Don’t allow automation to run if has already been run within last X minutes

Configuration
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But delaying automations more than a few seconds is always a risk that it will fail due to automation reload or restart of HA.
That is why the recommended way is to use a datetime.

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Can you use a date/time for 1hour in the future as opposed to a specific time

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Yes, look at what Christoph wrote.

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Hi, before I did this:

{{ ( as_timestamp(now()) - as_timestamp(state_attr(‘automation.name’, ‘last_triggered’)) |int(0) ) > 300 }}

Now templates have changed and doesn’t work anymore, anyone knows how to fix?

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{{ as_timestamp(now()) - as_timestamp(state_attr(this.entity_id,'last_triggered'))| int(0) > 300 }}

Yours looks just fine except for the type of quotes you’re using. Plus you can use ‘this’ so you don’t need to hardcode the name of the automation.

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Yet another way to do the same thing:

{{ now() - state_attr('automation.name', 'last_triggered') > timedelta(minutes=5) }}

The values of now() and last_triggered are datetime objects.

When you subtract datetime objects, the result is a timedelta object. The template simply subtracts the two datetime objects and compares the result to a timedelta object of 5 minutes.

If the template is within the automation it is testing then you can use calisro’s tip and replace automation.name with this.entity_id.

{{ now() - state_attr(this.entity_id, 'last_triggered') > timedelta(minutes=5) }}

EDIT

Correction. Removed quotes wrapping this.entity_id which mistakenly changed its meaning from a variable to a string.

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Your template above was creating an error for me!
@calisro’s tip references this.entity_id not 'this.entity_id'…

{{ now() - state_attr(this.entity_id, 'last_triggered') > timedelta(minutes=5) }}

which works for me.

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Yes it shouldn’t have quotes.

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Thank you! I have corrected the mistake.

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Hi! I’ve encountered a similar issue and was wondering if this would work with automation IDs? I have some pressure mats I’ve connected to HA via ESP that when detected, open op a doggy door (there are mats on either side of the door, grouped together in HA). However I want to avoid a double activation when the dog steps on both when he goes in or out, so I figured just setting a condition of “don’t activate if the automation was ran within 15 seconds prior.” I figured setting up a custom sensor would do the job.

Using the above provided code I’m getting an error, which I assume is only due to the automation ID. Any help would be appreciated!

{{ now() - state_attr(automation.open_doggy_door_with_mat, 'last_triggered') > timedelta(seconds=15) }}
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The quotes are missing around the automation entity:


{{ now() - state_attr('automation.open_doggy_door_with_mat', 'last_triggered') > timedelta(seconds=15) }}

or:


{{ now() - state_attr(this.entity_id, 'last_triggered') > timedelta(seconds=15) }}
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Thank you! Unfortunately I’m still getting an error for the date.time.

TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for -: 'datetime.datetime' and 'NoneType'
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Was the doggy automation ever triggered before?

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It has been triggering throughout the day, dog goes in and out constantly.

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Wait, are you talking about a automation condition or a template sensor? And what piece of code are you using where?

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When you say “custom sensor” I assume you mean a Template Sensor. Post the sensor’s configuration.

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Yes, it would be a template sensor, that then would be used as an automation condition.

I’m still very new at this so please forgive my errors, but I believe it would look along the lines of

- platform: template
  sensors:
   doggy_door_pressure_mat_last_trigger:
    friendly_name: Doggy Mat Last Trigger
    value_template: >-
     {{ now() - state_attr('automation.open_doggy_door_with_mat', 'last_triggered') > timedelta(seconds=15) }}
    icon_template: mdi:timer-alert
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The indentation is not correct, it has to be 2 tabs:


- platform: template
  sensors:
    doggy_door_pressure_mat_last_trigger:
      friendly_name: Doggy Mat Last Trigger
      value_template: >-
         {{ now() - state_attr('automation.open_doggy_door_with_mat', 'last_triggered') > timedelta(seconds=15) }}
      icon_template: mdi:timer-alert
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Thank you. I’ve made the correction to what you had. However I’m still getting an “unavailable” for the State. And looking at the template editor I’m getting an error.

TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for -: 'datetime.datetime' and 'NoneType'
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If you are creating new Template Sensors you should consider using the modern format of configuration as opposed to the example you posted which is in legacy format.

template:
  - sensor:
      - name: Doggy Mat Last Trigger
        state: "{{ now() - state_attr('automation.open_doggy_door_with_mat', 'last_triggered') > timedelta(seconds=15) }}"
        icon: mdi:timer-alert