How do you turn off a light 5 minutes after it was turned on

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Automations have changed. It used to be so easy to do this. But I have been fingering with it for a while now with zero progress.

I can easily get the light to turn on after motion is detected, but I cannot figure out a way to add a delay to turn it off.

Thanks for any help,
Gramps

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There are many ways… it all depends on what you are trying to do.

One basic option is to use an automation with a State trigger that has a defined duration:

trigger: state
entity_id: light.example
to: "on"
for: "00:05:00"

If you want to do it in the same automation in which you turned the light on, you can use a Delay action then turn off the lights:

...
actions:
  - action: light.turn_on
    target:
      entity_id: light.example
  - delay: 
      minutes: 5
  - action: light.turn_off
    target:
      entity_id: light.example

Another option would be using a timer instead of a Delay action.

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thanks, some progress !!

curious why can I not find delay in the visual editor? That is what I have been looking for
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alias: Motion fireplace Budro Turn on
description: ""
triggers:
  - type: motion
    device_id: 65d6141a67b2c17e50ad77b98d0a2886
    entity_id: 911b0baa96d20106e436beab545720b0
    domain: binary_sensor
    trigger: device
conditions: []
actions:
  - action: light.turn_on
    metadata: {}
    data:
      brightness_pct: 100
      kelvin: 6500
    target:
      entity_id: light.big_room_bulb_3
  - delay:
      minutes: 1
  - action: light.turn_off
    metadata: {}
    data: {}
    target:
      entity_id: light.big_room_bulb_3
mode: single

I think it is working. Again where is delay in the visual editor. That is what I used to use?

Thank you, thank you,
Gramps

EDIT, just set to 15 seconds for testing

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It’s under “Building Blocks” with all the various Wait actions, but it will also show up if you search “wait” or “delay”.

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