Add alias support to all triggers (#77184)

homeassistant/components/automation/__init__.py

@@ -443,9 +443,13 @@ class AutomationEntity(ToggleEntity, RestoreEntity):
         This method is a coroutine.
         """
         reason = ""
-        if "trigger" in run_variables and "description" in run_variables["trigger"]:
+        alias = ""
-            reason = f' by {run_variables["trigger"]["description"]}'
+        if "trigger" in run_variables:
-        self._logger.debug("Automation triggered%s", reason)
+            if "description" in run_variables["trigger"]:
+                reason = f' by {run_variables["trigger"]["description"]}'
+            if "alias" in run_variables["trigger"]:
+                alias = f' trigger \'{run_variables["trigger"]["alias"]}\''
+        self._logger.debug("Automation%s triggered%s", alias, reason)
 
         # Create a new context referring to the old context.
         parent_id = None if context is None else context.id

homeassistant/helpers/config_validation.py

@@ -1425,6 +1425,7 @@ CONDITION_ACTION_SCHEMA: vol.Schema = vol.Schema(
 
 TRIGGER_BASE_SCHEMA = vol.Schema(
     {
+        vol.Optional(CONF_ALIAS): str,
         vol.Required(CONF_PLATFORM): str,
         vol.Optional(CONF_ID): str,
         vol.Optional(CONF_VARIABLES): SCRIPT_VARIABLES_SCHEMA,

homeassistant/helpers/trigger.py

@@ -9,7 +9,13 @@ from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Protocol, TypedDict
 
 import voluptuous as vol
 
-from homeassistant.const import CONF_ENABLED, CONF_ID, CONF_PLATFORM, CONF_VARIABLES
+from homeassistant.const import (
+    CONF_ALIAS,
+    CONF_ENABLED,
+    CONF_ID,
+    CONF_PLATFORM,
+    CONF_VARIABLES,
+)
 from homeassistant.core import CALLBACK_TYPE, Context, HomeAssistant, callback
 from homeassistant.exceptions import HomeAssistantError
 from homeassistant.loader import IntegrationNotFound, async_get_integration
@@ -43,6 +49,7 @@ class TriggerData(TypedDict):
 
     id: str
     idx: str
+    alias: str | None
 
 
 class TriggerInfo(TypedDict):
@@ -130,7 +137,8 @@ async def async_initialize_triggers(
         platform = await _async_get_trigger_platform(hass, conf)
         trigger_id = conf.get(CONF_ID, f"{idx}")
         trigger_idx = f"{idx}"
-        trigger_data = TriggerData(id=trigger_id, idx=trigger_idx)
+        trigger_alias = conf.get(CONF_ALIAS)
+        trigger_data = TriggerData(id=trigger_id, idx=trigger_idx, alias=trigger_alias)
         info = TriggerInfo(
             domain=domain,
             name=name,

tests/helpers/test_trigger.py

@@ -103,3 +103,37 @@ async def test_if_disabled_trigger_not_firing(
     hass.bus.async_fire("enabled_trigger_event")
     await hass.async_block_till_done()
     assert len(calls) == 1
+
+
+async def test_trigger_alias(
+    hass: HomeAssistant, calls: list[ServiceCall], caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture
+) -> None:
+    """Test triggers support aliases."""
+    assert await async_setup_component(
+        hass,
+        "automation",
+        {
+            "automation": {
+                "trigger": [
+                    {
+                        "alias": "My event",
+                        "platform": "event",
+                        "event_type": "trigger_event",
+                    }
+                ],
+                "action": {
+                    "service": "test.automation",
+                    "data_template": {"alias": "{{ trigger.alias }}"},
+                },
+            }
+        },
+    )
+
+    hass.bus.async_fire("trigger_event")
+    await hass.async_block_till_done()
+    assert len(calls) == 1
+    assert calls[0].data["alias"] == "My event"
+    assert (
+        "Automation trigger 'My event' triggered by event 'trigger_event'"
+        in caplog.text
+    )