Auto dismiss not working. Card does not dismiss after stated period

[milnergroup]

• entity: binary_sensor.front_door
  operator: "="
  state: "on"
  message: Front Door
  priority: 1
  theme: door
  icon: mdi:door-sliding
  secondary_entity: binary_sensor.front_door
  use_ha_icon: true
  icon_color: "#f7e955"
  show_badge: false
  name: Front Door
  auto_dismiss_after: 30

The card still stays on. Wanted 300 seconds but tried shorter periods (50, 45 40 and 30) and did not help

[djdevil]

hi @milnergroup can you send your yaml configuration thx

[milnergroup]

Below is my full yaml

cycle_interval: 3
show_when_clear: true
clear_message: " "
clear_theme: success
alerts:

• entity: media_player.kitchen
  theme: music
  show_player_controls: true
  icon: 🎵
  message: Music
  state: "off"
  operator: "!="
  name: Music
  show_badge: false
  show_filter_name: false
  snooze_action:
  action: call-service
  service: input_button.press
  target:
  entity_id: input_button.speakers_off
  double_tap_action:
  action: call-service
  service: media_player.volume_down
  target:
  entity_id:
  - media_player.kitchen
  - media_player.living_room_speaker
  - media_player.master_bedroom
  - media_player.wireless_speaker
  tap_action:
  action: call-service
  service: media_player.volume_up
  target:
  entity_id:
  - media_player.kitchen
  - media_player.living_room_speaker
  - media_player.master_bedroom
  - media_player.wireless_speaker
  hold_action:
  action: call-service
  service: media_player.media_play_pause
  target:
  entity_id: media_player.kitchen
  conditions: []
• entity: vacuum.sib_vacuum
  operator: "!="
  state: docked
  message: SIB Vacuum
  priority: 1
  theme: hologram
  icon: 🔷
  hold_action:
  action: none
  tap_action:
  action: more-info
  secondary_entity: vacuum.sib_vacuum
  show_badge: false
  name: Vac
• entity: sensor.sib_vacuum_low_water_warning
  operator: "!="
  state: no_warning
  message: SIB Vacuum Low Water Warning
  priority: 1
  theme: warning
  icon: ⚠️
  conditions:
  • entity: sensor.sib_vacuum_low_water_warning
    operator: "!="
    state: Unavailable
  • entity: sensor.sib_vacuum_low_water_warning
    operator: "!="
    state: Unknown
    secondary_entity: sensor.sib_vacuum_low_water_warning
    show_badge: false
    hold_action:
    action: none
    name: Vac Water
• entity: sensor.washer_current_status
  operator: "="
  state: end
  message: "Laundry Washer "
  priority: 1
  theme: nuclear
  icon: ☢️
  secondary_entity: sensor.washer_current_status
  show_badge: false
  name: Washer
• entity: sensor.dryer_status
  operator: "="
  state: end
  message: Laundry Dryer
  priority: 1
  theme: nuclear
  icon: ☢️
  show_badge: false
  secondary_entity: sensor.dryer_status
  name: Dryer
• entity: switch.adguard_home_filtering
  operator: "="
  state: "off"
  message: AdGuard Home Filtering
  priority: 1
  theme: shield
  icon: 🛡️
  secondary_entity: switch.adguard_home_filtering
  show_badge: false
  name: Adguard
• entity: lock.front_lock
  operator: "="
  state: unlocked
  message: Front Lock - No One Home
  priority: 1
  theme: emergency
  icon: 🚨
  conditions:
  • entity: person.toly
    operator: "="
    state: not_home
  • entity: person.cilly
    operator: "="
    state: not_home
    secondary_entity: lock.front_lock
    show_badge: false
    name: Lock
• entity: lock.front_lock
  operator: "="
  state: locked
  message: Front Door Open / Lock Is Locked
  priority: 1
  theme: alarm
  icon: 🔴
  conditions:
  • entity: binary_sensor.front_door
    operator: "="
    state: "on"
    secondary_entity: binary_sensor.front_door
    show_badge: false
    push_notify: true
    push_notify_service: mobile_app_tolyphone
    push_notify_title: 🚪 Door Alert
    push_notify_message: Front Door Open / Lock Is Locked
    sound: true
    name: Door/Lock
• entity: sensor.sib_weather_wind_speed
  operator: ">"
  state: "35"
  message: SIB Weather Wind Speed
  priority: 1
  theme: wind
  icon: 💨
  secondary_entity: sensor.sib_weather_wind_speed
  badge_label: PILLOW CHECK NEEDED
  name: Wind
• entity: binary_sensor.front_door
  operator: "="
  state: "on"
  message: Front Door
  priority: 1
  theme: door
  icon: mdi:door-sliding
  secondary_entity: binary_sensor.front_door
  use_ha_icon: true
  icon_color: "#f7e955"
  show_badge: false
  name: Front Door
  auto_dismiss_after: 30
• entity: binary_sensor.elevator_door_left
  operator: "="
  state: "on"
  message: Left Elevator
  priority: 1
  theme: door
  icon: mdi:elevator
  secondary_entity: binary_sensor.elevator_door_left
  use_ha_icon: true
  icon_color: "#f7e955"
  show_badge: false
  name: Left Elevator
• entity: binary_sensor.elevator_door_right
  operator: "="
  state: "on"
  message: Right Elevator
  priority: 1
  theme: door
  icon: mdi:elevator
  secondary_entity: binary_sensor.elevator_door_right
  use_ha_icon: true
  icon_color: "#f7e955"
  show_badge: false
  name: Right Elevator
• operator: "="
  state: "on"
  message: ""
  priority: 1
  theme: door
  icon: mdi:door-sliding
  entity_filter: Slider door
  use_ha_icon: true
  show_badge: false
  secondary_text: Open
  icon_color: "#f7e955"
  name: Sliders
• entity: binary_sensor.stairwell_laundry_door
  operator: "="
  state: "on"
  message: Laundry Stairwell
  priority: 1
  theme: door
  icon: mdi:exit-run
  secondary_entity: binary_sensor.stairwell_laundry_door
  use_ha_icon: true
  icon_color: "#f7e955"
  show_badge: false
  name: Stairwell
• entity: binary_sensor.stairwell_foyer_door
  operator: "="
  state: "on"
  message: Elevator Stairwell
  priority: 1
  theme: door
  icon: mdi:exit-run
  secondary_entity: binary_sensor.stairwell_foyer_door
  use_ha_icon: true
  icon_color: "#f7e955"
  show_badge: false
  name: Stairwell
• operator: "="
  state: "on"
  message: Leak Detected
  priority: 2
  theme: leak
  icon: 💧
  entity_filter: Moisture
  sound: true
  name: Leaks
• entity: switch.ac_breaker
  operator: "="
  state: "off"
  message: AC Breaker is Off
  priority: 1
  theme: neon
  icon: ⚡
  name: A/C Breaker
  sound: true
  show_badge: false
• entity: camera.front_door
  operator: "!="
  state: idle
  message: Foyer Activity
  priority: 1
  theme: intruder
  icon: 🚷
  name: Foyer Activity
  tap_action:
  action: more-info
  service: light.turn_off
  entity_id: camera.front_door
  double_tap_action:
  action: call-service
  service: light.turn_off
  target:
  entity_id: light.front_foyer_lights
  show_badge: false
  conditions_logic: or
  conditions:
  • entity: light.front_foyer_lights
    operator: "="
    state: "on"
• entity: input_boolean.calendar_show
  operator: "="
  state: "on"
  message: USPS Mail
  priority: 1
  theme: notification
  icon: 🔔
  conditions:
  • entity: binary_sensor.usps_image_updated
    operator: "="
    state: Update available
    show_badge: false
    double_tap_action:
    action: call-service
    service: input_boolean.turn_off
    target:
    entity_id: input_boolean.calendar_show
    camera_entity: camera.mail_usps_camera
    name: USPS
• entity: input_boolean.calendar_show
  operator: "="
  state: "on"
  message: Amazon Delivery
  priority: 1
  theme: notification
  icon: 🔔
  conditions:
  • entity: binary_sensor.amazon_image_updated
    operator: "="
    state: Update available
    camera_entity: camera.mail_amazon_delivery_camera
    show_badge: false
    name: Amazon
    double_tap_action:
    action: call-service
    service: input_boolean.turn_off
    target:
    entity_id: input_boolean.calendar_show
• entity: ""
  operator: "="
  state: "on"
  message: Emergency active
  priority: 1
  theme: emergency
  icon: ""
  clear_display_mode: clock
  clear_weather_entity: weather.sib_weather
  type: custom:alert-ticker-card
  cycle_animation: fold
  swipe_to_snooze: true
  vertical: true
  large_buttons: true
  overlay_mode: true
  overlay_scale: 1.5
  overlay_duration: 10
  clear_clock_12h: true
  clear_clock_style: default
  show_widget_in_cycle: false
  clear_clock_date_position: above

[djdevil]

Hi, thanks for the detailed report and config — that made it much easier to pinpoint the issue.

Found the bug. When the auto_dismiss_after timer expired, it called this.requestUpdate() to trigger a re-render, but LitElement re-renders by reusing the existing this._activeAlerts array — which is only refreshed by _computeActiveAlerts(). Since that function was never called from the timer callback, the dismissed alert stayed in the rendered list indefinitely, until HA happened to push another state update (which would trigger set hass() → _computeActiveAlerts() as a side effect). If no entity changed state, the alert never disappeared.

Fixed in the upcoming v1.3.1: the timer callback now calls _computeActiveAlerts() directly instead of requestUpdate(), which recomputes the active alert list (excluding the dismissed key) and then triggers the re-render correctly.