Condition FALSE in Automation Wrong

i’m trying to get an automation to work, but HA is failing a condition that clearly should be true – at least it looks like it to me. the 4th condition should be true. i’ve included the automation yaml, input json and the trace diagostics. anyone with an idea what is happening?

alias: test3
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: mqtt
    topic: test
    payload: front_gate
    value_template: "{{ value_json[\"after\"][\"camera\"] }}"
    variables:
      id: "{{trigger.payload_json[\"after\"][\"id\"]}}"
      label: "{{ trigger.payload_json[\"after\"][\"label\"] }}"
      camera: "{{ trigger.payload_json[\"after\"][\"camera\"] }}"
condition:
  - condition: and
    conditions:
      - condition: template
        value_template: "{{ trigger.payload_json['after']['label'] == 'car' }}"
      - condition: template
        value_template: "{{'gate_exit_1' in trigger.payload_json['before']['entered_zones']}}"
      - condition: template
        value_template: >-
          {{not 'gate_exit_2' in
          trigger.payload_json['before']['entered_zones']}}
      - condition: template
        value_template: "\"{{'gate_exit_2' in trigger.payload_json['after']['entered_zones']}}\""
action:
  - service: notify.gmail_notifier
    data:
      message: Car Leaving
      title: Car Leaving
trace:
  stored_traces: 50
mode: single
{
    "before": {
        "id": "1680829210.535921-tfy6lp",
        "camera": "front_gate",
        "frame_time": 1680829211.739332,
        "snapshot_time": 1680829210.739683,
        "label": "car",
        "sub_label": null,
        "top_score": 0.9425756335258484,
        "false_positive": false,
        "start_time": 1680829210.535921,
        "end_time": null,
        "score": 0.9425756335258484,
        "box": [870, 326, 1529, 796],
        "area": 309730,
        "ratio": 1.402127659574468,
        "region": [548, 0, 1676, 1128],
        "stationary": false,
        "motionless_count": 0,
        "position_changes": 1,
        "current_zones": ["gate_road", "gate_exit_1"],
        "entered_zones": ["gate_house", "gate_exit_1", "gate_road"],
        "has_clip": true,
        "has_snapshot": true
    },
    "after": {
        "id": "1680829210.535921-tfy6lp",
        "camera": "front_gate",
        "frame_time": 1680829212.139581,
        "snapshot_time": 1680829210.739683,
        "label": "car",
        "sub_label": null,
        "top_score": 0.9454288482666016,
        "false_positive": false,
        "start_time": 1680829210.535921,
        "end_time": null,
        "score": 0.9351314902305603,
        "box": [1085, 341, 1648, 729],
        "area": 218444,
        "ratio": 1.4510309278350515,
        "region": [875, 154, 1699, 978],
        "stationary": false,
        "motionless_count": 0,
        "position_changes": 1,
        "current_zones": ["gate_road", "gate_exit_2"],
        "entered_zones": ["gate_house", "gate_exit_1", "gate_road", "gate_exit_2"],
        "has_clip": true,
        "has_snapshot": true
    },
    "type": "update"
}
this:
  entity_id: automation.test3
  state: 'on'
  attributes:
    last_triggered: '2023-04-03T18:28:13.946546+00:00'
    mode: single
    current: 0
    id: '1680621739906'
    friendly_name: test3
  last_changed: '2023-04-07T14:55:03.673199+00:00'
  last_updated: '2023-04-07T14:55:03.673199+00:00'
  context:
    id: 01GXE3DEZS1NG5N6BJPWYWZQYH
    parent_id: null
    user_id: null
trigger:
  id: '0'
  idx: '0'
  alias: null
  platform: mqtt
  topic: test
  payload: "{\"before\": {\"id\": \"1680829210.535921-tfy6lp\",\"camera\": \"front_gate\",\"frame_time\": 1680829211.739332,\"snapshot_time\": 1680829210.739683,\"label\": \"car\",\"sub_label\": null,\"top_score\": 0.9425756335258484,\"false_positive\": false,\"start_time\": 1680829210.535921,\"end_time\": null,\"score\": 0.9425756335258484,\"box\": [870, 326, 1529, 796],\"area\": 309730,\"ratio\": 1.402127659574468,\"region\": [548, 0, 1676, 1128],\"stationary\": false,\"motionless_count\": 0,\"position_changes\": 1,\"current_zones\": [\"gate_road\", \"gate_exit_1\"],\"entered_zones\": [\"gate_house\", \"gate_exit_1\", \"gate_road\"],\"has_clip\": true,\"has_snapshot\": true},\"after\": {\"id\": \"1680829210.535921-tfy6lp\",\"camera\": \"front_gate\",\"frame_time\": 1680829212.139581,\"snapshot_time\": 1680829210.739683,\"label\": \"car\",\"sub_label\": null,\"top_score\": 0.9454288482666016,\"false_positive\": false,\"start_time\": 1680829210.535921,\"end_time\": null,\"score\": 0.9351314902305603,\"box\": [1085, 341, 1648, 729],\"area\": 218444,\"ratio\": 1.4510309278350515,\"region\": [875, 154, 1699, 978],\"stationary\": false,\"motionless_count\": 0,\"position_changes\": 1,\"current_zones\": [\"gate_road\", \"gate_exit_2\"],\"entered_zones\": [\"gate_house\", \"gate_exit_1\", \"gate_road\", \"gate_exit_2\"],\"has_clip\": true,\"has_snapshot\": true},\"type\": \"update\"}\r\n"
  qos: 0
  description: mqtt topic test
  payload_json:
    before:
      id: 1680829210.535921-tfy6lp
      camera: front_gate
      frame_time: 1680829211.739332
      snapshot_time: 1680829210.739683
      label: car
      sub_label: null
      top_score: 0.9425756335258484
      false_positive: false
      start_time: 1680829210.535921
      end_time: null
      score: 0.9425756335258484
      box:
        - 870
        - 326
        - 1529
        - 796
      area: 309730
      ratio: 1.402127659574468
      region:
        - 548
        - 0
        - 1676
        - 1128
      stationary: false
      motionless_count: 0
      position_changes: 1
      current_zones:
        - gate_road
        - gate_exit_1
      entered_zones:
        - gate_house
        - gate_exit_1
        - gate_road
      has_clip: true
      has_snapshot: true
    after:
      id: 1680829210.535921-tfy6lp
      camera: front_gate
      frame_time: 1680829212.139581
      snapshot_time: 1680829210.739683
      label: car
      sub_label: null
      top_score: 0.9454288482666016
      false_positive: false
      start_time: 1680829210.535921
      end_time: null
      score: 0.9351314902305603
      box:
        - 1085
        - 341
        - 1648
        - 729
      area: 218444
      ratio: 1.4510309278350515
      region:
        - 875
        - 154
        - 1699
        - 978
      stationary: false
      motionless_count: 0
      position_changes: 1
      current_zones:
        - gate_road
        - gate_exit_2
      entered_zones:
        - gate_house
        - gate_exit_1
        - gate_road
        - gate_exit_2
      has_clip: true
      has_snapshot: true
    type: update
id: 1680829210.535921-tfy6lp
label: car
camera: front_gate
Executed: April 7, 2023 at 7:55:39 AM
Result:
result: false
conditions/0
Executed: April 7, 2023 at 7:55:39 AM
Result:
result: true
entities: []
conditions/1
Executed: April 7, 2023 at 7:55:39 AM
Result:
result: true
entities: []
conditions/2
Executed: April 7, 2023 at 7:55:39 AM
Result:
result: true
entities: []
conditions/3
Executed: April 7, 2023 at 7:55:39 AM
Result:
result: false
entities: []
Triggered by the mqtt topic test at April 7, 2023 at 7:55:39 AM
Test if 4 conditions match
Stopped because a condition failed at April 7, 2023 at 7:55:39 AM (runtime: 0.00 seconds)

figured it out. wow was that subtle. extra quotes around the condition yaml code.