A built in option if you reboot HA it remembers Time Stamps on Automations and not reset at reboot

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@Hellis81

If this “thing” should run just before a restart to save all states

that’s not what I sugggested.

@Hellis81

f this “thing” is supposed to run and save the states when the automation triggers

But that is at least it’s closer.

@Hellis81

there is a risk that it does not get saved since sometimes it just happens that an automation does not finnish/run

I’m not saying to save the timestamp when the automation finishes.

I’m saying save the timestamp when the timed function is called. So in the example trigger i posted the timestamp at now() + 45 minutes (2700 seconds) would be set as soon as the switch goes to on in the trigger. At that instant a listener would be created so that as soon as now() >= the timestamp then the automation moves to the next step (check conditions or run actions as appropriate). It would end up exactly as if the trigger automatically changed itself from a state based trigger with a timer into a time based trigger with a value of now() >= timestamp as the listener.

If there is a restart/reload after the state based trigger created the timestamp but the timestamp hasn’t expired (reset it when the automation finishes) then retrigger the automation at the timestamp created previously.

@Hellis81

it’s not often but there is still a possibility/risk.

Of course anything can happen and you can’t account for every failure scenario but the solution I propose would go a LONG way to solving one of the biggest reliability holes in HA right now for the standard user.