The `initialized` state (used in conditions/triggers) was written once
and never cleared, so it meant "has this card ever been initialized"
while everything reading it took it as "is this card usable now". Home
Assistant takes a card off the page and puts it back whenever its
dashboard tab is left and returned to, so the card initialized again
while the state claimed it was initialized throughout: `trigger:
initialized` fired once per card rather than once per startup, and
automations were dropped in between.
The card lifecycle is now an explicit state machine (`SessionManager`),
the only writer of `initialized`, which separates a card that is
starting up from one initializing part of itself again while it runs. A
new `ever` parameter (conditions/triggers) selects the old latched
behaviour.
`remote_control` uses that parameter to keep its two camera priorities
correct under repeated starts. With `camera_priority: entity` the card
now re-reads the entity every time it starts, so a camera selected while
the card was away is picked up on return. With `camera_priority: card`
the card writes the entity on its first start only, unchanged, since
repeating that write would overwrite a camera the user had selected.
Closes: #2642
BREAKING CHANGE: `condition: initialized` is now `false` whenever the
card is not usable, and `trigger: initialized` fires each time the card
starts up rather than only the first time. Set `ever: true` on either to
keep the previous behaviour.
- Closes#2556
- Closes#2450
**Key intended features:**
- go2rtc compatible
- 100% test coverage to significantly improve ability to test, maintain
and work around browser weirdnesses (e.g. Safari).
- Written from the ground up in the style of the rest of the project.
**To use:**
- Change `live_provider` from `go2rtc` to `go2rtc-experimental`.
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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Split automations into HA-style `triggers`, ongoing `conditions`, and
`actions`, with compatibility migrations for existing Advanced Camera
Card configs.
## Summary
At a glance (details below):
- **Added** `triggers:` -- a required, HA-shaped block: stock `state` /
`numeric_state` / `template` plus card-specific triggers (`camera`,
`view`, `fullscreen`, ...).
- **Added** the HA-native `if` / `then` / `else` action.
- **Removed** `actions_not` (replaced by `if` / `then` / `else`).
- **Removed** the ambient `advanced_camera_card` template namespace (use
`acc` instead).
- **Changed** the trigger template surface to a top-level `trigger.*`
variable (as in HA); the nested `acc.trigger.*` paths are removed.
- **Changed** `conditions:` to ongoing gates only -- they no longer wake
an automation, and change-only forms (`config`, valueless `camera` /
`view` / `state`) become triggers, not conditions.
- **Changed** action templates to render per step, so a later action
sees state an earlier one changed.
- **Compatibility:** HA-shaped YAML is accepted (singular keys,
single-or-list, `and` / `or` / `not` shorthand, `entity` / `entity_id`).
- **Migration:** existing configs upgrade automatically; anything that
cannot be converted faithfully is recorded under `__UPGRADE_FAILURE__`
for manual fixup.
## Breaking Changes
### 1. Automations now require triggers
Before this PR, `automations[].conditions` served two roles:
- They decided whether the automation should run.
- They also acted as the thing that woke the automation up.
After this PR:
- `triggers` wake the automation.
- `conditions` only gate it at the instant a trigger fires.
Most existing automations are migrated automatically from `conditions:`
to `triggers:`.
### 2. `actions_not` is retired
Legacy `actions_not` is replaced by an HA-style `if` action with `then`
/ `else`.
Faithful conversions are automatic. Cases that cannot be faithfully
converted are recorded under `__UPGRADE_FAILURE__.automations` and must
be migrated manually.
### 3. Template surface aligned with Home Assistant
Two related template changes, both auto-migrated:
- **Top-level `trigger.*`.** Automation actions now receive a top-level
`trigger` template variable, like Home Assistant. Legacy nested paths
such as `acc.trigger.state.to` and
`advanced_camera_card.trigger.camera.to` are migrated automatically when
they appear inside template strings.
- **The ambient `advanced_camera_card` template namespace is removed.**
The long-form ambient namespace (`advanced_camera_card.camera`,
`advanced_camera_card.view`, `advanced_camera_card.config`) is retired
in favour of its shorter `acc` alias -- supported since v7.1.0, and the
only spelling the new trigger surface uses. Existing templates are
migrated automatically by rewriting the `advanced_camera_card.` prefix
to `acc.`.
### 4. Trigger-only condition forms are no longer valid conditions
Some legacy "conditions" were really change detectors. These are now
triggers only:
- `condition: config`
- valueless `camera`
- valueless `view`
- valueless `state` / picture-elements state condition with neither
`state` nor `state_not`
These are automatically promoted in automations and stripped from
overrides/elements where they would no longer be meaningful as ongoing
conditions.
### 5. Template truthiness now follows Home Assistant behavior
Template conditions and template triggers intentionally use different
truthiness rules, matching HA:
- A template condition passes only when the rendered value is `true`
(case-insensitive), matching HA's `condition.py`.
- A template trigger uses HA's broader `result_as_boolean` coercion: a
non-zero number, or `1` / `true` / `yes` / `on` / `enable`
(case-insensitive), counts as true.
### 6. Action templates render when each action executes
Action templates are now rendered per action step, not once for the
whole sequence. This means a later action can see card-local state
changed by an earlier action in the same sequence.
The `trigger` context is fixed for the automation run. HA entity state
updates still depend on the frontend receiving updated HASS state over
the websocket.
## Automatic Migrations
### Automation `conditions:` to `triggers:`
Simple legacy automation:
```yaml
# Before
automations:
- conditions:
- condition: fullscreen
fullscreen: true
actions:
- action: custom:advanced-camera-card-action
advanced_camera_card_action: substream_on
```
```yaml
# After, automatic
automations:
- triggers:
- trigger: fullscreen
fullscreen: true
actions:
- action: custom:advanced-camera-card-action
advanced_camera_card_action: substream_on
```
State conditions become HA-style state triggers:
```yaml
# Before
automations:
- conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.front_door
state: 'on'
actions:
- action: custom:advanced-camera-card-action
advanced_camera_card_action: live
```
```yaml
# After, automatic
automations:
- triggers:
- trigger: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.front_door
to: 'on'
actions:
- action: custom:advanced-camera-card-action
advanced_camera_card_action: live
```
Multiple conditions become both triggers and ongoing conditions:
```yaml
# Before
automations:
- conditions:
- condition: camera
cameras: [front_door]
- condition: fullscreen
fullscreen: true
actions:
- action: custom:advanced-camera-card-action
advanced_camera_card_action: substream_on
```
```yaml
# After, automatic
automations:
- triggers:
- trigger: camera
cameras: [front_door]
- trigger: fullscreen
fullscreen: true
conditions:
- condition: camera
cameras: [front_door]
- condition: fullscreen
fullscreen: true
actions:
- action: custom:advanced-camera-card-action
advanced_camera_card_action: substream_on
```
The flattened trigger list is an implicit OR. The retained `conditions:`
list is an implicit AND checked when any trigger fires.
### Trigger-only legacy conditions
Legacy `config` conditions become `config` triggers:
```yaml
# Before
automations:
- conditions:
- condition: config
paths: [menu.style]
actions:
- action: custom:advanced-camera-card-action
advanced_camera_card_action: status_bar
```
```yaml
# After, automatic
automations:
- triggers:
- trigger: config
paths: [menu.style]
actions:
- action: custom:advanced-camera-card-action
advanced_camera_card_action: status_bar
```
Trigger-only leaves are removed from retained `conditions:` blocks
because they no longer describe an ongoing state.
### `actions_not` to `if` / `then` / `else`
```yaml
# Before
automations:
- conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.camera_alerts
state: 'on'
actions:
- action: custom:advanced-camera-card-action
advanced_camera_card_action: live
actions_not:
- action: none
```
```yaml
# After, automatic
automations:
- triggers:
- trigger: state
entity_id: input_boolean.camera_alerts
actions:
- if:
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.camera_alerts
state: 'on'
then:
- action: custom:advanced-camera-card-action
advanced_camera_card_action: live
else:
- action: none
```
If the legacy automation had no conditions, or only trigger-only
conditions, `actions_not` is dropped because the old `else` branch could
not be reproduced as an ongoing predicate.
### Trigger template paths
```yaml
# Before
message: 'Door is {{ acc.trigger.state.to }} from {{ acc.trigger.state.from }}'
```
```yaml
# After, automatic
message: 'Door is {{ trigger.to_state.state }} from {{ trigger.from_state.state }}'
```
Path rewrites performed automatically:
| Old path | New path |
| -------------------------- | -------------------------- |
| `acc.trigger.state.entity` | `trigger.entity_id` |
| `acc.trigger.state.from` | `trigger.from_state.state` |
| `acc.trigger.state.to` | `trigger.to_state.state` |
| `acc.trigger.camera.from` | `trigger.from_acc.camera` |
| `acc.trigger.camera.to` | `trigger.to_acc.camera` |
| `acc.trigger.view.from` | `trigger.from_acc.view` |
| `acc.trigger.view.to` | `trigger.to_acc.view` |
| `acc.trigger.config.from` | `trigger.from_acc.config` |
| `acc.trigger.config.to` | `trigger.to_acc.config` |
The same rewrites are applied for the older
`advanced_camera_card.trigger.*` namespace.
### Ambient template namespace
Any remaining long-form ambient `advanced_camera_card.*` references
(outside the trigger surface) are rewritten to the `acc.*` alias:
```yaml
# Before
title: 'Now viewing {{ advanced_camera_card.camera }}'
```
```yaml
# After, automatic
title: 'Now viewing {{ acc.camera }}'
```
## Manual Migration Cases
### `__UPGRADE_FAILURE__.automations`
If a legacy automation cannot be converted faithfully, the original
automation is recorded under:
```yaml
__UPGRADE_FAILURE__:
automations:
- ...
```
These entries require manual migration.
The main known case is legacy `actions_not` with a condition whose
trigger can only fire on a rising edge, such as:
- `condition: template`
- `condition: screen`
- `condition: numeric_state` without an entity-backed state to watch
Those conditions can start the `then` branch, but cannot reliably start
the `else` branch when they stop matching.
### Unsupported HA conditions and triggers
This PR aligns the card with HA where supported, but it is not a full HA
automation engine.
Unsupported HA condition families include:
- `time`
- `zone`
- `sun`
- `location`
- `device`
- `condition: trigger`
Unsupported HA trigger platforms include:
- `event`
- `time`
- `time_pattern`
- `sun`
- `zone`
- `calendar`
- `webhook`
- `tag`
- `device`
- `mqtt`
The card-specific camera `triggers:` feature (which auto-selects and
wakes the card on camera events such as motion) is a separate feature
from automation `triggers:`, despite the shared word.
### Trigger IDs and variables
HA keys such as `id`, `alias`, and `variables` are accepted so pasted HA
YAML validates, but they are ignored by the card. There is no
`trigger.id` support in this PR.
## New Compatibility Features
This PR also makes card config more forgiving for HA-style YAML:
- `trigger`, `condition`, and `action` singular keys are accepted and
normalized to `triggers`, `conditions`, and `actions`.
- Single trigger, condition, and action objects are accepted where lists
are expected.
- `if`, `then`, and `else` accept a single item or a list.
- Composite condition shorthand is accepted:
- `{ and: [...] }`
- `{ or: [...] }`
- `{ not: [...] }`
- `{ condition: [...] }` as an implicit AND
- State conditions resolve expected state values that name another
entity, matching HA/Lovelace behavior.
- Both `entity` and `entity_id` are accepted on state and numeric
conditions and triggers (a superset of HA's two dialects), so there is
no forced rename.
- `state_not` remains supported as a card/Lovelace-friendly extension.
## Trigger Payloads
Automation action templates receive a top-level `trigger` object.
For stock `state` and `numeric_state` triggers:
```yaml
trigger.platform
trigger.entity_id
trigger.entity
trigger.from_state
trigger.to_state
```
For template triggers:
```yaml
trigger.platform
```
For card-specific triggers:
```yaml
trigger.platform # "acc"
trigger.type
trigger.from_acc
trigger.to_acc
```
The card does not currently expose HA's `id`, `idx`, `for`, `attribute`,
`above`, `below`, or `alias` trigger fields.
BREAKING CHANGE: Automations now follow Home Assistant's `triggers:` /
`conditions:` / `actions:` model. Automations require a `triggers:`
block and `conditions:` no longer wake an automation; `actions_not` is
removed in favour of an `if` / `then` / `else` action; the nested
`acc.trigger.*` template paths and the ambient `advanced_camera_card`
template namespace are removed (use the top-level `trigger.*` surface
and the `acc` alias); trigger-only condition forms (`config`, valueless
`camera` / `view` / `state`) are no longer valid conditions; and
template-condition vs template-trigger truthiness now follow HA.
Existing configs are upgraded automatically where a faithful conversion
exists; anything that cannot be converted is recorded under
`__UPGRADE_FAILURE__` for manual migration.
---------
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
## Summary
- Collapse `live_substream_{on,off,select}` into a unified
`substream_{on,off}` pair, symmetric with `call_{start,end}`.
- Rename the `camera` field on the former `live_substream_select` to
`stream` (it always was a stream ID).
- Add optional `camera` field to both new actions for targeting a
non-selected base camera.
- YAML configs are migrated automatically; URL bookmarks must be updated
by hand.
## Migration
### Cycling between camera and substream (toggle button)
Before:
```yaml
tap_action:
action: custom:advanced-camera-card-action
advanced_camera_card_action: live_substream_on
```
After:
```yaml
tap_action:
action: custom:advanced-camera-card-action
advanced_camera_card_action: substream_on
```
### Selecting a specific substream
Before:
```yaml
tap_action:
action: custom:advanced-camera-card-action
advanced_camera_card_action: live_substream_select
camera: camera.front_door_hd
```
After:
```yaml
tap_action:
action: custom:advanced-camera-card-action
advanced_camera_card_action: substream_on
stream: camera.front_door_hd
```
### Turning the substream off
Before:
```yaml
tap_action:
action: custom:advanced-camera-card-action
advanced_camera_card_action: live_substream_off
```
After:
```yaml
tap_action:
action: custom:advanced-camera-card-action
advanced_camera_card_action: substream_off
```
### URL querystrings (manual update required)
| Before | After |
| --- | --- |
|
`?advanced-camera-card-action.live_substream_select=camera.front_door_hd`
| `?advanced-camera-card-action.substream_on=camera.front_door_hd` |
Draws significant inspiration (and direct styling) from
https://github.com/dermotduffy/advanced-camera-card/pull/2447 . Thank
you @Maudfer !
BREAKING CHANGE:
The microphone condition previously bundled two unrelated signals —
whether a two-way-audio session was connected and whether the microphone
was muted. Connection state is now its own dedicated call condition, and
microphone is reserved purely for mute state. Configs are upgraded
automatically (the card rewrites affected conditions under overrides,
elements, and automations). If you maintain config by hand, convert as
follows:
If you only used connected:
# Before
```yaml
condition: microphone
connected: true
```
# After
```yaml
condition: call
call: true
```
If you used both connected and muted — they must be split into two
conditions, since they no longer live together:
# Before
```yaml
condition: microphone
connected: true
muted: false
```
# After
```yaml
condition: and
conditions:
- condition: call
call: true
- condition: microphone
muted: false
```
Dermot Duffy