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Scenes in Home Assistant

scene part of Home Assistant since 0.15

Quality: Internal

The Scenes integration connects Home Assistant with user-defined scenarios that automate multiple devices simultaneously. It allows users to save and recall specific device states for tasks like setting moods, simplifying routines, or organizing complex automation sequences.

Typical uses

  • Automate multiple devices at once
  • Create mood lighting setups
  • Simplify complex routines
  • Organize device configurations

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
557,312 (77.4 % of the installations that share statistics)
Categories
Organization
Maintained by
@home-assistant/core

Setup

  1. 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 – Switches lights based on sensor inputs, schedules, and user-defined switches. Requires binary sensors, lights, and input booleans. ♥ 1,710 · Import · Forum
  • Automation NSPanel Configuration – Configures NSPanel devices with ESPhome, using weather and sensor data to trigger light notifications and controls. ♥ 626 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Smart Light – Automates lights using sensors, switches, and scenes, with input booleans for manual control. ♥ 215 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Sensor Light Add On – Controls lights and scenes via switches and sensors. Requires light, switch, and scene entities. ♥ 96 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Party Lights – Automates party lights by activating scenes and adjusting light entities. ♥ 77 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Yet Another Motion Automation – Controls lights and scenes based on motion sensor input, requiring light and scene entities. ♥ 76 · Import · Forum

All blueprints for it

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. since January 12, 2023 · 10 reactions · 53 comments · #85731
  • open Changing a scene does not respect the specified transition time, causing abrupt changes. since April 30, 2022 · 10 reactions · 53 comments · #161451
  • open Saving a scene fails to record the color information of a light when it is turned off. since December 3, 2025 · 4 reactions · 5 comments · #157824
  • open Creating and restoring a scene does not function correctly for lights that are in the off state. Affects: Gledopto GL-LB-001P since September 12, 2024 · 2 reactions · 19 comments · #125807

Source: the issue tracker of Home Assistant, as of November 1, 2026. The sentences are written by a language model from the titles of the issues; the reports themselves are on GitHub.

Check a specific device for known problems in the product check →

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.

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