Fix shorthand template conditions in choose blocks crashing all automations

[frenck]

Proposed change

When a shorthand template condition (bare Jinja2 string) is used inside a choose, or, and, or not block, async_validate_condition_config crashes with TypeError: string indices must be integers, not 'str' because it expects a dict but receives a raw string.

The schema's dynamic_template_condition normally converts bare template strings to {condition: "template", value_template: "..."} dicts, but this conversion doesn't run when async_validate_condition_config recurses into nested condition lists. One malformed condition in one automation takes down all automations globally.

The fix handles the bare string case defensively in async_validate_condition_config by converting it to the proper template condition dict before accessing dict keys.

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• This PR fixes or closes issue: fixes Shorthand template conditions in choose blocks cause TypeError in async_validate_condition_config #170266
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Pull request overview

This PR aims to prevent shorthand template conditions inside nested condition blocks from crashing automation validation.

Changes:

• Allows async_validate_condition_config to accept raw string shorthand conditions.
• Converts raw shorthand strings into template condition dictionaries.
• Adds a regression test for shorthand template conditions inside an or block.

Reviewed changes

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File	Description
homeassistant/helpers/condition.py	Adds defensive handling for raw shorthand template condition strings.
tests/helpers/test_condition.py	Adds coverage for validating a shorthand template condition nested in an or condition.