WTH-Why is not the option of a condition template for x time?

Archive Month of "What the heck?!" (2020)
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why is not the option of a condition template for x time? example:

 condition: template
 value_template: '{{ state_attr ("sensor.home", "assistant") 
 > 1 }}' 
 for: "xx:xx:xx"
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Conditions only test what is currently known. To test something over time requires a trigger.

In the next release we’re introducing wait_for_trigger that will allow you to do such things, among others.

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I’ve implemented a hacky workaround: condition test, delay 5 minutes, then repeat condition test. Its not perfect but it is good enough for what I use it for.

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