Interpretation of "and Stays" with Conditional Trigger

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If I have this rule:

Power level of Dryer reports > 8.0 and stays that way for: 0:02:00 - ONLY IF(Power level of Dryer is < 30.0)

And the power level goes above 30 after 1 minute, (i.e. it violates the condition), does the rule still trigger once the 2 minutes are up?

What if the power level goes above 30, then back down, within the 2 minutes?

For that matter, what if the power level goes below 8, and then back up within the 2 minutes, does that still count as "and Stays"?

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Here is my washer rule that is based on power wattage. Maybe it helps get you going. It’s been working well for several years.

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According to the Hubitat documention (link in upper right of community here):

conditions for conditional triggers are evaluated after the trigger event

I interpret this to mean the power must first be >8 for 2:00, then at that 2:00 mark, the condition looks to see if power <30. If yes, rule triggers. If no, rule does not trigger.

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Thanks for the rule! I implemented it, although I used "And Stays" instead of "Delayed Action".

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I guess I'll have to test it. If what you write is true that would work well, but that would also mean I have a race-condition bug somewhere in my code (not the same code as what I replied to ritchierich about).