { TemplateRenderer } from '../../../src/card-controller/templates/index';
+import { TemplateManager } from '../../../src/card-controller/templates/index';
 import { createConfig, createHASS, createStateEntity } from '../../test-utils';
 
-describe('TemplateRenderer', () => {
+describe('TemplateManager', () => {
+  describe('loadRenderer', () => {
+    it('should render a template raw before the engine is loaded', () => {
+      const manager = new TemplateManager();
+      const result = manager.renderRecursively(createHASS(), '{{ acc.camera }}', {
+        conditionState: { camera: 'camera.office' },
+      });
+      expect(result).toBe('{{ acc.camera }}');
+    });
+
+    it('should render a template after the engine is loaded', async () => {
+      const manager = new TemplateManager();
+      await manager.loadRenderer();
+
+      const result = manager.renderRecursively(createHASS(), '{{ acc.camera }}', {
+        conditionState: { camera: 'camera.office' },
+      });
+      expect(result).toBe('camera.office');
+    });
+
+    it('should be idempotent across repeat loads', async () => {
+      const manager = new TemplateManager();
+      await manager.loadRenderer();
+      await manager.loadRenderer();
+
+      const result = manager.renderRecursively(createHASS(), '{{ acc.camera }}', {
+        conditionState: { camera: 'camera.office' },
+      });
+      expect(result).toBe('camera.office');
+    });
+
+    it('should pass a non-template string through unchanged before loading', () => {
+      const manager = new TemplateManager();
+      expect(manager.renderRecursively(createHASS(), 'hello world')).toBe('hello world');
+    });
+
+    it('should prime the renderer on demand when a template is rendered unloaded', () => {
+      const manager = new TemplateManager();
+      const loadRenderer = vi.spyOn(manager, 'loadRenderer').mockResolvedValue();
+
+      manager.renderRecursively(createHASS(), '{{ acc.camera }}');
+
+      expect(loadRenderer).toBeCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('should swallow a load failure when priming on an unloaded render', () => {
+      const manager = new TemplateManager();
+      vi.spyOn(manager, 'loadRenderer').mockRejectedValue(new Error('load failed'));
+
+      expect(() =>
+        manager.renderRecursively(createHASS(), '{{ acc.camera }}'),
+      ).not.toThrow();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('isLoaded', () => {
+    it('should report false before loading and true after', async () => {
+      const manager = new TemplateManager();
+      expect(manager.isLoaded()).toBe(false);
+
+      await manager.loadRenderer();
+      expect(manager.isLoaded()).toBe(true);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('dataContainsTemplate', () => {
+    it.each([
+      ['an expression marker', 'before {{ acc.camera }} after', true],
+      ['a statement marker', '{% if acc.camera %}x{% endif %}', true],
+      ['a template nested in an object', { a: { b: '{{ acc.view }}' } }, true],
+      ['a template nested in an array', ['plain', '{{ acc.view }}'], true],
+      ['a plain string', 'no templates here', false],
+      ['an unmatched marker', 'an isolated {{ with no close', false],
+      ['a non-string value', { count: 42, on: true }, false],
+      ['an undefined value', undefined, false],
+    ])('should detect %s', (_name, data, expected) => {
+      expect(TemplateManager.dataContainsTemplate(data)).toBe(expected);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('renderRecursively', () => {
-    it('should render string templates with camera context', () => {
-      const renderer = new TemplateRenderer();
+    it('should render string templates with camera context', async () => {
+      const manager = new TemplateManager();
+      await manager.loadRenderer();
       const hass = createHASS();
 
-      const result = renderer.renderRecursively(hass, 'Camera: {{ acc.camera }}', {
+      const result = manager.renderRecursively(hass, 'Camera: {{ acc.camera }}', {
         conditionState: { camera: 'camera.office' },
       });
       expect(result).toBe('Camera: camera.office');
     });
 
-    it('should render string templates with view context', () => {
-      const renderer = new TemplateRenderer();
+    it('should render string templates with view context', async () => {
+      const manager = new TemplateManager();
+      await manager.loadRenderer();
       const hass = createHASS();
 
-      const result = renderer.renderRecursively(hass, 'View: {{ acc.view }}', {
+      const result = manager.renderRecursively(hass, 'View: {{ acc.view }}', {
         conditionState: { view: 'live' },
       });
       expect(result).toBe('View: live');
     });
 
-    it('should render string templates with the acc context', () => {
-      const renderer = new TemplateRenderer();
+    it('should render string templates with the acc context', async () => {
+      const manager = new TemplateManager();
+      await manager.loadRenderer();
       const hass = createHASS();
 
-      const result = renderer.renderRecursively(
+      const result = manager.renderRecursively(
         hass,
         '{{ acc.camera }} - {{ acc.view }}',
         {
@@ -39,11 +121,12 @@ describe('TemplateRenderer', () => {
       expect(result).toBe('camera.front - clips');
     });
 
-    it('should render templates in arrays', () => {
-      const renderer = new TemplateRenderer();
+    it('should render templates in arrays', async () => {
+      const manager = new TemplateManager();
+      await manager.loadRenderer();
       const hass = createHASS();
 
-      const result = renderer.renderRecursively(
+      const result = manager.renderRecursively(
         hass,
         ['{{ acc.camera }}', 'static', '{{ acc.view }}'],
         { conditionState: { camera: 'camera.office', view: 'live' } },
@@ -51,11 +134,12 @@ describe('TemplateRenderer', () => {
       expect(result).toEqual(['camera.office', 'static', 'live']);
     });
 
-    it('should render templates in object values', () => {
-      const renderer = new TemplateRenderer();
+    it('should render templates in object values', async () => {
+      const manager = new TemplateManager();
+      await manager.loadRenderer();
       const hass = createHASS();
 
-      const result = renderer.renderRecursively(
+      const result = manager.renderRecursively(
         hass,
         { camera: '{{ acc.camera }}', view: '{{ acc.view }}', static: 'value' },
         { conditionState: { camera: 'camera.office', view: 'live' } },
@@ -63,11 +147,12 @@ describe('TemplateRenderer', () => {
       expect(result).toEqual({ camera: 'camera.office', view: 'live', static: 'value' });
     });
 
-    it('should render templates in nested objects', () => {
-      const renderer = new TemplateRenderer();
+    it('should render templates in nested objects', async () => {
+      const manager = new TemplateManager();
+      await manager.loadRenderer();
       const hass = createHASS();
 
-      const result = renderer.renderRecursively(
+      const result = manager.renderRecursively(
         hass,
         { outer: { inner: '{{ acc.camera }}' } },
         { conditionState: { camera: 'camera.office' } },
@@ -75,27 +160,30 @@ describe('TemplateRenderer', () => {
       expect(result).toEqual({ outer: { inner: 'camera.office' } });
     });
 
-    it('should return non-string/array/object values unchanged', () => {
-      const renderer = new TemplateRenderer();
+    it('should return non-string/array/object values unchanged', async () => {
+      const manager = new TemplateManager();
+      await manager.loadRenderer();
       const hass = createHASS();
 
-      expect(renderer.renderRecursively(hass, 42)).toBe(42);
-      expect(renderer.renderRecursively(hass, true)).toBe(true);
-      expect(renderer.renderRecursively(hass, null)).toBe(null);
+      expect(manager.renderRecursively(hass, 42)).toBe(42);
+      expect(manager.renderRecursively(hass, true)).toBe(true);
+      expect(manager.renderRecursively(hass, null)).toBe(null);
     });
 
-    it('should render strings without templates unchanged', () => {
-      const renderer = new TemplateRenderer();
+    it('should render strings without templates unchanged', async () => {
+      const manager = new TemplateManager();
+      await manager.loadRenderer();
       const hass = createHASS();
 
-      expect(renderer.renderRecursively(hass, 'hello world')).toBe('hello world');
+      expect(manager.renderRecursively(hass, 'hello world')).toBe('hello world');
     });
 
-    it('should render with a top-level stock trigger context', () => {
-      const renderer = new TemplateRenderer();
+    it('should render with a top-level stock trigger context', async () => {
+      const manager = new TemplateManager();
+      await manager.loadRenderer();
       const hass = createHASS();
 
-      const result = renderer.renderRecursively(hass, '{{ trigger.to_state.state }}', {
+      const result = manager.renderRecursively(hass, '{{ trigger.to_state.state }}', {
         triggerData: {
           platform: 'state',
           entity_id: 'binary_sensor.door',
@@ -105,11 +193,12 @@ describe('TemplateRenderer', () => {
       expect(result).toBe('on');
     });
 
-    it('should render with a top-level card trigger context', () => {
-      const renderer = new TemplateRenderer();
+    it('should render with a top-level card trigger context', async () => {
+      const manager = new TemplateManager();
+      await manager.loadRenderer();
       const hass = createHASS();
 
-      const result = renderer.renderRecursively(hass, '{{ trigger.to_acc.camera }}', {
+      const result = manager.renderRecursively(hass, '{{ trigger.to_acc.camera }}', {
         triggerData: {
           platform: 'acc',
           type: 'camera',
@@ -120,21 +209,23 @@ describe('TemplateRenderer', () => {
       expect(result).toBe('camera.backyard');
     });
 
-    it('should render with config context', () => {
-      const renderer = new TemplateRenderer();
+    it('should render with config context', async () => {
+      const manager = new TemplateManager();
+      await manager.loadRenderer();
       const hass = createHASS();
 
-      const result = renderer.renderRecursively(hass, '{{ acc.config.view.default }}', {
+      const result = manager.renderRecursively(hass, '{{ acc.config.view.default }}', {
         conditionState: { config: createConfig({ view: { default: 'clips' } }) },
       });
       expect(result).toBe('clips');
     });
 
-    it('should render with mediaData context', () => {
-      const renderer = new TemplateRenderer();
+    it('should render with mediaData context', async () => {
+      const manager = new TemplateManager();
+      await manager.loadRenderer();
       const hass = createHASS();
 
-      const result = renderer.renderRecursively(
+      const result = manager.renderRecursively(
         hass,
         'Title: {{ acc.media.title }}, Folder: {{ acc.media.is_folder }}',
         {
@@ -144,11 +235,12 @@ describe('TemplateRenderer', () => {
       expect(result).toBe('Title: Test Media, Folder: false');
     });
 
-    it('should render with combined context options', () => {
-      const renderer = new TemplateRenderer();
+    it('should render with combined context options', async () => {
+      const manager = new TemplateManager();
+      await manager.loadRenderer();
       const hass = createHASS();
 
-      const result = renderer.renderRecursively(
+      const result = manager.renderRecursively(
         hass,
         '{{ acc.camera }} - {{ acc.media.title }}',
         {
@@ -159,21 +251,23 @@ describe('TemplateRenderer', () => {
       expect(result).toBe('camera.office - My Video');
     });
 
-    it('should return undefined context when no options provided', () => {
-      const renderer = new TemplateRenderer();
+    it('should return undefined context when no options provided', async () => {
+      const manager = new TemplateManager();
+      await manager.loadRenderer();
       const hass = createHASS();
 
       // Without options, templates referencing acc should render empty.
-      const result = renderer.renderRecursively(hass, 'Value: {{ acc.camera }}');
+      const result = manager.renderRecursively(hass, 'Value: {{ acc.camera }}');
       expect(result).toBe('Value:');
     });
 
-    it('should return undefined context when options have no relevant data', () => {
-      const renderer = new TemplateRenderer();
+    it('should return undefined context when options have no relevant data', async () => {
+      const manager = new TemplateManager();
+      await manager.loadRenderer();
       const hass = createHASS();
 
       // Empty conditionState without camera or view should not create context.
-      const result = renderer.renderRecursively(hass, 'Value: {{ acc.camera }}', {
+      const result = manager.renderRecursively(hass, 'Value: {{ acc.camera }}', {
         conditionState: {},
       });
       expect(result).toBe('Value:');
@@ -181,11 +275,12 @@ describe('TemplateRenderer', () => {
   });
 
   describe('renderRecursivelyAsType', () => {
-    it('should render in place while preserving the input structure', () => {
-      const renderer = new TemplateRenderer();
+    it('should render in place while preserving the input structure', async () => {
+      const manager = new TemplateManager();
+      await manager.loadRenderer();
       const hass = createHASS();
 
-      const result = renderer.renderRecursivelyAsType(
+      const result = manager.renderRecursivelyAsType(
         hass,
         { camera: '{{ acc.camera }}', static: 'value' },
         { conditionState: { camera: 'camera.office' } },

tests/card-controller/templates/renderer-via-event.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { mock } from 'vitest-mock-extended';
+
+import type { TemplateRenderer } from '../../../src/card-controller/templates/index';
+import {
+  getTemplateRendererViaEvent,
+  type TemplateRendererGetEvent,
+} from '../../../src/card-controller/templates/renderer-via-event';
+
+// @vitest-environment jsdom
+describe('getTemplateRendererViaEvent', () => {
+  it('should dispatch event and retrieve template renderer', () => {
+    const element = document.createElement('div');
+    const templateRenderer = mock<TemplateRenderer>();
+
+    const handler = vi.fn().mockImplementation((ev: TemplateRendererGetEvent) => {
+      ev.templateRenderer = templateRenderer;
+    });
+    element.addEventListener('advanced-camera-card:template-renderer:get', handler);
+
+    expect(getTemplateRendererViaEvent(element)).toBe(templateRenderer);
+  });
+
+  it('should return null when no template renderer is provided', () => {
+    const element = document.createElement('div');
+
+    const handler = vi.fn();
+    element.addEventListener('advanced-camera-card:template-renderer:get', handler);
+
+    expect(getTemplateRendererViaEvent(element)).toBeNull();
+  });
+});

tests/condition-trigger/common/time-period.test.ts

@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
-import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 
-import { TemplateRenderer } from '../../../src/card-controller/templates';
+import { TemplateManager } from '../../../src/card-controller/templates';
 import { renderTimePeriodToSeconds } from '../../../src/condition-trigger/common/time-period';
-import { createHASS, createStateEntity } from '../../test-utils';
+import {
+  createHASS,
+  createMockTemplateRenderer,
+  createStateEntity,
+} from '../../test-utils';
 
 // @vitest-environment jsdom
 describe('renderTimePeriodToSeconds', () => {
-  const createRenderer = (): TemplateRenderer => new TemplateRenderer();
+  const templateManager = createMockTemplateRenderer();
 
   const createStateWithDelay = (delay: string) => ({
     hass: createHASS({ 'input_number.delay': createStateEntity({ state: delay }) }),
@@ -14,54 +18,61 @@ describe('renderTimePeriodToSeconds', () => {
 
   // Without `hass` the value is parsed as-is, matching HA's `cv.time_period`.
   it('should accept a number of seconds', () => {
-    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(createRenderer(), 5)).toBe(5);
-    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(createRenderer(), 0)).toBe(0);
+    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(templateManager, 5)).toBe(5);
+    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(templateManager, 0)).toBe(0);
   });
 
   it('should reject a negative period', () => {
-    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(createRenderer(), -1)).toBeNull();
-    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(createRenderer(), { seconds: -5 })).toBeNull();
+    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(templateManager, -1)).toBeNull();
+    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(templateManager, { seconds: -5 })).toBeNull();
   });
 
   it('should parse a bare numeric string as seconds', () => {
-    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(createRenderer(), '5')).toBe(5);
+    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(templateManager, '5')).toBe(5);
   });
 
   it('should read HH:MM and HH:MM:SS (two parts are hours:minutes, as in HA)', () => {
-    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(createRenderer(), '01:30')).toBe(5400);
-    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(createRenderer(), '00:05')).toBe(300);
-    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(createRenderer(), '00:00:05')).toBe(5);
-    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(createRenderer(), '1:00:00')).toBe(3600);
+    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(templateManager, '01:30')).toBe(5400);
+    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(templateManager, '00:05')).toBe(300);
+    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(templateManager, '00:00:05')).toBe(5);
+    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(templateManager, '1:00:00')).toBe(3600);
   });
 
   it('should reject unparseable, empty-part, or over-long strings', () => {
-    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(createRenderer(), 'not-a-duration')).toBeNull();
-    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(createRenderer(), '1:ab')).toBeNull();
-    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(createRenderer(), '1:2:3:4')).toBeNull();
-    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(createRenderer(), '5:')).toBeNull();
-    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(createRenderer(), '')).toBeNull();
+    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(templateManager, 'not-a-duration')).toBeNull();
+    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(templateManager, '1:ab')).toBeNull();
+    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(templateManager, '1:2:3:4')).toBeNull();
+    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(templateManager, '5:')).toBeNull();
+    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(templateManager, '')).toBeNull();
   });
 
   it('should accept a {days, hours, minutes, seconds, milliseconds} dict', () => {
-    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(createRenderer(), { seconds: 5 })).toBe(5);
-    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(createRenderer(), { hours: 1, minutes: 30 })).toBe(
+    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(templateManager, { seconds: 5 })).toBe(5);
+    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(templateManager, { hours: 1, minutes: 30 })).toBe(
       5400,
     );
-    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(createRenderer(), { days: 1 })).toBe(86400);
-    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(createRenderer(), { milliseconds: 500 })).toBe(0.5);
-    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(createRenderer(), {})).toBe(0);
+    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(templateManager, { days: 1 })).toBe(86400);
+    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(templateManager, { milliseconds: 500 })).toBe(0.5);
+    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(templateManager, {})).toBe(0);
   });
 
   it('should coerce a numeric-string dict field', () => {
-    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(createRenderer(), { minutes: '2' })).toBe(120);
-    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(createRenderer(), { minutes: 'nope' })).toBeNull();
+    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(templateManager, { minutes: '2' })).toBe(120);
+    expect(renderTimePeriodToSeconds(templateManager, { minutes: 'nope' })).toBeNull();
   });
 
   // With `hass`, templates are rendered against the current state before parsing.
+  describe('with templates', () => {
+    const templateManager = new TemplateManager();
+
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+      await templateManager.loadRenderer();
+    });
+
     it('should render and parse a template string', () => {
       expect(
         renderTimePeriodToSeconds(
-        createRenderer(),
+          templateManager,
           "{{ states('input_number.delay') }}",
           createStateWithDelay('5'),
         ),
@@ -71,7 +82,7 @@ describe('renderTimePeriodToSeconds', () => {
     it('should render and parse template fields in a dict', () => {
       expect(
         renderTimePeriodToSeconds(
-        createRenderer(),
+          templateManager,
           { minutes: "{{ states('input_number.delay') }}" },
           createStateWithDelay('2'),
         ),
@@ -82,7 +93,7 @@ describe('renderTimePeriodToSeconds', () => {
       // A string that is not a number.
       expect(
         renderTimePeriodToSeconds(
-        createRenderer(),
+          templateManager,
           "{{ states('input_number.delay') }}",
           createStateWithDelay('nope'),
         ),
@@ -90,10 +101,11 @@ describe('renderTimePeriodToSeconds', () => {
       // A value that is neither a number, string nor dict (here, a boolean).
       expect(
         renderTimePeriodToSeconds(
-        createRenderer(),
+          templateManager,
           "{{ is_state('input_number.delay', 'x') }}",
           createStateWithDelay('5'),
         ),
       ).toBeNull();
     });
+  });
 });

tests/condition-trigger/conditions/conditions-manager.test.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
-import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { afterEach, beforeAll, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 
+import { TemplateManager } from '../../../src/card-controller/templates';
 import { ConditionsManager } from '../../../src/condition-trigger/conditions/conditions-manager';
 import { ConditionStateManager } from '../../../src/condition-trigger/conditions/state-manager';
-import { createHASS, createStateEntity } from '../../test-utils';
+import {
+  createHASS,
+  createMockTemplateRenderer,
+  createStateEntity,
+} from '../../test-utils';
+
+// A mock renderer for the orchestration tests, which never render templates.
+// The `enabled` template suite below uses its own real, loaded engine.
+const templateManager = createMockTemplateRenderer();
 
 // Per-condition-type evaluation is covered by tests/conditions/conditions/<type>.test.ts.
 // This file covers the manager's own orchestration: building/destroying evaluators,
@@ -23,6 +32,7 @@ describe('ConditionsManager', () => {
           fullscreen: true,
         },
       ],
+      templateManager,
       stateManager,
     );
 
@@ -40,6 +50,7 @@ describe('ConditionsManager', () => {
     const stateManager = new ConditionStateManager();
     const manager = new ConditionsManager(
       [{ condition: 'fullscreen' as const, fullscreen: true }],
+      templateManager,
       stateManager,
     );
 
@@ -71,9 +82,10 @@ describe('ConditionsManager', () => {
         matches: true,
       } as unknown as MediaQueryList);
 
-    const manager = new ConditionsManager([
-      { condition: 'screen' as const, media_query: 'whatever' },
-    ]);
+    const manager = new ConditionsManager(
+      [{ condition: 'screen' as const, media_query: 'whatever' }],
+      templateManager,
+    );
 
     const listener = vi.fn();
     manager.addListener(listener);
@@ -92,6 +104,7 @@ describe('ConditionsManager', () => {
       const stateManager = new ConditionStateManager();
       const manager = new ConditionsManager(
         [{ condition: 'fullscreen' as const, fullscreen: true }],
+        templateManager,
         stateManager,
       );
 
@@ -120,6 +133,7 @@ describe('ConditionsManager', () => {
       const stateManager = new ConditionStateManager();
       const manager = new ConditionsManager(
         [{ condition: 'fullscreen' as const, fullscreen: true }],
+        templateManager,
         stateManager,
       );
 
@@ -136,6 +150,7 @@ describe('ConditionsManager', () => {
       const stateManager = new ConditionStateManager();
       const manager = new ConditionsManager(
         [{ condition: 'fullscreen' as const, fullscreen: true }],
+        templateManager,
         stateManager,
       );
 
@@ -152,6 +167,7 @@ describe('ConditionsManager', () => {
       const stateManager = new ConditionStateManager();
       const manager = new ConditionsManager(
         [{ condition: 'view' as const, views: ['live'] }],
+        templateManager,
         stateManager,
       );
 
@@ -178,10 +194,18 @@ describe('ConditionsManager', () => {
   describe('enabled', () => {
     const ENABLED_TEMPLATE = '{{ is_state("binary_sensor.flag", "on") }}';
 
+    // These cases gate on a rendered `enabled` template, so use a real engine
+    // loaded for the synchronous renderer (rather than the shared mock).
+    const templateManager = new TemplateManager();
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+      await templateManager.loadRenderer();
+    });
+
     it('should ignore a disabled condition', () => {
       const stateManager = new ConditionStateManager();
       const manager = new ConditionsManager(
         [{ condition: 'fullscreen' as const, fullscreen: true, enabled: false }],
+        templateManager,
         stateManager,
       );
 
@@ -196,6 +220,7 @@ describe('ConditionsManager', () => {
       const stateManager = new ConditionStateManager();
       const manager = new ConditionsManager(
         [{ condition: 'fullscreen' as const, fullscreen: true, enabled: true }],
+        templateManager,
         stateManager,
       );
 
@@ -219,6 +244,7 @@ describe('ConditionsManager', () => {
             enabled: ENABLED_TEMPLATE,
           },
         ],
+        templateManager,
         stateManager,
       );
 
@@ -240,6 +266,7 @@ describe('ConditionsManager', () => {
             enabled: ENABLED_TEMPLATE,
           },
         ],
+        templateManager,
         stateManager,
       );
 
@@ -258,6 +285,7 @@ describe('ConditionsManager', () => {
             enabled: ENABLED_TEMPLATE,
           },
         ],
+        templateManager,
         stateManager,
       );
 
@@ -282,6 +310,7 @@ describe('ConditionsManager', () => {
             enabled: ENABLED_TEMPLATE,
           },
         ],
+        templateManager,
         stateManager,
       );
 

tests/condition-trigger/conditions/conditions/numeric-state.test.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
-import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 
+import { TemplateManager } from '../../../../src/card-controller/templates';
 import { createConditionEvaluator } from '../../../../src/condition-trigger/conditions/factory';
-import { createHASS, createStateEntity } from '../../../test-utils';
+import {
+  createHASS,
+  createMockTemplateRenderer,
+  createStateEntity,
+} from '../../../test-utils';
 import { createEvaluatorContext } from './test-utils';
 
 // @vitest-environment jsdom
@@ -122,7 +127,12 @@ describe('numeric state condition', () => {
     ).toBeFalsy();
   });
 
-  it('should compare the rendered value_template instead of the state', () => {
+  it('should compare the rendered value_template instead of the state', async () => {
+    // This case renders a real value_template, so load the lazily-imported
+    // engine for the synchronous renderer.
+    const templateManager = new TemplateManager();
+    await templateManager.loadRenderer();
+
     const evaluator = createConditionEvaluator(
       {
         condition: 'numeric_state' as const,
@@ -130,7 +140,7 @@ describe('numeric state condition', () => {
         value_template: '{{ 11 }}',
         above: 10,
       },
-      createEvaluatorContext(),
+      createEvaluatorContext({ templateRenderer: templateManager }),
     );
 
     // The entity state (0) would fail; the template value (11) passes.
@@ -141,6 +151,28 @@ describe('numeric state condition', () => {
     ).toBeTruthy();
   });
 
+  it('should not match a value_template until the renderer has loaded', () => {
+    const unloadedRenderer = createMockTemplateRenderer();
+    vi.mocked(unloadedRenderer).isLoaded.mockReturnValue(false);
+    const evaluator = createConditionEvaluator(
+      {
+        condition: 'numeric_state' as const,
+        entity_id: 'sensor.foo',
+        value_template: '{{ 11 }}',
+        above: 10,
+      },
+      createEvaluatorContext({ templateRenderer: unloadedRenderer }),
+    );
+
+    // The entity state (11) would pass, but the value_template cannot be
+    // evaluated before the renderer loads, so the condition does not match.
+    expect(
+      evaluator.evaluate({
+        hass: createHASS({ 'sensor.foo': createStateEntity({ state: '11' }) }),
+      }).result,
+    ).toBeFalsy();
+  });
+
   it('should not match when the value is not numeric', () => {
     const evaluator = createConditionEvaluator(
       { condition: 'numeric_state' as const, entity_id: 'sensor.foo', above: 10 },

tests/condition-trigger/conditions/conditions/state.test.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 
+import { TemplateManager } from '../../../../src/card-controller/templates';
 import { createConditionEvaluator } from '../../../../src/condition-trigger/conditions/factory';
 import { createHASS, createStateEntity } from '../../../test-utils';
 import { createEvaluatorContext } from './test-utils';
@@ -335,7 +336,12 @@ describe('state condition', () => {
       ).toBeTruthy();
     });
 
-    it('should render a templated "for" before comparing', () => {
+    it('should render a templated "for" before comparing', async () => {
+      // This case renders a real templated `for`, so load the lazily-imported
+      // engine for the synchronous renderer.
+      const templateManager = new TemplateManager();
+      await templateManager.loadRenderer();
+
       const evaluator = createConditionEvaluator(
         {
           condition: 'state' as const,
@@ -343,7 +349,7 @@ describe('state condition', () => {
           state: 'on',
           for: "{{ states('input_number.delay') }}",
         },
-        createEvaluatorContext(),
+        createEvaluatorContext({ templateRenderer: templateManager }),
       );
 
       const evaluateHeldSince = (lastChanged: string): boolean =>

tests/condition-trigger/conditions/conditions/template.test.ts

@@ -1,18 +1,24 @@
-import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 
+import { TemplateManager } from '../../../../src/card-controller/templates';
 import { createConditionEvaluator } from '../../../../src/condition-trigger/conditions/factory';
 import { createHASS, createStateEntity } from '../../../test-utils';
 import { createEvaluatorContext } from './test-utils';
 
 // @vitest-environment jsdom
 describe('template condition', () => {
+  const templateManager = new TemplateManager();
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    await templateManager.loadRenderer();
+  });
+
   it('should evaluate true when template evalutes to true', () => {
     const evaluator = createConditionEvaluator(
       {
         condition: 'template' as const,
         value_template: '{{ is_state("sensor.foo", "on") }}',
       },
-      createEvaluatorContext(),
+      createEvaluatorContext({ templateRenderer: templateManager }),
     );
 
     expect(evaluator.evaluate({}).result).toBeFalsy();
@@ -35,7 +41,7 @@ describe('template condition', () => {
         // This does not result in a boolean.
         value_template: '{{ hass.states["light.office"].state }}',
       },
-      createEvaluatorContext(),
+      createEvaluatorContext({ templateRenderer: templateManager }),
     );
 
     expect(
@@ -48,7 +54,7 @@ describe('template condition', () => {
   it('should accept a template rendering the string "true" for HA symmetry', () => {
     const evaluator = createConditionEvaluator(
       { condition: 'template' as const, value_template: '{{ "true" }}' },
-      createEvaluatorContext(),
+      createEvaluatorContext({ templateRenderer: templateManager }),
     );
 
     expect(evaluator.evaluate({ hass: createHASS({}) }).result).toBeTruthy();

tests/condition-trigger/conditions/conditions/test-utils.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-import { TemplateRenderer } from '../../../../src/card-controller/templates';
 import type { EvaluatorContext } from '../../../../src/condition-trigger/conditions/conditions/types';
+import { createMockTemplateRenderer } from '../../../test-utils';
 
-export const createEvaluatorContext = (): EvaluatorContext => ({
-  templateRenderer: new TemplateRenderer(),
+export const createEvaluatorContext = (
+  context?: Partial<EvaluatorContext>,
+): EvaluatorContext => ({
+  templateRenderer: createMockTemplateRenderer(),
+  ...context,
 });

tests/condition-trigger/triggers/factory.test.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 
-import { TemplateRenderer } from '../../../src/card-controller/templates';
 import { ConditionStateManager } from '../../../src/condition-trigger/conditions/state-manager';
 import { createTriggerEvaluator } from '../../../src/condition-trigger/triggers/factory';
 import { CallTrigger } from '../../../src/condition-trigger/triggers/triggers/call';
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ import type {
 } from '../../../src/condition-trigger/triggers/triggers/types';
 import { ViewTrigger } from '../../../src/condition-trigger/triggers/triggers/view';
 import type { Trigger } from '../../../src/config/schema/condition-trigger/triggers/types';
-import { createHASSManager } from '../../test-utils';
+import { createHASSManager, createMockTemplateRenderer } from '../../test-utils';
 
 type TriggerEvaluatorConstructor = new (...args: never[]) => TriggerEvaluator;
 
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ type TriggerEvaluatorConstructor = new (...args: never[]) => TriggerEvaluator;
 describe('createTriggerEvaluator', () => {
   const context = (): TriggerEvaluatorContext => ({
     stateManager: new ConditionStateManager(),
-    templateRenderer: new TemplateRenderer(),
+    templateRenderer: createMockTemplateRenderer(),
     hassManager: createHASSManager(),
   });
 

tests/condition-trigger/triggers/manager.test.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
-import { describe, expect, it, vi, type Mock } from 'vitest';
+import { beforeAll, describe, expect, it, vi, type Mock } from 'vitest';
 
+import { TemplateManager } from '../../../src/card-controller/templates';
 import { ConditionStateManager } from '../../../src/condition-trigger/conditions/state-manager';
 import { TriggersManager } from '../../../src/condition-trigger/triggers/manager';
 import type { Trigger } from '../../../src/config/schema/condition-trigger/triggers/types';
-import { createHASS, createHASSManager, createStateEntity } from '../../test-utils';
+import {
+  createHASS,
+  createHASSManager,
+  createMockTemplateRenderer,
+  createStateEntity,
+} from '../../test-utils';
+
+const templateManager = createMockTemplateRenderer();
 
 // @vitest-environment jsdom
 describe('TriggersManager', () => {
@@ -15,7 +23,13 @@ describe('TriggersManager', () => {
     listener: Mock;
   } => {
     const stateManager = new ConditionStateManager();
-    const manager = new TriggersManager(triggers, stateManager, createHASSManager());
+    const manager = new TriggersManager(
+      triggers,
+      stateManager,
+      createHASSManager(),
+      templateManager,
+    );
+    manager.subscribe();
     const listener = vi.fn();
     return { manager, stateManager, listener };
   };
@@ -90,9 +104,31 @@ describe('TriggersManager', () => {
     expect(listener).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it('should subscribe its evaluators only once', () => {
+    const { manager, stateManager, listener } = create([
+      { trigger: 'camera', cameras: ['front'] },
+    ]);
+    manager.addListener(listener);
+
+    // A repeat subscribe is ignored, so the evaluator is not attached twice and
+    // the listener fires once rather than once per subscription.
+    manager.subscribe();
+
+    stateManager.setState({ camera: 'front' });
+
+    expect(listener).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
   describe('enabled', () => {
     const ENABLED_TEMPLATE = '{{ is_state("binary_sensor.flag", "on") }}';
 
+    // These cases gate on a rendered `enabled` template, so use a real engine
+    // loaded for the synchronous renderer (rather than the shared mock).
+    const templateManager = new TemplateManager();
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+      await templateManager.loadRenderer();
+    });
+
     const createWithFlag = (
       enabled: string,
       state: string | null,
@@ -109,7 +145,9 @@ describe('TriggersManager', () => {
         [{ trigger: 'camera', cameras: ['front'], enabled }],
         stateManager,
         createHASSManager(),
+        templateManager,
       );
+      manager.subscribe();
       const listener = vi.fn();
       manager.addListener(listener);
       return { stateManager, listener };
@@ -172,7 +210,9 @@ describe('TriggersManager', () => {
         [{ trigger: 'camera', cameras: ['front', 'back'], enabled: ENABLED_TEMPLATE }],
         stateManager,
         createHASSManager(),
+        templateManager,
       );
+      manager.subscribe();
       const listener = vi.fn();
       manager.addListener(listener);
 

tests/condition-trigger/triggers/triggers/numeric-state.test.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import type { HassEntities, HassEntity } from 'home-assistant-js-websocket';
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi, type Mock } from 'vitest';
 
+import {
+  TemplateManager,
+  type TemplateRenderer,
+} from '../../../../src/card-controller/templates';
 import { ConditionStateManager } from '../../../../src/condition-trigger/conditions/state-manager';
 import { NumericStateTrigger } from '../../../../src/condition-trigger/triggers/triggers/numeric-state';
 import type { TriggerOfType } from '../../../../src/condition-trigger/triggers/triggers/types';
@@ -15,6 +19,7 @@ const THRESHOLD = 'input_number.limit';
 describe('NumericStateTrigger', () => {
   const create = (
     config: TriggerOfType<'numeric_state'>,
+    templateRenderer?: TemplateRenderer,
   ): {
     trigger: NumericStateTrigger;
     stateManager: ConditionStateManager;
@@ -24,7 +29,9 @@ describe('NumericStateTrigger', () => {
     const callback = vi.fn();
     const trigger = new NumericStateTrigger(
       config,
-      createTriggerEvaluatorContext({ stateManager }),
+      createTriggerEvaluatorContext(
+        templateRenderer ? { stateManager, templateRenderer } : { stateManager },
+      ),
     );
     return { trigger, stateManager, callback };
   };
@@ -154,13 +161,19 @@ describe('NumericStateTrigger', () => {
     expect(callback).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
   });
 
-  it('should match the rendered value_template', () => {
-    const { trigger, stateManager, callback } = create({
+  it('should match the rendered value_template', async () => {
+    const templateManager = new TemplateManager();
+    await templateManager.loadRenderer();
+
+    const { trigger, stateManager, callback } = create(
+      {
         trigger: 'numeric_state',
         entity_id: SENSOR,
         value_template: `{{ states('${SENSOR}') | float * 10 }}`,
         above: 20,
-    });
+      },
+      templateManager,
+    );
     trigger.subscribe(callback);
 
     // Template value 1 * 10 = 10: arms.

tests/condition-trigger/triggers/triggers/template.test.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,26 @@
-import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi, type Mock } from 'vitest';
+import {
+  afterEach,
+  beforeAll,
+  beforeEach,
+  describe,
+  expect,
+  it,
+  vi,
+  type Mock,
+} from 'vitest';
 
+import { TemplateManager } from '../../../../src/card-controller/templates';
 import { ConditionStateManager } from '../../../../src/condition-trigger/conditions/state-manager';
 import { TemplateTrigger } from '../../../../src/condition-trigger/triggers/triggers/template';
 import type { TriggerOfType } from '../../../../src/condition-trigger/triggers/triggers/types';
 import { createHASS, createStateEntity } from '../../../test-utils';
 import { createTriggerEvaluatorContext } from './test-utils';
 
+const templateManager = new TemplateManager();
+beforeAll(async () => {
+  await templateManager.loadRenderer();
+});
+
 const ENTITY_ONE = 'sensor.foo';
 const ENTITY_TWO = 'sensor.bar';
 
@@ -24,7 +39,7 @@ describe('TemplateTrigger', () => {
     const callback = vi.fn();
     const trigger = new TemplateTrigger(
       config,
-      createTriggerEvaluatorContext({ stateManager }),
+      createTriggerEvaluatorContext({ stateManager, templateRenderer: templateManager }),
     );
     return { trigger, stateManager, callback };
   };

tests/condition-trigger/triggers/triggers/test-utils.ts

@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
-import { TemplateRenderer } from '../../../../src/card-controller/templates';
 import { ConditionStateManager } from '../../../../src/condition-trigger/conditions/state-manager';
 import type { TriggerEvaluatorContext } from '../../../../src/condition-trigger/triggers/triggers/types';
-import { createHASSManager } from '../../../test-utils';
+import { createHASSManager, createMockTemplateRenderer } from '../../../test-utils';
 
 export const createTriggerEvaluatorContext = (
   context?: Partial<TriggerEvaluatorContext>,
 ): TriggerEvaluatorContext => ({
   stateManager: new ConditionStateManager(),
-  templateRenderer: new TemplateRenderer(),
+  templateRenderer: createMockTemplateRenderer(),
   hassManager: createHASSManager(),
   ...context,
 });

tests/templates/index.test.ts

@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-import { renderTemplate } from 'ha-nunjucks';
-import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
-
-import { TemplateRenderer } from '../../src/card-controller/templates';
-import type { ConditionState } from '../../src/condition-trigger/conditions/types';
-import type { TriggerData } from '../../src/condition-trigger/triggers/types';
-import { createHASS } from '../test-utils';
-
-// ha-nunjucks attempts to make websocket calls initially so mock it out.
-vi.mock('ha-nunjucks');
-
-describe('TemplateRenderer', () => {
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    vi.clearAllMocks();
-  });
-
-  it('should render data', () => {
-    const data = {
-      camera: '{{ acc.camera }}',
-      array: ['{{ acc.camera }}', '{{ acc.view }}'],
-      nested: {
-        camera: '{{ acc.camera }}',
-      },
-      number: 42,
-    };
-
-    vi.mocked(renderTemplate)
-      .mockReturnValueOnce('one')
-      .mockReturnValueOnce('two')
-      .mockReturnValueOnce('three')
-      .mockReturnValueOnce('four');
-
-    const renderer = new TemplateRenderer();
-    const hass = createHASS();
-
-    expect(renderer.renderRecursively(hass, data)).toEqual({
-      camera: 'one',
-      array: ['two', 'three'],
-      nested: {
-        camera: 'four',
-      },
-      number: 42,
-    });
-  });
-
-  it('should include triggers', () => {
-    const conditionState: ConditionState = {
-      camera: 'camera',
-      view: 'live',
-    };
-    const triggerData: TriggerData = {
-      platform: 'acc',
-      type: 'camera',
-      from_acc: { camera: 'previous-camera' },
-      to_acc: { camera: 'camera' },
-    };
-
-    const renderer = new TemplateRenderer();
-    const hass = createHASS();
-
-    renderer.renderRecursively(
-      hass,
-      {
-        key: 'value',
-      },
-      {
-        conditionState,
-        triggerData,
-      },
-    );
-
-    expect(renderTemplate).toHaveBeenCalledWith(hass, 'value', {
-      acc: {
-        camera: 'camera',
-        view: 'live',
-      },
-      trigger: {
-        platform: 'acc',
-        type: 'camera',
-        from_acc: { camera: 'previous-camera' },
-        to_acc: { camera: 'camera' },
-      },
-    });
-  });
-});

tests/test-utils.ts

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ import type { PIPManager } from '../src/card-controller/pip-manager';
 import type { QueryStringManager } from '../src/card-controller/query-string-manager';
 import type { StatusBarItemManager } from '../src/card-controller/status-bar-item-manager';
 import type { StyleManager } from '../src/card-controller/style-manager';
+import type { TemplateManager } from '../src/card-controller/templates';
 import type { ViewItemManager } from '../src/card-controller/view/item-manager';
 import type { ViewManager } from '../src/card-controller/view/view-manager';
 import type { SubmenuInteraction, SubmenuItem } from '../src/components/submenu/types';
@@ -749,6 +750,14 @@ export const createLitElement = (): LitElement => {
   return element;
 };
 
+export const createMockTemplateRenderer = (): TemplateManager => {
+  const renderer = mock<TemplateManager>();
+  renderer.isLoaded.mockReturnValue(true);
+  renderer.renderRecursively.mockImplementation((_hass, value) => value);
+  renderer.renderRecursivelyAsType.mockImplementation((_hass, value) => value);
+  return renderer;
+};
+
 export const createCardAPI = (): CardController => {
   const api = mock<CardController>();
 
@@ -784,6 +793,7 @@ export const createCardAPI = (): CardController => {
   api.getQueryStringManager.mockReturnValue(mock<QueryStringManager>());
   api.getStatusBarItemManager.mockReturnValue(mock<StatusBarItemManager>());
   api.getStyleManager.mockReturnValue(mock<StyleManager>());
+  api.getTemplateManager.mockReturnValue(mock<TemplateManager>());
   api.getCameraTriggersManager.mockReturnValue(mock<CameraTriggersManager>());
   api.getViewItemManager.mockReturnValue(mock<ViewItemManager>());
   api.getViewManager.mockReturnValue(mock<ViewManager>());