Time/state based automation not triggering after HA restart

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I have a sprinkler switch that turns on at 7am with a time based automation. no problem with this one.
Also have another automation to turn it off. The trigger is 8 mins after the sprinkler turned on (see below the yaml). no problem with this either.
But if I restart HA after the sprinkler turned on but before it gets turned off (i.e anytime between 7:00:01 to 7:07:59), it never gets turned off. I think the reason is when HA comes back, it restores the state of sprinkler switch to ON but the turn_off automation is not picking this state. I can see why the system is designed this way but how to solve this? Happy to provide any additional info if you need. Thanks for looking.

- id: '1611312877291'
  alias: auto_irrigation_control_off
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - platform: state
    to: 'on'
    for:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 8
      seconds: 0
    entity_id: switch.ikea_of_sweden_tradfri_control_outlet_603983fe_on_off
  condition: []
  action:
  - service: switch.turn_off
    data: {}
    entity_id: switch.ikea_of_sweden_tradfri_control_outlet_603983fe_on_off
  mode: single
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You could add a startup trigger to the off automation

- id: '1611312877291'
  alias: auto_irrigation_control_off
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - platform: state
    to: 'on'
    for:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 8
      seconds: 0
    entity_id: switch.ikea_of_sweden_tradfri_control_outlet_603983fe_on_off
  - platform: homeassistant
    event: start
  condition:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: switch.ikea_of_sweden_tradfri_control_outlet_603983fe_on_off
    state: 'on'
  action:
  - service: switch.turn_off
    data: {}
    entity_id: switch.ikea_of_sweden_tradfri_control_outlet_603983fe_on_off
  mode: single
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that is almost perfect. thanks.