2021.5: Stability, performance, triggers, color modes!

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Reply to my own challenge earlier.

So situation is that this binary_sensor fails (it is off after a HA restart right after midnight)

- platform: tod
  name: Darkness
  after: sunset
  before: sunrise

Unless the sun integration is also been affected by the same bug as TOD (Time Of Day) this may work
You create a template binary sensor like this

  - name: "Darkness"
    unique_id: darkness_template_sensor
    state: >
      {{ is_state('sun.sun', 'below_horizon') }}

I need to verify tonight if this gets the correct value a few minutes past midnight after a HA restart. If so this is a simple work around.

Edit. I verified that the Sun based sensor works fine and not affected by the TOD bug so my Darkness sensor above works