From 3c20e7ccae67d1537cb42bd0bf8315761c4ff029 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Lancaster <32917998+jsl12@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:25:13 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fixed global modules being used as dependencies

---
 appdaemon/app_management.py | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/appdaemon/app_management.py b/appdaemon/app_management.py
index 8d85d0e62..3e3a1fc30 100644
--- a/appdaemon/app_management.py
+++ b/appdaemon/app_management.py
@@ -351,10 +351,11 @@ async def start_app(self, app_name: str):
             return
 
         # assert dependencies
-        valid_apps = self.valid_apps
         dependencies = self.app_config.root[app_name].dependencies
         for dep in dependencies:
-            assert dep in valid_apps, f"'{app_name}' depends on '{dep}', but it's not running or loaded"
+            if isinstance(self.app_config[dep], AppConfig):
+                dependency_state = await self.get_state(dep)
+                assert dependency_state == "idle", f"'{app_name}' depends on '{dep}', but it's state is {dependency_state}"
 
         if self.app_config[app_name].disable:
             pass