Add option to pause an automation from running for a period of time, instead of having to disable it

Feature Requests
1

I have a scenario where I sometimes like to pause some of my automations from running for a day/period of time. Right now I disable the automation and then re-enable it later (when I remember).

I would love to not have to remember to re-enable, but have an option to pause the given automation from running for a defined period and then have it automatically enable once that time has lapsed.

To be clear, this would be a front end change, where clicking the 3-dot button on the right of the given automation would have an additional option of “pause for xx” or similar and then would marked as “paused” so that it is clear which automations are enabled, disabled or paused.

Thx.

2

The better method is to use conditions rather than disabling the automation.

E.g. I have an input_boolean that I can set from the dashboard that allows me to test my smoke alarms without the sirens sounding (just allows the flashing light). If I forget to turn off this input boolean an automation does so after 5 minutes.

3

I think that could work, if a set of automations were always predictably disabled for a given scenario. I’m disabling different things for different reasons over a month, which can’t all be bundled into a single boolean input.