Scenes in Home Assistant
scene
part of Home Assistant since 0.15
The Scenes integration connects Home Assistant with user-defined device configurations, allowing automation of multiple devices simultaneously. It is typically set up in configuration.yaml to save and recall specific states for routines.
Typical uses
- Movie night setup
- Morning routine automation
- Ambient lighting scenes
- Bedtime preparation
Facts about this integration
- Compatible with Home Assistant
- yes, official integration
- Setup
- in configuration.yaml
- Kind
- Entity type
- Quality scale
- Internal – Part of Home Assistant itself, not rated separately.
- Installations
- 530,492 (77.6 % of the installations that share statistics)
- Categories
- Organization
- Maintained by
- @home-assistant/core
Setup
- Nothing to install: this is part of Home Assistant and available as soon as it is running.
Blueprints that use this integration
- Automation Sensor Light
- Automation NSPanel Configuration
- Automation Smart Light
- Automation Sensor Light Add On
- Automation Party Lights
- Automation Yet Another Motion Automation
Known issues and fixes
4 open issues and 0 bug fixes in the last twelve months are recorded for Scenes in the Home Assistant issue tracker.
Open
- open Effects applied in scenes are not being saved correctly.
- open Changing a scene does not respect the specified transition time, causing abrupt changes.
- open Saving a scene fails to record the color information of a light when it is turned off.
- open Creating and restoring a scene does not function correctly for lights that are in the off state.
Source: the issue tracker of Home Assistant, as of September 13, 2026. The sentences are written by a language model from the titles of the issues; the reports themselves are on GitHub.
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Source of this entry: the official documentation of the integration
The description was written by a language model from the facts listed here, not taken from the documentation.