Sensor.file slow to update in frontend

@Mariusthvdb wrote:

Using the sensor.file to log my intercom messages I can see the sensor change only quite some time, lets say a second or 10-20 sometimes updated after the notification has been played.

Is there a way we can trigger the sensor.file to update immediately upon triggering of the automation I use to populate the sensor?

sensor:

  - name: filed_intercom_messages
    platform: file
    filename: /config/logging/filed_intercom_messages.txt

and automation:

  - alias: 'Person forward intercom messages to filed intercom messages'
    id: 'Person forward intercom messages to filed intercom messages'
    trigger:
      platform: state
      entity_id: script.intercom_text_message
    condition: []
    action:
      service: notify.filed_intercom_messages
      data_template:
        message: >
          {% set message = states('input_select.intercom_message') %}
          {% set device = states('input_select.intercom') %}
          {% set language = states('input_select.intercom_language') %}
          {% set id = trigger.to_state.context.user_id %}
          {% set time = as_timestamp(now())|timestamp_custom('%d %b: %X') %}
          {% set user = states.person|selectattr('attributes.user_id','eq',id)|first %}
          {% set user = user.attributes.friendly_name %}
          {{time}}: {{user}} played "{{message}}" on {{device}} in {{language}}

and the script:

script:
  intercom_text_message:
    alias: 'Intercom text message'
    icon: mdi:text-to-speech
    sequence:
      - condition: state
        entity_id: input_boolean.announce_intercom
        state: 'on'
      - service: media_player.volume_set
        data_template:
          entity_id: >
            {{states('sensor.intercom')}}
          volume_level: >
            {{states('input_number.intercom_volume')|float}}
      - service: tts.google_say
        data_template:
          language: >
            {{states('input_select.intercom_language')|lower}}
          entity_id: >
            {{states('sensor.intercom')}}
          message: >
            {{states('input_select.intercom_message')}}

thanks for having a look, and any suggestion you might have.

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