Template switch - boolean not driving change

@ArtyMarty wrote:

What don’t I understand here?

I am trying to set up a switch template for turning a night light on and off with various automations.

I want to be able to change the input boolean to on or off and have it switch the light.
Problem i’m getting, if I switch the switch the boolean updates and the light goes on or off. If I update the input boolean, the template switch also changes but the light does not go on or off.

I made a card for it while testing, you will see what I mean…

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This is the code:

input_boolean:
    night_lite:                  # For night light etc
        name: 'Night Lite'
        initial: on
        icon: mdi:ab-testing


# for night light
switch:
  - platform: template
    switches:
      night_lite:
        value_template: "{{ is_state('input_boolean.night_lite', 'on') }}"
        turn_on:
          - service: input_boolean.turn_on
            entity_id: input_boolean.night_lite
          - service: light.turn_on
            entity_id: light.steps
        turn_off:
          - service: input_boolean.turn_off
            entity_id: input_boolean.night_lite
          - service: light.turn_off
            entity_id: light.steps

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