Automation dont start after time

Configuration
1

Hi,
I have an automation what i want to starts after a state of sun and after a time.
But it doesnt trigger after the time.
Here is my example.
What is wrong at it?

- alias: 'test'
  trigger:
    platform: numeric_state
    entity_id: sun.sun
    value_template: '{{ state.attributes.elevation }}'
    below: -1.0
  condition: 
    condition: and
    conditions: 
      - condition: state
        entity_id: group.tracker_lw
        state: 'home'     
      - condition: time
        after: '18:00'         
  action:
    - service: light.turn_on
      data: 
        entity_id: light.kleine_lamp
        brightness: 10

If i restart this automation after the selected time (18:00) then it works.
If i start before that time it doesnt start at 1800

2

If I read it correctly your automation does the following:

When the sun goes below the horizon and the tracker_lw group is home and it’s after 18:00h then the light turns on.
If the sun goes below the horizon when tracker_lw or after 18:00h nothing happens.

Is that what you intended?

Not sure what you mean by ‘If i restart this automation after the selected time’ - the trigger is the value of the elevation going below -1.0.
Only at the point in time that value changes to less than -1.0 the conditions are checked.

3

Yes that is what i want!

But i thought that he checks the automation until all conditions are good to launch?
So if sunset before 1800 nothing happends, after it is 1800he will launch

4

It will only check the conditions at the moment the trigger value becomes true, which is only once.

5

ok then i have to find another solution to make!

6

You are using a trigger based on the sunset but it’s actually a condition for what you want to achieve. There are several ways do solve this; You should add sunset to the conditions and use a time trigger which will check every xx seconds or minutes if the conditions are true (I think this is what you expected to happen).

trigger:
  platform: time
  minutes: '/1'

But you can also use multiple automations for example one based on arriving home with sun and time as a condition, one based on sunset with being home and time as a condition and one based on time with being home and sunset as a condition.