Assist, intent missing for "Cover Stop"

[neilbrookins]

Describe the feature

I cannot use the assist command "Cover Stop" because there is no intent existing. But the assist for cover open and cover close work OK. As a result, when I initiate a cover close for example to close a large heavy garage door, the door starts moving and I cannot stop or reverse it with my voice. Today my baby was suddenly in the path of the closing door and I was desperately trying to stop it, but was unable to do so with my home assistant assist command. As a result my baby was decapitated.

Happy April fools day! The baby part was made up, but the danger is real and the problem does exist.

Example commands

See screenshot above.

Use cases

Improve safety by allowing an operator to stop or reverse a door moving towards an object that would be crushed by the door. Such as a baby laying on the ground where a heavy garage door is rapidly approaching. This improvement could save a life of a real person.

Anything else?

This deficiency affects all cover devices. I tested garage door and awning myself, and I traced through the intent code to see that open and close are implemented with nothing for stop.

[mitrokun]

Nowadays, you can create voice automation yourself. A template for selecting a target can serve as a starting point.

  - action: cover.stop_cover
    metadata: {}
    data: {}
    target:
      entity_id: >-
        {{ states.cover | selectattr('attributes.device_class', 'in', ['shade',
        'blind', 'curtain'])  | selectattr('state', 'in', ['closing',
        'opening'])  |map(attribute='entity_id')| list }}