diff --git a/src/data/automation_i18n.ts b/src/data/automation_i18n.ts
index 8b17c894ed..c84fc3b868 100644
--- a/src/data/automation_i18n.ts
+++ b/src/data/automation_i18n.ts
@@ -189,7 +189,11 @@ export const describeTrigger = (
   // Time Trigger
   if (trigger.platform === "time" && trigger.at) {
     const at = trigger.at.includes(".")
-      ? `entity ${computeStateName(hass.states[trigger.at]) || trigger.at}`
+      ? `entity ${
+          hass.states[trigger.at]
+            ? computeStateName(hass.states[trigger.at])
+            : trigger.at
+        }`
       : trigger.at;
 
     return `When the time is equal to ${at}`;
diff --git a/src/panels/config/automation/action/types/ha-automation-action-choose.ts b/src/panels/config/automation/action/types/ha-automation-action-choose.ts
index b256e6ba50..9158f61106 100644
--- a/src/panels/config/automation/action/types/ha-automation-action-choose.ts
+++ b/src/panels/config/automation/action/types/ha-automation-action-choose.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export class HaChooseAction extends LitElement implements ActionElement {
               )}:
             </h3>
             <ha-automation-condition
-              .conditions=${option.conditions}
+              .conditions=${ensureArray<string | Condition>(option.conditions)}
               .reOrderMode=${this.reOrderMode}
               .disabled=${this.disabled}
               .hass=${this.hass}
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export class HaChooseAction extends LitElement implements ActionElement {
               )}:
             </h3>
             <ha-automation-action
-              .actions=${option.sequence || []}
+              .actions=${ensureArray(option.sequence) || []}
               .reOrderMode=${this.reOrderMode}
               .disabled=${this.disabled}
               .hass=${this.hass}
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export class HaChooseAction extends LitElement implements ActionElement {
               )}:
             </h2>
             <ha-automation-action
-              .actions=${action.default || []}
+              .actions=${ensureArray(action.default) || []}
               .reOrderMode=${this.reOrderMode}
               .disabled=${this.disabled}
               @value-changed=${this._defaultChanged}
diff --git a/src/panels/config/automation/ha-automation-editor.ts b/src/panels/config/automation/ha-automation-editor.ts
index fd9b805c71..389d0f3ef0 100644
--- a/src/panels/config/automation/ha-automation-editor.ts
+++ b/src/panels/config/automation/ha-automation-editor.ts
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ export class HaAutomationEditor extends KeyboardShortcutMixin(LitElement) {
 
     if (changedProps.has("entityId") && this.entityId) {
       getAutomationStateConfig(this.hass, this.entityId).then((c) => {
-        this._config = c.config;
+        this._config = this._normalizeConfig(c.config);
       });
       this._entityId = this.entityId;
       this._dirty = false;
@@ -473,24 +473,27 @@ export class HaAutomationEditor extends KeyboardShortcutMixin(LitElement) {
     this._entityId = automation?.entity_id;
   }
 
+  private _normalizeConfig(config: AutomationConfig): AutomationConfig {
+    // Normalize data: ensure trigger, action and condition are lists
+    // Happens when people copy paste their automations into the config
+    for (const key of ["trigger", "condition", "action"]) {
+      const value = config[key];
+      if (value && !Array.isArray(value)) {
+        config[key] = [value];
+      }
+    }
+    return config;
+  }
+
   private async _loadConfig() {
     try {
       const config = await fetchAutomationFileConfig(
         this.hass,
         this.automationId as string
       );
-
-      // Normalize data: ensure trigger, action and condition are lists
-      // Happens when people copy paste their automations into the config
-      for (const key of ["trigger", "condition", "action"]) {
-        const value = config[key];
-        if (value && !Array.isArray(value)) {
-          config[key] = [value];
-        }
-      }
       this._dirty = false;
       this._readOnly = false;
-      this._config = config;
+      this._config = this._normalizeConfig(config);
     } catch (err: any) {
       const entity = Object.values(this.hass.entities).find(
         (ent) =>
diff --git a/src/panels/config/script/ha-script-editor.ts b/src/panels/config/script/ha-script-editor.ts
index dd81e9dd8f..e842a9c949 100644
--- a/src/panels/config/script/ha-script-editor.ts
+++ b/src/panels/config/script/ha-script-editor.ts
@@ -469,15 +469,9 @@ export class HaScriptEditor extends KeyboardShortcutMixin(LitElement) {
     ) {
       fetchScriptFileConfig(this.hass, this.scriptId).then(
         (config) => {
-          // Normalize data: ensure sequence is a list
-          // Happens when people copy paste their scripts into the config
-          const value = config.sequence;
-          if (value && !Array.isArray(value)) {
-            config.sequence = [value];
-          }
           this._dirty = false;
           this._readOnly = false;
-          this._config = config;
+          this._config = this._normalizeConfig(config);
         },
         (resp) => {
           const entity = Object.values(this.hass.entities).find(
@@ -524,7 +518,7 @@ export class HaScriptEditor extends KeyboardShortcutMixin(LitElement) {
 
     if (changedProps.has("entityId") && this.entityId) {
       getScriptStateConfig(this.hass, this.entityId).then((c) => {
-        this._config = c.config;
+        this._config = this._normalizeConfig(c.config);
       });
       const regEntry = this.hass.entities[this.entityId];
       if (regEntry?.unique_id) {
@@ -536,6 +530,16 @@ export class HaScriptEditor extends KeyboardShortcutMixin(LitElement) {
     }
   }
 
+  private _normalizeConfig(config: ScriptConfig): ScriptConfig {
+    // Normalize data: ensure sequence is a list
+    // Happens when people copy paste their scripts into the config
+    const value = config.sequence;
+    if (value && !Array.isArray(value)) {
+      config.sequence = [value];
+    }
+    return config;
+  }
+
   private _computeLabelCallback = (
     schema: SchemaUnion<ReturnType<typeof this._schema>>,
     data: HaFormDataContainer