ESPHome - Different State after Restart

ESPHome
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Hi,

i have an ESPHome for my Gas State Number.

The Problem: After i had it offline for an hour, i had a different state than before. But how does it work?
I had “total_increasing” as state_class, so i was thinking he can only count up and not down.

The state before was 717303, but after the restart/offline time, it drops to 5000 or something, cause he had it in his restore or so?

Is there any way, that the ESPHome gets the old state and only can count up and not down?
Thats the code

esphome:
  name: gas

# d1 mini pro but only with 4MB -> d1_mini
esp8266:
  board: d1_mini 
  restore_from_flash: no

globals:
  - id: total_pulses
    type: int
    initial_value: '717310'  # hier kann der Gaszählerstand initialisiert werden
    restore_value: no

binary_sensor:
  - platform: gpio
    id: internal_pulse_counter
    pin:
      number: D1
      mode: INPUT_PULLUP
    name: "Live-Impuls"
    filters:
      - delayed_on: 10ms
    on_press:
      then:
        - lambda: id(total_pulses) += 1;

sensor:
  - platform: template
    name: "Gasverbrauch"
    device_class: gas
    unit_of_measurement: "m³"
    state_class: "total_increasing"
    icon: "mdi:fire"
    update_interval : 10s
    accuracy_decimals: 2
    lambda: |-
      return id(total_pulses) * 0.01;

switch:
  - platform: factory_reset
    name: Restart with Factory Default Settings

# Enable logging
logger:

# Enable Home Assistant API
api:

ota:

wifi:
  ssid: !secret wifi_ssid
  password: !secret wifi_password

  # Enable fallback hotspot (captive portal) in case wifi connection fails
  ap:
    ssid: "Gas Fallback Hotspot"
    password: "XXXXXXXXXXXX"

captive_portal:
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Why using total_increasing when the sensor is not?
Assuming this is for importing energy in HA, just set it on total. HA will manage the “reset to zero” itself.