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author: J. Nick Koston
authorURL: https://github.com/bdraco
title: "Replacing `async_track_state_change` with `async_track_state_change_event`"
---
`async_track_state_change` is deprecated and will be removed in Home Assistant 2025.5. `async_track_state_change_event` should be used instead.
`async_track_state_change` always creates a top-level listener for `EVENT_STATE_CHANGED`, which would have to reject all state changes that did not match the desired entities. This design presented a performance problem when there were many integrations using `async_track_state_change`. `async_track_state_change` has been phased out in `core` since the introduction of `async_track_state_change_event`, with the last instance being removed in 2024.5.
Example with `async_track_state_change`:
```python
from homeassistant.core import State, callback
from homeassistant.helper.event import async_track_state_change
@callback
def _async_on_change(entity_id: str, old_state: State | None, new_state: State | None) -> None:
...
unsub = async_track_state_change(hass, "sensor.one", _async_on_change)
unsub()
```
Example replacement with `async_track_state_change_event`:
```python
from homeassistant.core import Event, EventStateChangedData, callback
from homeassistant.helper.event import async_track_state_change_event
@callback
def _async_on_change(event: Event[EventStateChangedData]) -> None:
entity_id = event.data["entity_id"]
old_state = event.data["old_state"]
new_state = event.data["new_state"]
...
unsub = async_track_state_change_event(hass, "sensor.one", _async_on_change)
unsub()
```