Bug - E1812 Button long press - loop until release not stopping on release

[antonio1475]

Blueprint name

Controller - IKEA E1812 TRÅDFRI Shortcut button

Home Assistant Core Version

2026.1.0

Home Assistant Installation Type

Home Assistant Operating System

Description

I'm probably doing something wrong, but the action defined under long press does not stop looping when the button is released.

Automation YAML config

alias: Controller - IKEA E1812 TRÅDFRI Shortcut button
description: ""
use_blueprint:
  path: EPMatt/ikea_e1812.yaml
  input:
    controller_device: 460a088aab846748f0af1c89996fe47d
    action_button_short:
      - action: light.toggle
        metadata: {}
        target:
          entity_id: light.tv_led_panel
        data: {}
    action_button_long:
      - action: light.turn_on
        metadata: {}
        target:
          entity_id: light.tv_led_panel
        data:
          brightness_step_pct: 1
    action_button_double:
      - action: media_player.toggle
        metadata: {}
        target:
          entity_id: media_player.tv_samsung_comedor
        data: {}
    button_long_loop: true
    button_long_max_loop_repeats: 15
    action_button_release:
      - action: light.turn_on
        metadata: {}
        target:
          entity_id: light.tv_led_panel
        data:
          brightness_step_pct: 0
        enabled: false
    helper_long_press_delay: 340

To Reproduce

1. Define an action for Long press
2. Enable Loop until release
3. Trigger the automation by long pressing
4. Release the button
5. See action in long press continue to loop until the max loops set.

Expected behavior

Loop (Brightness increase) stops.

Actual Behaviour

Loop (Brightness increase) continues

Additional Details

• I'd like to help developing a fix for this issue.

Screenshots

Screen.Recording.2026-01-15.at.21.37.50.mov

Additional context

No response

[yarafie]

@antonio1475

Did you figure this out?

[antonio1475]

@antonio1475

Did you figure this out?

I had not, but I didn't really need it so I forgot about it. I suspect it's the Mode:Single.
I've done a quick test and using the option Take control and changing the mode to Restart solved this, but this is not a great solution as it complicates maintenance by a lot. But I don't want to invest time in troubleshooting more (I don't really use this function on this button).

The creator seems no longer available, and a fork was created (eg. see #995 (comment)). @yarafie is this something you can take a look at, probably in your fork?

oh, as I type this I realize it's you haha. Oh well.