Number works for delay, helper does not

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This is a section of an automation as it’s so long. The first version with seconds: 30 works and after the delay it carries on and turns off the input_boolean

      - conditions:
          - condition: trigger
            id:
              - "9"
          - condition: state
            entity_id: input_boolean.nestseen
            state: "off"
        sequence:
          - action: input_boolean.turn_on
            metadata: {}
            data: {}
            target:
              entity_id:
                - input_boolean.nestseen
          - type: turn_on
            device_id: 80d64b7da893c2a0f73fd95dcb1fe58c
            entity_id: d2cc4c178b614b2974be01af7d19d880
            domain: switch
          - delay:
              seconds: 30
          - action: input_boolean.turn_off
            metadata: {}
            data: {}
            target:
              entity_id:
                - input_boolean.nestseen
mode: parallel
max: 10

The following does not work inasmuch as it never turns off the input_boolean

          - delay:
              seconds: "{{ states('CameraMotionHeldSeconds') | int }}"

Is there a way I can tell if the automation abended with an error or whether it’s still waiting for the delay to be timed out (ie it’s not correctly evaluated to 30 seconds)

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Hi @IngeJones

Should it be:

- delay:
    seconds: "{{ states('input_boolean.CameraMotionHeldSeconds') | int }}"
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Oh gosh yes, I should have known that. Well input_number anyway. Thanks !