From 2b60e1e3b4d9164e9cada6e34a1f69d8ea890f90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Petro31 <35082313+Petro31@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2025 01:08:17 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add assumed optimistic state to template selects. (#39949)

---
 source/_integrations/template.markdown | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/source/_integrations/template.markdown b/source/_integrations/template.markdown
index 1f66306c795..fc9e517cffb 100644
--- a/source/_integrations/template.markdown
+++ b/source/_integrations/template.markdown
@@ -1737,9 +1737,10 @@ select:
       required: true
       type: action
     state:
-      description: Template for the select's current value.
-      required: true
+      description: Template for the select's current value. When omitted, the state will be set to the `option` provided by the `select_option` action.
+      required: false
       type: template
+      default: optimistic
 {% endconfiguration %}
 
 ### State based select - Control Day/Night mode of a camera