Template reload causes sensors to trigger

[FuzzyMistborn]

Describe the bug

I have a few sensors that are template sensors. With the update to version .115, if I take advantage of the new "Reload Template Entities" service, it causes all the templates (sensors/binary sensors) to be reloaded, which in turn causes the state nodes I have in NR to trigger. I have them set to "output only on state change" and they still output. I'm not sure if there's a way to filter those out based on how the sensor is updated but it's slightly annoying as a few spit out a bunch of notification messages.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Have a sensor based on a template.
2. Use that sensor in an Events: State node in NodeRed
3. Go to configuration->Server Controls->Reload Template Entities in HomeAssistant
4. See node output

Expected behavior

Ideally no output based solely on reloading the sensor.

Screenshots

Example Flow

[{"id":"70fa2021.44654","type":"server-state-changed","z":"9a7feaee.12c878","name":"Christmas Mode","server":"63517380.eb951c","version":1,"exposeToHomeAssistant":false,"haConfig":[{"property":"name","value":""},{"property":"icon","value":""}],"entityidfilter":"sensor.christmas_mode","entityidfiltertype":"exact","outputinitially":false,"state_type":"str","haltifstate":"","halt_if_type":"str","halt_if_compare":"is","outputs":1,"output_only_on_state_change":true,"x":380,"y":4160,"wires":[["658bab0.b6b6254"]]},{"id":"190db59b.f6aa9a","type":"api-call-service","z":"9a7feaee.12c878","name":"Christmas IB On/Off","server":"63517380.eb951c","version":1,"debugenabled":false,"service_domain":"input_boolean","service":"turn_{{payload}}","entityId":"input_boolean.christmas","data":"","dataType":"json","mergecontext":"","output_location":"","output_location_type":"none","mustacheAltTags":false,"x":780,"y":4180,"wires":[[]]},{"id":"766f2b33.7cb444","type":"change","z":"9a7feaee.12c878","name":"Set Text","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"payload","pt":"msg","to":"Tis the season!  The house is now in Holiday Mode.","tot":"str"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":780,"y":4100,"wires":[["189004dc.94e3eb"]]},{"id":"189004dc.94e3eb","type":"link out","z":"9a7feaee.12c878","name":"","links":["a2c80941.27ba"],"x":875,"y":4100,"wires":[]},{"id":"f1c2aca9.0f4f6","type":"change","z":"9a7feaee.12c878","name":"Set Text","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"payload","pt":"msg","to":"The holiday season is now over.  Deactivating Holiday Mode.","tot":"str"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":780,"y":4140,"wires":[["f1cca11f.4f083"]]},{"id":"f1cca11f.4f083","type":"link out","z":"9a7feaee.12c878","name":"","links":["a2c80941.27ba"],"x":875,"y":4140,"wires":[]},{"id":"351fd110.1c48ee","type":"switch","z":"9a7feaee.12c878","name":"","property":"payload","propertyType":"msg","rules":[{"t":"eq","v":"on","vt":"str"},{"t":"eq","v":"off","vt":"str"}],"checkall":"true","repair":false,"outputs":2,"x":675,"y":4120,"wires":[["766f2b33.7cb444"],["f1c2aca9.0f4f6"]],"l":false},{"id":"658bab0.b6b6254","type":"api-current-state","z":"9a7feaee.12c878","name":"HASS Reboot","server":"63517380.eb951c","version":1,"outputs":2,"halt_if":"2","halt_if_type":"num","halt_if_compare":"gt","override_topic":false,"entity_id":"sensor.uptime_minutes","state_type":"str","state_location":"","override_payload":"none","entity_location":"","override_data":"none","blockInputOverrides":false,"x":560,"y":4160,"wires":[["190db59b.f6aa9a","351fd110.1c48ee"],[]]},{"id":"63517380.eb951c","type":"server","z":"","name":"Home Assistant","legacy":false,"addon":false,"rejectUnauthorizedCerts":false,"ha_boolean":"y|yes|true|on|home|open","connectionDelay":true,"cacheJson":true}]

Environment (please complete the following information):

• Node Red Version: 1.13
• Node.js Version: Not sure, I run via docker
• NR Home Assistant Plugin Version: 0.25.1
• Is Node Red running in Docker: Yes

Other (please complete the following information):

• Have you searched previous issues for duplicates?: Yes

Additional context

[zachowj]

I haven't testing .115 yet but my guess is if you look at the previous entity output, msg.data.old_state.state , it is something like unavailable or unknown. You can easily filter those out using a switch node after the event state node or changing to a trigger state node and filter inside of that.

[FuzzyMistborn]

Actually the msg.data.old_state.state is reading as "null"

[zachowj]

Not sure what will break if I put a check to see if old_state is null. I'll have to look into that but in the interim, you can easily filter it out with a switch node.

[{"id":"e312da1a.239108","type":"server-state-changed","z":"ffbd7f06.4a014","name":"","version":1,"exposeToHomeAssistant":false,"haConfig":[{"property":"name","value":""},{"property":"icon","value":""}],"entityidfilter":"test","entityidfiltertype":"exact","outputinitially":false,"state_type":"str","haltifstate":"","halt_if_type":"str","halt_if_compare":"is","outputs":1,"output_only_on_state_change":true,"x":138,"y":832,"wires":[["6ee10355.9464dc"]]},{"id":"6ee10355.9464dc","type":"switch","z":"ffbd7f06.4a014","name":"","property":"data.old_state","propertyType":"msg","rules":[{"t":"nnull"}],"checkall":"true","repair":false,"outputs":1,"x":306,"y":832,"wires":[["f529974f.5c1dd8"]]},{"id":"f529974f.5c1dd8","type":"debug","z":"ffbd7f06.4a014","name":"do stuff","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"payload","targetType":"msg","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":444,"y":832,"wires":[]}]

[FuzzyMistborn]

Yep, figured that one out thanks. I'll leave this open in case you figure out a way to solve, but if you can't feel free to close.

[zachowj]

The above changes were reverted and I added some predefined ignore types to the event state node.