From acc96d8eeefc51502c1bca23cd1ad6cbd89da54a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Niklas Wagner <Skaro@Skaronator.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2025 12:22:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Allow selecting multiple states in state condition

---
 .../types/ha-automation-condition-state.ts         | 14 +++++++-------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/panels/config/automation/condition/types/ha-automation-condition-state.ts b/src/panels/config/automation/condition/types/ha-automation-condition-state.ts
index 701bc2868920..dbfa73d225b7 100644
--- a/src/panels/config/automation/condition/types/ha-automation-condition-state.ts
+++ b/src/panels/config/automation/condition/types/ha-automation-condition-state.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   optional,
   string,
   union,
+  array,
 } from "superstruct";
 import { createDurationData } from "../../../../../common/datetime/create_duration_data";
 import { fireEvent } from "../../../../../common/dom/fire_event";
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ const stateConditionStruct = object({
   condition: literal("state"),
   entity_id: optional(string()),
   attribute: optional(string()),
-  state: optional(string()),
+  state: optional(union([string(), array(string())])),
   for: optional(union([number(), string(), forDictStruct])),
   enabled: optional(boolean()),
 });
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ const SCHEMA = [
     name: "state",
     required: true,
     selector: {
-      state: {},
+      state: { multiple: true },
     },
     context: {
       filter_entity: "entity_id",
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ export class HaStateCondition extends LitElement implements ConditionElement {
   @property({ type: Boolean }) public disabled = false;
 
   public static get defaultConfig(): StateCondition {
-    return { condition: "state", entity_id: "", state: "" };
+    return { condition: "state", entity_id: "", state: [] };
   }
 
   public shouldUpdate(changedProperties: PropertyValues) {
@@ -129,10 +130,9 @@ export class HaStateCondition extends LitElement implements ConditionElement {
         : {}
     );
 
-    // We should not cleanup state in the above, as it is required.
-    // Set it to empty string if it is undefined.
-    if (!newCondition.state) {
-      newCondition.state = "";
+    // Ensure `state` stays an array for multi-select. If absent, set to []
+    if (newCondition.state === undefined || newCondition.state === "") {
+      newCondition.state = [];
     }
 
     fireEvent(this, "value-changed", { value: newCondition });

From f2460b3cba9e7d30eb6347805c7d29196fbd3a9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Niklas Wagner <Skaro@Skaronator.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 17:47:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Make use of the ensureArray function

---
 .../condition/types/ha-automation-condition-state.ts       | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/panels/config/automation/condition/types/ha-automation-condition-state.ts b/src/panels/config/automation/condition/types/ha-automation-condition-state.ts
index dbfa73d225b7..abebbda172d8 100644
--- a/src/panels/config/automation/condition/types/ha-automation-condition-state.ts
+++ b/src/panels/config/automation/condition/types/ha-automation-condition-state.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   array,
 } from "superstruct";
 import { createDurationData } from "../../../../../common/datetime/create_duration_data";
+import { ensureArray } from "../../../../../common/array/ensure-array";
 import { fireEvent } from "../../../../../common/dom/fire_event";
 import "../../../../../components/ha-form/ha-form";
 import type { SchemaUnion } from "../../../../../components/ha-form/types";
@@ -106,7 +107,11 @@ export class HaStateCondition extends LitElement implements ConditionElement {
 
   protected render() {
     const trgFor = createDurationData(this.condition.for);
-    const data = { ...this.condition, for: trgFor };
+    const data = {
+      ...this.condition,
+      state: ensureArray(this.condition.state) || [],
+      for: trgFor,
+    };
 
     return html`
       <ha-form