node_unchanged the context 'entity' in 'rules_entity_is_of_bundle' requires a value.

What is your event? Please post an export of your rule so we can see how it is configured.

The actual bundle is different from my original post which I tried to simplify. It is "race_pdf_txt_xls_txt"

uuid: 58ee75da-b482-4c88-bd26-47227c64451f
langcode: en
status: true
dependencies: { }
id: email_staff_change
label: 'Email staff change'
events:
-
event_name: 'rules_entity_presave:node--race_pdf_txt_xls_txt'
description: ''
tags: { }
config_version: '3'
expression:
id: rules_rule
uuid: afeae29e-8e8a-44ae-993e-ee107623c21c
weight: 0
conditions:
id: rules_and
uuid: 05f3e980-a292-435d-958a-80832b382191
weight: 0
conditions:
-
id: rules_condition
uuid: 30c24ebe-a39e-4d06-beff-b053db63c540
weight: 0
condition_id: rules_entity_is_of_bundle
negate: false
context_values:
type: node
bundle: race_pdf_txt_xls_txt
context_mapping:
entity: node
context_processors:
type:
rules_tokens: { }
bundle:
rules_tokens: { }
provides_mapping: { }
-
id: rules_condition
uuid: b2e6ccbd-6740-4ad4-96bc-3d6098f85b71
weight: 0
condition_id: rules_entity_is_of_bundle
negate: false
context_values:
type: node
bundle: race_pdf_txt_xls_txt
context_mapping:
entity: node_unchanged
context_processors:
type:
rules_tokens: { }
bundle:
rules_tokens: { }
provides_mapping: { }
-
id: rules_condition
uuid: 5d913850-f698-4bd3-aa0a-594dc3f763cc
weight: 0
condition_id: rules_data_comparison
negate: true
context_values:
operation: CONTAINS
context_mapping:
data: node_unchanged.field_staff.target_id
value: node.field_staff.target_id
context_processors:
operation:
rules_tokens: { }
provides_mapping: { }
actions:
id: rules_action_set
uuid: 1aa91da2-2574-4161-ab87-ae3ae72c2218
weight: 0
actions:
-
id: rules_action
uuid: d9fc3b1c-68e1-4557-ab34-77ece46e8177
weight: 0
action_id: rules_system_message
context_values:
message: 'email sent'
type: status
repeat: false
context_mapping: { }
context_processors:
message:
rules_tokens: { }
type:
rules_tokens: { }
repeat:
rules_tokens: { }
provides_mapping: { }
-
id: rules_action
uuid: 75a6d0f3-3f9e-41b3-8757-a7235a14a56c
weight: 0
action_id: rules_send_email
context_values:
to:
- '{{ node.field_staff.0.entity.mail }}'
- '{{ node.field_staff.1.entity.mail }}'
- '{{ node.field_staff.2.entity.mail }}'
- '{{ node.field_staff.3.entity.mail }}'
- '{{ node.field_staff.4.entity.mail }}'
- '{{ node.field_staff.5.entity.mail }}'
- '{{ node.field_staff.6.entity.mail }}'
- '{{ node.field_staff.7.entity.mail }}'
- '{{ node.field_staff.8.entity.mail }}'
- '{{ node.field_staff.9.entity.mail }}'
subject: 'Staff additions to {{ node.title.value }} - {{ node.field_date1.value }}'
message: 'Staff additions to {{ node.title.value }} - {{ node.field_date1.value }}

http://gsrs.com/node/{{ node.nid }}'
reply: ''
language: ''
context_mapping: { }
context_processors:
to:
rules_tokens: { }
subject:
rules_tokens: { }
message:
rules_tokens: { }
reply:
rules_tokens: { }
language:
rules_tokens: { }
provides_mapping: { }

Here is the 2nd rule.

uuid: 6b03a8fc-c615-41b8-b6a4-31d2d2ed60f0
langcode: en
status: true
dependencies: { }
id: race_list_initialed
label: 'Race list initialed'
events:
-
event_name: 'rules_entity_presave:node--race_pdf_txt_xls_txt'
description: ''
tags: { }
config_version: '3'
expression:
id: rules_rule
uuid: b77039d6-f5fc-4fa8-91e9-db173edcffe2
weight: 0
conditions:
id: rules_and
uuid: 75ffbe36-8c5b-4e44-846f-b72f32b445f9
weight: 0
conditions:
-
id: rules_condition
uuid: 7d340fdb-8ac8-414e-9b4b-90eec6e80ef0
weight: -50
condition_id: rules_entity_is_of_bundle
negate: false
context_values:
type: node
bundle: race_pdf_txt_xls_txt
context_mapping:
entity: node
context_processors:
type:
rules_tokens: { }
bundle:
rules_tokens: { }
provides_mapping: { }
-
id: rules_condition
uuid: 0f73999f-4a12-49b8-adb7-dcb4e8e9302e
weight: -49
condition_id: rules_entity_is_of_bundle
negate: false
context_values:
type: node
bundle: race_pdf_txt_xls_txt
context_mapping:
entity: node_unchanged
context_processors:
type:
rules_tokens: { }
bundle:
rules_tokens: { }
provides_mapping: { }
-
id: rules_condition
uuid: 8ec98379-6f59-43ea-abbb-7043be96c48c
weight: -48
condition_id: rules_data_comparison
negate: false
context_values:
operation: '=='
value: '1'
context_mapping:
data: node.field_electrical_power.value
context_processors:
operation:
rules_tokens: { }
value:
rules_tokens: { }
provides_mapping: { }
-
id: rules_condition
uuid: 88c749a7-7995-477a-9db7-73ea7da8cf96
weight: -47
condition_id: rules_data_comparison
negate: false
context_values:
operation: '=='
value: '1'
context_mapping:
data: node.field_terms_and_conditions.value
context_processors:
operation:
rules_tokens: { }
value:
rules_tokens: { }
provides_mapping: { }
-
id: rules_condition
uuid: 9d58df06-5324-489e-a150-82a252e8cd25
weight: -46
condition_id: rules_data_comparison
negate: false
context_values:
operation: '=='
value: '1'
context_mapping:
data: node.field_email_list_ok.value
context_processors:
operation:
rules_tokens: { }
value:
rules_tokens: { }
provides_mapping: { }
-
id: rules_condition
uuid: c4485610-8e02-46a5-a394-1b62888efc7d
weight: -44
condition_id: rules_data_is_empty
negate: true
context_values: { }
context_mapping:
data: node.field_enter_your_initials_to_acc.value
context_processors: { }
provides_mapping: { }
-
id: rules_condition
uuid: 8bb2bfbb-5f8a-4439-85cc-0513c5d1c8fb
weight: 0
condition_id: rules_data_comparison
negate: true
context_values:
operation: '=='
context_mapping:
data: node_unchanged.field_terms_and_conditions.value
value: node.field_terms_and_conditions.value
context_processors:
operation:
rules_tokens: { }
provides_mapping: { }
actions:
id: rules_action_set
uuid: f7edf033-77a4-42d1-ba02-67364b626bd8
weight: 0
actions:
-
id: rules_action
uuid: 77b4c529-6612-4974-9fab-a5490899424c
weight: 0
action_id: rules_system_message
context_values:
message: 'message: race initialed email sent'
type: status
repeat: false
context_mapping: { }
context_processors:
message:
rules_tokens: { }
type:
rules_tokens: { }
repeat:
rules_tokens: { }
provides_mapping: { }
-
id: rules_action
uuid: 1286e5d8-f16a-40df-9c8d-3a05738a9ca6
weight: 0
action_id: rules_send_email
context_values:
to:
- gscerb@gmail.com
subject: '{{ node.title }} has been initialed. http://gsrs.com/node/{{ node.nid }}'
message: '{{ node.title }} has been initialed. http://gsrs.com/node/{{ node.nid }}'
reply: greg@bluebassdesign.com
language: ''
context_mapping: { }
context_processors:
to:
rules_tokens: { }
subject:
rules_tokens: { }
message:
rules_tokens: { }
reply:
rules_tokens: { }
language:
rules_tokens: { }
provides_mapping: { }

So here, you're reacting on the event "Before saving a content item entity of type ..."

This event adds two context variables: node and node_unchanged

The node_unchanged variable has a value only when the node already exists. In that case, the node context variable contains the values you're about to save, and the node_unchanged context variable contains the previous values that the node had when it was read in from the database.

If you have a new node, it won't have previous values, and node_unchanged will be empty.

I'm not sure why you're using node_unchanged to test the entity bundle - it seems to be you could just as easily use node. Likewise, I'm not sure why you're using "Before saving" instead of "After saving" or "After updating". It seems to me if you want to notify people of *changes* then you only want to fire on updated nodes, not on new nodes - that implies "After updating" to me.

With "Before saving", and in fact with ALL the entity events, Rules uses core Drupal entity hooks directly. This means that Rules events have the same restrictions as core Drupal entity hooks. In the case of "Before saving", this allows you to "Act on an entity before it is created or updated." with the caveat that "You can get the original entity object from $entity->original when it is an update of the entity.". With Rules, $entity->original is stored in node_unchanged, which is only available for an updated node. See https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/core%21lib%21Drupal%21Core%21Entity%21...

Changing the reaction rule to "After updating a content item entity" did the trick.

I appreciate your help!

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