Automation - trigger with FOR X minutes

Configuration
1

Hello!

I’m trying to make an automation to detect if server CPU is above 85% for 5minutes. If that happens, notify my via telegram bot. The script works if i comment out the FOR part.

This is the error:

ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.bootstrap] Invalid config for [automation]: [for] is an invalid option for [automation]. Check: automation->trigger->0->for. (See /home/hass/.homeassistant/automation.yaml:0). Please check the docs at Automation - Home Assistant

The code:

   - alias: Server Overloaded
  hide_entity: false

  trigger:
    platform: numeric_state
    entity_id: sensor.cpu_use
    above: '85'
    for:
      hours: "0"
      minutes: "10"
      seconds: "0"
  action:
    - service: notify.vollarisnotifier
      data:
        message: Server is overloaded!

Any help would be appreciated!

2

Try taking the quotes off of your numbers. Quoting them has them interpreted as strings.

3

Not sure that numeric trigger has time conditions. You can use intermediate Boolean input. Change it’s state to on/off depends on CPU usage and another trigger with state on for X minutes

4

It doesn’t but there is a feature request you can vote on and the post lists some alternative approaches:

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