Invalid config for [automation]: [True] is an invalid option for [automation]

Hi! I use this automation to alert me when a heat recovery fan’s filter needs cleaning:

- alias: bathroom_fan_clean_filter
  mode: single
  trigger:
    - platform: template
      value_template: '{{ is_state_attr("fan.bathroom", "filter_alarm", true) }}'
      id: id_filter_alarm
  action:
    - choose:
      - conditions: '{{ trigger.id == "id_filter_alarm" }}'
        sequence:
          - service: input_boolean.turn_on
            target:
              entity_id: input_boolean.clean_bathroom_fan_filter
          - service: notify.mobile_app_person
            data:
              title: Clean filter
              message: The bathroom fan filter needs cleaning.
          - service: persistent_notification.create
            data:
              title: Clean filter
              message: The bathroom fan filter needs cleaning.
              notification_id: bathroom_fan_clean_filter

This works no problem - however I’d like to extend this automation as follows:

1. Remind me daily to clean the filter once the filter alarm triggers.
2. Check that the filter alarm is turned off once the filter has been cleaned and replaced. If it hasn’t alert me to the problem.

  alias: bathroom_fan_clean_filter
  mode: single
  trigger:
    - platform: template
      value_template: '{{ is_state_attr("fan.bathroom", "filter_alarm", true) }}'
      id: id_filter_alarm
    - platform: time
      at: '19:00:00'
      id: id_time
    - platform: state
      entity_id: input_boolean.clean_bathroom_fan_filter
      from: 'on'
      on: 'off'
      id: id_filter_cleaned
  action:
    - choose:
      - conditions: '{{ trigger.id == "id_filter_alarm" }}'
        sequence:
          - service: input_boolean.turn_on
            target:
              entity_id: input_boolean.clean_bathroom_fan_filter
          - service: notify.mobile_app_person
            data:
              title: Clean filter
              message: The bathroom fan filter needs cleaning.
          - service: persistent_notification.create
            data:
              title: Clean filter
              message: The bathroom fan filter needs cleaning.
              notification_id: bathroom_fan_clean_filter
      - conditions:
          - '{{ trigger.id == "id_time" }}'
          - '{{ is_state_attr("fan.bathroom", "filter_alarm", true) }}'
          -  >-
              {% set last = states.input_boolean.clean_bathroom_fan_filter.last_changed %}
              {{ is_state("input_boolean.clean_bathroom_fan_filter", "on") and last is none or as_timestamp(last)|timestamp_custom("%j")|int != now().strftime("%j")|int }}
        sequence:
          - service: notify.mobile_app_person
            data:
              title: Clean filter
              message: The bathroom fan filter needs cleaning.
          - service: persistent_notification.create
            data:
              title: Clean filter
              message: The bathroom fan filter needs cleaning.
              notification_id: bathroom_fan_clean_filter
      - conditions: '{{ trigger.id == "id_filter_cleaned" }}'
        sequence:
          - service: dukaone.reset_filter_timer
            data:
              entity_id: fan.bathroom
          - wait_template: '{{ is_state("input_boolean.clean_bathroom_fan_filter", "off") and is_state_attr("fan.bathroom", "filter_alarm", false) }}'
            timeout: '00:00:20'
          - choose:
            - conditions: '{{ not wait.completed }}'           
              sequence:
                - service: notify.mobile_app_person
                  data:
                    title: Filter cleaned
                    message: The bathroom fan filter has been cleaned.
                - service: persistent_notification.create
                  data:
                    title: Filter cleaned
                    message: The bathroom fan filter has been cleaned.
                    notification_id: bathroom_fan_filter_cleaned
            default:
              - service: notify.mobile_app_person
                data:
                  title: Fan filter error
                  message: There was an error reseting the bathroom fan filter.
              - service: persistent_notification.create
                data:
                  title: Fan filter error
                  message: There was an error reseting the bathroom fan filter.
                  notification_id: bathroom_fan_filter_cleaned

But I’m getting this error in my logs:

Logger: homeassistant.config
Source: config.py:454 
First occurred: 19:16:18 (1 occurrences) 
Last logged: 19:16:18

Invalid config for [automation]: [True] is an invalid option for [automation]. Check: automation->True. (See /config/configuration.yaml, line 259).

I’ve tried removing the two instances of true from the automation but that doesn’t seem to help and I don’t understand why the first iteration works but the second doesn’t. What am I missing?

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