Automation editor formats to inconsistent apostrophes on time values

[2rs]

Home Assistant release with the issue:

homeassistant: 0.86.4

Last working Home Assistant release (if known): Only noticed inconsistent formating recently

Operating environment (Hass.io/Docker/Windows/etc.):

Hass.io raspberry pi

Component/platform:

Description of problem:

Automation Editor behaves inconsistent when encapsulating time values with apostrophes. Sometimes with and sometimes not. I've noticed this with time values. If I clean up my automations.yaml manually the editor wil remove my clean up and back to inconsistent encapsulation the next time the editor is started.

Problem-relevant configuration.yaml entries and (fill out even if it seems unimportant):

[- id: '1548785885000'
  alias: Light plantlight off
  trigger:
  - at: '21:00:00'
    platform: time
  condition: []
  action:
  - data:
      entity_id: light.plantlight_group
    service: light.turn_off
- id: '1548787329983'
  alias: Light plantlight on
  trigger:
  - at: 08:00:00
    platform: time
  condition: []
  action:
  - data:
      entity_id: light.plantlight_group
    service: light.turn_on
- id: '1548787451454'
  alias: Light terrasse off
  trigger:
  - at: 00:00:00
    platform: time
  condition: []
  action:
  - data:
      entity_id: light.terrasse
    service: light.turn_off
- id: '1548787611548'
  alias: Light terrasse on
  trigger:
  - event: sunset
    platform: sun
  condition: []
  action:
  - data:
      entity_id: light.terrasse
    service: light.turn_on
- id: '1548787710871'
  alias: Light garden off
  trigger:
  - event: sunrise
    platform: sun
  condition: []
  action:
  - data:
      entity_id: switch.light_garden
    service: switch.turn_off
- id: '1548787754899'
  alias: Light garden on
  trigger:
  - event: sunset
    platform: sun
  condition: []
  action:
  - data:
      entity_id: switch.light_garden
    service: switch.turn_on
- id: '1548787839196'
  alias: Light porch on
  trigger:
  - entity_id: binary_sensor.pir_porch
    from: 'off'
    platform: state
    to: 'on'
  condition:
  - after: sunset
    condition: sun
  - after: sunset
    before: sunrise
    condition: sun
  action:
  - data:
      entity_id: switch.light_porch
    service: switch.turn_on
- id: '1548787891801'
  alias: Light porch off
  trigger:
  - entity_id: binary_sensor.pir_porch
    for: 00:05:00
    from: 'on'
    platform: state
    to: 'off'
  condition: []
  action:
  - data:
      entity_id: switch.light_porch
    service: switch.turn_off
- id: '1548788131090'
  alias: Light entrance on
  trigger:
  - entity_id: binary_sensor.pir_entrance
    from: 'off'
    platform: state
    to: 'on'
  condition: []
  action:
  - data:
      entity_id: light.entrance
    service: light.turn_on
- id: '1548788215043'
  alias: Light entrance off
  trigger:
  - entity_id: binary_sensor.pir_entrance
    for: 00:02:00
    from: 'on'
    platform: state
    to: 'off'
  condition: []
  action:
  - data:
      entity_id: light.entrance
    service: light.turn_off
- id: '1548788618767'
  alias: Light shed off
  trigger:
  - entity_id: binary_sensor.pir_shed
    for: 00:15:00
    from: 'off'
    platform: state
    to: 'on'
  condition: []
  action:
  - data:
      entity_id: light.shed
    service: light.turn_off
- id: '1548795677739'
  alias: Light shed on
  trigger:
  - entity_id: binary_sensor.pir_shed
    from: 'off'
    platform: state
    to: 'on'
  condition: []
  action:
  - data:
      entity_id: light.shed
    service: light.turn_on
- id: '1548795749589'
  alias: Light aquarium off
  trigger:
  - at: '23:00:00'
    platform: time
  condition: []
  action:
  - data:
      entity_id: switch.light_aquarium
    service: switch.turn_off
- id: '1548795820146'
  alias: Light aquarium on
  trigger:
  - at: '12:00:00'
    platform: time
  condition: []
  action:
  - data:
      entity_id: switch.light_aquarium
    service: switch.turn_on
- id: '1548795943113'
  alias: Light kitchen on day
  trigger:
  - entity_id: binary_sensor.pir_kitchen
    from: 'off'
    platform: state
    to: 'on'
  condition:
  - after: 07:00:00
    before: '22:59:59'
    condition: time
  action:
  - data:
      brightness_pct: 100
      entity_id: light.kitchen
    service: light.turn_on
- id: '1548796005176'
  alias: Light kitchen off
  trigger:
  - entity_id: binary_sensor.pir_kitchen
    for: 00:15:00
    from: 'on'
    platform: state
    to: 'off'
  condition: []
  action:
  - data:
      entity_id: light.kitchen
    service: light.turn_off
- id: '1548796266933'
  alias: Light hallway on night
  trigger:
  - entity_id: binary_sensor.pir_hallway
    from: 'off'
    platform: state
    to: 'on'
  condition:
  - after: 00:00:00
    before: 06:59:59
    condition: time
  action:
  - data:
      brightness_pct: 10
      entity_id: light.hallway
    service: light.turn_on
- id: '1548796332064'
  alias: Light hallway off
  trigger:
  - entity_id: binary_sensor.pir_hallway
    for: 00:05:00
    from: 'on'
    platform: state
    to: 'off'
  condition: []
  action:
  - data:
      entity_id: light.hallway
    service: light.turn_off
- id: '1548796401433'
  alias: Light diningroom on day
  trigger:
  - entity_id: binary_sensor.pir_diningroom
    from: 'off'
    platform: state
    to: 'on'
  condition:
  - after: 07:00:00
    before: '23:00:00'
    condition: time
  action:
  - data:
      brightness_pct: 100
      entity_id: light.diningroom
    service: light.turn_on
- id: '1548796464197'
  alias: Light spsiestue off
  trigger:
  - entity_id: binary_sensor.pir_diningroom
    for: 00:30:00
    from: 'on'
    platform: state
    to: 'off'
  condition: []
  action:
  - data:
      entity_id: light.diningroom
    service: light.turn_off
- id: '1548796566142'
  alias: Light pantry on
  trigger:
  - entity_id: binary_sensor.pir_pantry
    from: 'off'
    platform: state
    to: 'on'
  condition: []
  action:
  - data:
      entity_id: light.pantry
    service: light.turn_on
- id: '1548796621769'
  alias: Light pantry off
  trigger:
  - entity_id: binary_sensor.pir_pantry
    for: 00:02:00
    from: 'on'
    platform: state
    to: 'off'
  condition: []
  action:
  - data:
      entity_id: light.pantry
    service: light.turn_off
- id: '1548796686594'
  alias: Light sauna on
  trigger:
  - entity_id: switch.oven_sauna
    from: 'off'
    platform: state
    to: 'on'
  condition: []
  action:
  - data:
      entity_id: light.sauna
    service: light.turn_on
- id: '1548796746841'
  alias: Light sauna off
  trigger:
  - entity_id: switch.oven_sauna
    from: 'on'
    platform: state
    to: 'off'
  condition: []
  action:
  - data:
      entity_id: light.sauna
    service: light.turn_off
- id: '1548796819052'
  alias: Sauna auto off
  trigger:
  - entity_id: switch.oven_sauna
    for: 04:00:00
    from: 'off'
    platform: state
    to: 'on'
  condition: []
  action:
  - data:
      entity_id: switch.oven_sauna
    service: switch.turn_off
- id: '1548844649466'
  alias: Light bathroom on day
  trigger:
  - entity_id: binary_sensor.pir_bathroom
    from: 'off'
    platform: state
    to: 'on'
  condition:
  - after: 08:00:00
    before: '23:59:59'
    condition: time
  action:
  - data:
      brightness: 100
      entity_id: light.bathroom
    service: light.turn_on
- id: '1548844718862'
  alias: Light bathroom off
  trigger:
  - entity_id: binary_sensor.pir_bathroom
    for: 00:05:00
    from: 'on'
    platform: state
    to: 'off'
  condition: []
  action:
  - data:
      entity_id: light.bathroom
    service: light.turn_off
- id: '1548899908163'
  alias: Light hallway on day
  trigger:
  - entity_id: binary_sensor.pir_hallway
    from: 'off'
    platform: state
    to: 'on'
  condition:
  - after: 07:00:00
    before: '23:59:59'
    condition: time
  action:
  - data:
      brightness_pct: 100
      entity_id: light.hallway
    service: light.turn_on
- id: '1548900953061'
  alias: Light dining room night
  trigger:
  - entity_id: binary_sensor.pir_diningroom
    from: 'off'
    platform: state
    to: 'on'
  condition:
  - after: '23:00:00'
    before: 06:59:59
    condition: time
  action:
  - data:
      brightness_pct: 10
      entity_id: light.diningroom
    service: light.turn_on
- id: '1548901107723'
  alias: Light kitchen night
  trigger:
  - entity_id: binary_sensor.pir_diningroom
    from: 'off'
    platform: state
    to: 'on'
  condition:
  - after: '23:00:00'
    before: 06:59:59
    condition: time
  action:
  - data:
      brightness_pct: 10
      entity_id: light.kitchen
    service: light.turn_on
- id: '1548965122964'
  alias: Light bathroom on night
  trigger:
  - entity_id: binary_sensor.pir_bathroom
    from: 'off'
    platform: state
    to: 'on'
  condition:
  - after: 00:00:00
    before: 07:59:59
    condition: time
  action:
  - data:
      brightness_pct: 10
      entity_id: light_bathroom
    service: light.turn_on
]

Traceback (if applicable):

Additional information: I placed this by error in the home-assistant-polymer, but closed it and reposted here.

[awarecan]

  trigger:
  - at: 08:00:00
    platform: time

This should not be able to work. 08:00:00 without quotation marks will be interpreted as 28800, e..g. 8 60 60 seconds. It is not valid for at field which requires a time value.

[2rs]

Well, I have tried several times to correct it by manually encapsulating all occurences that was missing apostrophes, but as soon as I do something in the automations editor and save the changes then the yaml will look like it used to - that is, broken like my example.

[robmarkcole]

I have also observed this issue. I wonder if https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/issues/20976 is related to this issue also, as I see the same happening in their config

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