Hey guys,

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I'm having trouble with the states of my template sensors, cover templates, and other templates after restarting HassIO. I'm transitioning from SmartThings to HA, so I'm frequently restarting as I add tweak my configuration. I've seen the "Considerations" section in the HA Template Sensor configuration that says:

"If you are using the state of a platform that takes extra time to load, the Template Sensor may get an unknownstate during startup. To avoid this (and the resulting error messages in your log file), you can use is_state()function in your template. For example, you would replace {{ is_state('switch.source', 'on') }}with this equivalent that returns true/falseand never gives an unknownresult:

{{ is_state('switch.source', 'on') }}"

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I've tried to mimic this, but it still seems like a get an "unknown" state, followed by an on/off , true/false, etc. state from the template. This causes entries in my logbook that make it appear that an action has occurred where there has been no action. Of specific concern is when I see "Garage Door changed to closed" when making changes and restarting remotely. I feel confident that my garage door has been closed the whole time, but it is still unnerving to see these messages.

As an example, my garage door cover template sensor is looks like:

- platform: template

covers:

garage_door:

friendly_name: "Garage Door"

value_template: "{{is_state('sensor.garage_door_zwave_sensor_alarm_level', '255')}}"

open_cover:

service_template: >

{% if is_state('sensor.garage_door_zwave_sensor_alarm_level', '0') %}

switch.turn_on

{% endif %}

entity_id: switch.garage_door_switch

close_cover:

service_template: >

{% if is_state('sensor.garage_door_zwave_sensor_alarm_level', '255') %}

switch.turn_on

{% endif %}

entity_id: switch.garage_door_switch

stop_cover:

service: switch.turn_on

data:

entity_id: switch.garage_door_switch

icon_template: >-

{% if is_state('sensor.garage_door_zwave_sensor_alarm_level', '255') %}

mdi:garage-open

{% else %}

mdi:garage

{% endif %}

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But, every time I restart, The state history shows that it was open during reboot, and the logbook shows "Home Assistant started" followed by "Garage Door changed to closed".

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Anyone have a solution? Can post any other information that is needed to debug.