Door is open

The Door is open condition passes when one or more targeted doors are currently open. Use it when an automation should continue only if a door is still open at the moment the automation runs.

This condition is useful for reminders, security checks, and routines that should stop or warn you when a front door, patio door, or back door has not been closed yet.

Using this condition from the user interface

If you prefer building automations visually, Home Assistant walks you through this condition step by step. You pick what to check, tweak a few options, and save. No YAML knowledge required.

To use this condition in an automation:

1. Go to Settings > Automations & scenes.
2. Open an existing automation, or select Create automation > Create new automation.
3. In the And if section, select Add condition.
4. From the search box, search for and select Door is open.
5. Select what you want to check. Under By target (see Targets), pick the area your door is in, like your entryway or hallway. You can also select a floor, a device, a specific entity, or a label.
6. Under Condition passes if (see Behavior), pick Any or All.
7. Under For at least, enter how long the door must have stayed open before the condition passes.
8. Select Save.

Options in the UI

Using this condition in YAML

If you work directly in YAML, or you want to know exactly what Home Assistant does under the hood, this section has the technical reference. It lists the field names you use in YAML, their types, and which ones are required. For how an automation is built in YAML, refer to Automations in YAML.

In YAML, put the settings that are specific to this condition under options. Keep target, if the condition uses one, and general settings such as alias and enabled at the top level, next to condition.

In YAML, refer to this condition as door.is_open. A basic example looks like this:

condition: door.is_open
target:
  entity_id: binary_sensor.patio_door

This passes when binary_sensor.patio_door is currently open.

Options in YAML

Targets of the condition

This condition requires a target. The target is the object that Home Assistant will check. You can point the condition at a single entityAn entity represents a sensor, actor, or function in Home Assistant. Entities are used to monitor physical properties or to control other entities. An entity is usually part of a device or a service. [Learn more], a device, an area, a floor, or a label, and Home Assistant will evaluate every matching door sensor or motorized door behind that target.

• Entity: one specific door sensor or motorized door, such as binary_sensor.front_door.
• Device: every door sensor or motorized door that belongs to a device.
• Area: every door sensor or motorized door in a room or area.
• Floor: every door sensor or motorized door on a floor.
• Label: every door sensor or motorized door that shares a label.

You can also select different target types in one condition. For example, you can add a specific entity and an area as targets in the same condition to check both of them at once.

To learn which entities Home Assistant includes for a device, area, floor, or label, and how it handles several entities, refer to Automation targets.

Behavior with multiple targets

When you target more than one entity (or select an area, floor, or label that contains several), the Condition passes if option controls how the results combine:

• Any (default): the condition passes if at least one of the targeted entities matches. For example, if you check three smoke sensors and only one of them detects smoke, the condition still passes. This is useful for questions like “is there smoke anywhere in the house?”
• All: the condition passes only when every targeted entity matches. For example, if you check the same three smoke sensors, the condition passes only once all three report cleared. This is useful for “is the entire house safe now?” checks, so your automation does not send an all-clear while one room still has a reading.

Good to know

• The target must be a contact sensor or cover with the door device class.
• Garage doors have their own condition. To check whether a garage door is open, use Garage door is open.
• Doors that are unavailable or unknown are skipped. With Any, the condition passes if at least one of the other targeted doors matches. With All, it passes if all the other targeted doors match. If all targeted doors are unavailable or unknown, All passes and Any fails.

Try it yourself

Ready to test this? Go to Settings > Automations & scenes, open an automation, and add this condition. Trigger the automation with and without the condition met, and watch whether it continues or stops.

More examples

Real scenarios where this condition gates an automation. Copy any example and adapt it to your setup. In the visual editor, select the UI options listed in the example or paste the YAML code.

Automation: warn you if any exterior door is still open at bedtime

If you have created a helperA helper is a virtual entity you create inside Home Assistant. It is not backed by a physical device. Helpers store values, track state, or do calculations that your automations and dashboards need. [Learn more] to mark bedtime, this automation can use it to check whether any exterior door is still open. If one is, Home Assistant sends a notification instead of letting you discover it later.

• Trigger: State changed
  • Entity: Bedtime mode helper
  • To: On
• Condition: Door is open
  • Target: Front door, patio door, and back door
  • Condition passes if: Any
• Action: Send a notification message
  • Target: My Device (notify.my_device)

alias: "Warn if a door is open at bedtime"
triggers:
  - trigger: state
    entity_id: input_boolean.bedtime_mode
    to: "on"
conditions:
  - condition: door.is_open
    target:
      entity_id:
        - binary_sensor.front_door
        - binary_sensor.patio_door
        - binary_sensor.back_door
    options:
      behavior: any
actions:
  - action: notify.send_message
    target:
      entity_id: notify.my_device
    data:
      title: "A door is still open"
      message: "Check the front door, patio door, or back door before bed."

Automation: alert you if the back door is still open when you leave home

When Frenck leaves home, this automation checks whether the back door is still open. If it is, Home Assistant sends an alert so Frenck can close it before getting too far away.

• Trigger: Zone left
  • Target: Frenck
  • Zone: Home
• Condition: Door is open
  • Target: Back door
  • Condition passes if: Any
• Action: Send a notification message
  • Target: My Device (notify.my_device)

alias: "Warn if back door is open when leaving home"
triggers:
  - trigger: zone.left
    target:
      entity_id: person.frenck
    options:
      zone: zone.home
conditions:
  - condition: door.is_open
    target:
      entity_id: binary_sensor.back_door
    options:
      behavior: any
actions:
  - action: notify.send_message
    target:
      entity_id: notify.my_device
    data:
      title: "Back door is open"
      message: "The back door is still open, and you just left home."

Still stuck?

To find out why the condition didn’t pass, check it live in the automation editor, and look at the trace of the run. For details, refer to Testing automations. For common problems and their solutions, refer to Troubleshooting automations.

If that doesn’t help, the Home Assistant community is quick to help: join Discord for real-time chat, post on the community forum with the condition you’re using and what you expected to happen, or share on our subreddit /r/homeassistant.

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