From c553eb1fd2b2e59aa22fbfb64d4305c7f7769e6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: finity69x2 <32221243+finity69x2@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 21:09:42 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Update trigger.markdown (#19476)

Co-authored-by: Franck Nijhof <frenck@frenck.nl>
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 source/_docs/automation/trigger.markdown | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/source/_docs/automation/trigger.markdown b/source/_docs/automation/trigger.markdown
index 61c609d5450..996454bc2f8 100644
--- a/source/_docs/automation/trigger.markdown
+++ b/source/_docs/automation/trigger.markdown
@@ -292,6 +292,14 @@ automation:
 
 The `for` template(s) will be evaluated when an entity changes as specified.
 
+<div class='note warning'>
+
+Use of the `for` option will not survive Home Assistant restart or the reload of automations. During restart or reload, automations that were awaiting `for` the trigger to pass, are reset.
+
+If for your use case this is undesired, you could consider using the automation to set an [`input_datetime`](/integrations/input_datetime) to the desired time and then use that [`input_datetime`](/integrations/input_datetime) as an automation trigger to perform the desired actions at the set time.
+
+</div>
+
 ## State trigger
 
 Fires when the state of any of given entities changes. If only `entity_id` is given, the trigger will fire for all state changes, even if only state attributes change.
@@ -449,6 +457,14 @@ Use quotes around your values for `from` and `to` to avoid the YAML parser from
 
 </div>
 
+<div class='note warning'>
+
+Use of the `for` option will not survive Home Assistant restart or the reload of automations. During restart or reload, automations that were awaiting `for` the trigger to pass, are reset.
+
+If for your use case this is undesired, you could consider using the automation to set an [`input_datetime`](/integrations/input_datetime) to the desired time and then use that [`input_datetime`](/integrations/input_datetime) as an automation trigger to perform the desired actions at the set time.
+
+</div>
+
 ## Sun trigger
 
 ### Sunset / Sunrise trigger
@@ -589,6 +605,14 @@ The `for` template(s) will be evaluated when the `value_template` becomes 'true'
 
 Templates that do not contain an entity will be rendered once per minute.
 
+<div class='note warning'>
+
+Use of the `for` option will not survive Home Assistant restart or the reload of automations. During restart or reload, automations that were awaiting `for` the trigger to pass, are reset.
+
+If for your use case this is undesired, you could consider using the automation to set an [`input_datetime`](/integrations/input_datetime) to the desired time and then use that [`input_datetime`](/integrations/input_datetime) as an automation trigger to perform the desired actions at the set time.
+
+</div>
+
 ## Time trigger
 
 The time trigger is configured to fire once a day at a specific time, or at a specific time on a specific date. There are three allowed formats: