Hi all,
I’ve been having a persistent issue with my Nest Doorbell (Wired, 1st Gen) and automations in the Google Home app — both before and after migrating the doorbell from the Nest app.
The doorbell shows up correctly in Google Home, and doorbell press events appear in the activity feed, so the system is detecting the presses reliably.
I’ve set up an automation in Google Home so that when the doorbell is pressed, it triggers another smart device (like a light or plug) to turn on. That device is configured to turn off automatically after use — so it's ready for the next trigger.
The issue:
The automation works once — the first time I press the doorbell after creating the automation ✅
But it fails to run again on future doorbell presses ❌
The doorbell press still appears in the Home activity log, but the automation doesn’t fire again
I’ve tried:
Recreating the automation multiple times
Waiting several minutes between doorbell presses
Verifying that the smart device is fully off and idle before pressing again
This problem was already happening before migrating the doorbell into Google Home, and it has continued since. I currently do not have access to the Script Editor, so I’m limited to the standard automation tools in the Home app.
Has anyone else seen this kind of one-shot automation behavior with doorbell triggers? Any known fixes or reliable workarounds?
Thanks in advance for any insight!
