WTH does the entity popup card not display the logbook entries for some sensors when they are in the logbook?

It’s very frustrating to have to explicitly go to the logbook to find see the state history of sensors that are text (vs numbers). You have to hover over the history bar, which is very difficult to do on mobile and doesn’t allow for cut and paste (e.g. searching for a geocoded location). However, some text-based sensors (e.g. device_tracker.*) do show the logbook entries, but why is a mystery.

e.g. the image below doesn’t even show the logbook as an option, even though recorder is happily logging entries.

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Duplicate of WTH can't I see the history of an entity that does not have specified states?