Window is closed

The Window is closed condition passes when a targeted window is currently closed. Use it when you want to make sure the house is shut before you lock a door, arm an alarm, turn heating back on, or continue only if a window has stayed closed for a while.

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. Select what you want to check. Under By target (see Targets), pick the area the window is in, like your bedroom or kitchen. You can also select a floor, a device, a specific entity, or a label.
5. From the conditions shown for that target, select Window is closed.
6. Under Condition passes if (see Behavior), pick Any or All to control how the check behaves when multiple windows are targeted.
7. Under For at least, set how long the window must have been closed before the condition passes. Leave it at zero to pass immediately.
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 window.is_closed. A basic example looks like this:

condition: window.is_closed
target:
  entity_id: binary_sensor.bedroom_window

This passes when binary_sensor.bedroom_window is currently closed.

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 window sensor or motorized window behind that target.

• Entity: one specific window sensor or motorized window, such as binary_sensor.living_room_window.
• Device: every window sensor or motorized window that belongs to a device.
• Area: every window sensor or motorized window in a room or area.
• Floor: every window sensor or motorized window on a floor.
• Label: every window sensor or motorized window 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 binary sensor or cover with the window device class.
• Windows that are unavailable or unknown are skipped. With Any, the condition passes if at least one of the other targeted windows matches. With All, it passes if all the other targeted windows match. If all targeted windows are unavailable or unknown, All passes and Any fails.
• To check the opposite state, use Window is open.

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: lock front door at night only if all downstairs windows are closed

Before locking up for the night, you can check that every downstairs window is already shut.

• Trigger: Time: 23:00
• Condition: Window is closed
• Target: Downstairs windows label
• Condition passes if: All
• Action: Lock lock
  • Target: Front door lock

alias: "Lock the front door when all downstairs windows are closed"
triggers:
  - trigger: time
    at: "23:00:00"
conditions:
  - condition: window.is_closed
    target:
      label_id: downstairs_windows
    options:
      behavior: all
      for: "00:00:00"
actions:
  - action: lock.lock
    target:
      entity_id: lock.front_door

Automation: restart the bedroom air conditioner only if the window has been closed for 15 minutes

If you use a motorized bedroom window to cool the room naturally, you might only want to turn the bedroom air conditioner back on after the window has been closed for a while.

• Trigger: Time pattern
  • Minutes: /15
• Condition: Window is closed
  • Target: Bedroom roof window cover
  • For at least: 00:15:00
• Action: Turn on thermostat
  • Target: Bedroom air conditioner

alias: "Restart bedroom air conditioner after the window stays closed"
triggers:
  - trigger: time_pattern
    minutes: "/15"
conditions:
  - condition: window.is_closed
    target:
      entity_id: cover.bedroom_roof_window
    options:
      for: "00:15:00"
actions:
  - action: climate.turn_on
    target:
      entity_id: climate.bedroom

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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• Window is open: Tests if one or more windows are open.